LOW-LEVEL Topics can be familiar for you and easy to talk about but can be hard to research. Here are some examples of real speech topics from past Comm 101 students:
a festival in your home town
ISU's Study Abroad program
How music is chosen for radio stations [presenter worked at a radio station]
Terre Haute Action Track
HIGHER-LEVEL topics are broader in scope; they will have a local point of contact [you were involved; there is a connection to your home town], but there is also a national context, which makes them easier to research. Samples of past topics are:
EXAMPLES OF PAST ISU TOPICS: