Our superb professional speech writers will script for you an excellent personal speech or toast to be said by a person who is retiring on the occasion of his/her retirement celebration. The speech will contain references, anecdotes and quotations, and it will enable you to reply to speeches of congratulations that have been received by you, in a sincere, eloquent and entertaining manner.
Our customized speech will be, approximately, 800 words in length, which should take about four to five minutes to deliver to your audience. However, if required, we can write a longer speech , at an additional cost to you of U.S.$50 per extra minute.
Please fill in our questionnaire as completely as possible, in order to enable us to create a wonderful speech or toast for you. You may give us as much information as possible about your life and times, your family, your colleagues and your profession, in order to enable us to embellish your speech to a superb professional standard. Please allow sufficient time for our speechwriters to put your ideas to the best use by ordering early. We may contact you by e-mail to determine your exact requirements.
Once the document is filled out please email the document to endakilbane@masterspeechwriters.com so your customized speech can be written
Questions that will be ask in the document.
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Date of function?
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What type of business did you carry out in your company? Give us a short few words about this, or give us the company website address.
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If you are a co-owner of your business, what is the name of your business partner(s)?
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Name of your wife/husband
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What post did you hold within your company, or place of employment?
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Who will be present at the function - your husband, wife, son, daughter, relations, colleagues, friends, etc.
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Length, in minutes, of speech or toast required (minimum three minutes).
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Give a short summary about yourself, e.g., your professions, hobbies, interests, special talents, interests, etc. For example:
My husband is a marketing executive, who travels extensively. His hobbies include gardening, fishing, amateur dramatics and being at home with the family whenever he can. He adores his grandchildren and he often takes them fishing and on other outings. He is a member of a local theatre group, and he has performed on stage many times.
My wife is a beautician, who runs her own salon. She too enjoys having her extended family visit( for dinner frequently). She is a very popular member of the local golf club. She is also very involved in fundraising for charity, and both she and her husband have a wide circle of friends, many of whom will be present at this anniversary celebration.
My family includes three sons and two daughters - John (a pharmacist), Peter (a salesman), James (a professional musician), Amy (a nurse) and Mary (a teacher). We have six grandchildren – Paul (1), Marese (3), Jimmy (5), Joan (6), Paula (10) and Margaret (12).
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Tell us about your professional experiences, and special relationship with your colleagues who are attending the celebration. Please include anything that would be of particular interest, for example,
when you first started to work at the company, how small the company was then, how the company has grown since then, the conditions of employment in the early years, the life-long friends that you made there, your sadness at now leaving, your hopes for the future and what you want o do during retirement, etc.
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Are there any people or subjects that you do not want to mention? Items that would cause embarrassment to anyone should be avoided.
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Which people are to receive a special mention? This might include particularly close colleagues who helped you immensely over the years, who became very close friends, management colleagues or members of the board of directors.
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Your thanks and appreciation for your retirement gift. Name those that you want to thank in particular.
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Is there any other major incident, company happening or event that you would like to include, for example, how the roof was blown from a section of the production unit in the great storm of January 1971, and how the whole assembly took place under canvas for two months until the roof was replaced, etc.
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Do you wish to say anything special about your husband/ wife? Tell us, in one sentence, what she means to you and how she has supported you over the years..
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Say a few words about your future plans during retirement, e.g., will you travel the world, paint pictures or play more golf?
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