Our superb professional speech writers will script for you an excellent personal speech or toast, to be said to a person who is retiring, on the occasion of his/her retirement celebration. The speech will contain quotations, anecdotes and references, which will enable you to address the retiree, and the members of your audience, in an eloquent, sincere 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 the life and times of the retiree, about his/her family, colleagues and 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 retirement celebration or function?
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What type of business did the company of the retiree carry out? Give us a short few words about this, or give us the company website address.
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If he/she was a co-owner of the business, what is the name of his/her business partner(s)?
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Name of his/her wife/husband.
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What post did he/she hold within your company, or place of employment?
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Who will be present at the function – his/her 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 he retiree, e.g., his/her profession, hobbies, interests, special talents, interests, etc. For example:
Her 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.
His 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.
His/her family includes three sons and two daughters - John (a pharmacist), Peter (a salesman), James (a professional musician), Amy (a nurse) and Mary (a teacher).
He/she has six grandchildren – Paul (1), Marese (3), Jimmy (5), Joan (6),
Paula (10) and Margaret (12).
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Tell us about his/her professional experiences, and special relationship with His/her colleagues who are attending the celebration. Please include anything that would be of particular interest, for example, when he/she 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 he/she made there, your sadness at his/her leaving, your hopes for the future and your wishes for him/her 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 him/her immensely over the years, who became very close friends, management colleagues or members of the board of directors.
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Is there a retirement gift to be presented on behalf of colleagues?
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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 in appreciation of his/her husband/ wife?
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Your good wishes to the retiree for the future. If the retiree has any plans for the future, say a few words here about them, e.g. he/she may be setting up a new enterprise, or he/she may wish to travel the world.
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