Introduction to Retirement Speeches

Series Summary

Retiring is something to look forward to. If you are having a retirement party then you will need to give a speech. Speaking in front of a crowd is frightening. The day you retire should be a fun day, not filled with fear knowing you are going to be asked to address a audience. Now you can look forward to giving that speech as much as the day you hang it up.

In this free instructional video series, let a communications expert show you the ways to give a lighthearted speech for a retirement speech. She explains how to include coworkers and family in the speech. This step-by-step video series will help prepare and write a memorable retirement speech.

Video Transcript

"Hey, I am Tracy Goodwin the red sweater lady and today I am going to teach you how to write a speech if you are retiring. Your retirement speech, congratulations you have worked hard all of your life and you are getting ready to retire. I guarantee you they're going to throw you a party and I wouldn't even be surprised if they give you a gift and you know what they're going to want from you, a speech. Don't freak out. There are really simple rules and steps to follow for making a retirement speech. I'm going to walk you through it step by step. In the process, I'm going to tell you how to deliver the speech. That'll be in the writing of it as well, but it's nothing to panic about. It's a great, great day for you, a day of celebration and you want to be able to take a few minutes and take a little walk down memory lane, talk about your wonderful experience with the people that you worked with, the company that you worked for and let them know what you'll be doing while they're back at the office working tomorrow, you're retired. Let's go."