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Retirement Speeches.A Sample Retirement Speech? Humorous Retirement Speeches? Find them here.When I work with clients on their retirement speeches in my coaching practice, we usually work with the following guidelines. They are based upon my learning as an "Accomplished Toastmaster" within Toastmasters International, my personal experience of listening to sample retirement speeches, and of writing and delivering my own retirement speech.
The content and your delivery should reflect your personality. Humour can give your speech new interest and sparkle, but you should feel under no compulsion to use focus on purely humorous retirement speeches. It is not essential to an entertaining speech. Don’t try it if you are not confident of your ability to use it well. Know your audience. Are you speaking to close work colleagues or to a more general company wide audience? What tone is appropriate to the occasion, formal or informal? Be sincere, avoid exaggerated sentiment. Have a central theme or message - I will miss you, but I’m positive about my future (see my own retirement speech example) Be brief, 5-7 minutes maximum, 2-3 might be sufficient. The content of your speech should include the following:
Here are some additional tips for successful public speaking:
Finally, I'd like to draw your attention to the following Funny Retirement Speech - it is called "Retirement? Never!" and won the Toastmasters International speech contest in 1983 - but the Retirement Sentiments expressed are timeless! Stay in touch and subscribe to my monthly email newsletter, "Retirement Stories". It is full of new stories and tips on planning for and enjoying an active retirement.
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Your retirement function is an occasion to be cherished and enjoyed. It’s helpful to remember that you are among friends, and that rarely will you have a more supportive audience. They want you to succeed. You are the star of the show!