Chapter 28: Special Occasion Speeches

• Deliver a best man or maid of honor’s toast to a wedding couple at their reception


• Deliver an inspiring speech for a high school or college commencement ceremony


• Deliver a eulogy for a historical figure


• Deliver an acceptance speech for winning an award, such as a scholarship, a


• Nobel or Pulitzer Prize, or MVP of an athletic competition


• Deliver a speech praising a company’s successes for an annual banquet


• Give a roast for an employee’s retirement party


• Deliver a speech as a newly appointed company president speaking to a group of employees


• Deliver the keynote address for an important gathering, such as the National Organization for Women’s annual convention


• Give an entertaining speech for the keynote luncheon at the American Medical Association’s Annual Convention


• Present an employee-of-the-year award for a company meeting


• Deliver a convention speech arguing why you should be nominated as the candidate of a particular political group