Great Speech: Speech Templates and Tips for Any Occasion | Free Tools

You'll find everything you need to deliver memorable speeches with confidence, from expert advice and ready-to-use templates to practical tips for every occasion. Whether you're celebrating weddings, giving workplace presentations, or honouring loved ones, our comprehensive guides and techniques help you craft the perfect words. Great Speech is here to help.

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Silver Wedding, 25th Anniversary Speech

Celebrating your Silver Wedding anniversary is a great achievement. Even if you are not the most confident public speaker, your party guests will be pleased...

End of Year Speech for Club or Team

So, another season’s over and it’s time for your end of year speech. Whether it’s been a glorious success, dire disaster or, as is more often the case,...

Groom Wedding Speech

The groom’s speech is a new husband’s first official duty – and getting the tone right can be difficult. You’ll want to let the world know how happy...

21st Birthday Speech

Making a speech at your 21st birthday party is a great way to thank your family for their of support and to highlight your plans for the future. No one was e...

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Tell us the occasion and a few details about the person or event, and get a complete personalised speech ready to practise and deliver. Works for weddings, funerals, work events, and more.

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Paste your draft speech and get expert feedback on structure, tone, pacing, and impact, with a polished rewrite ready to deliver.

How to End a Speech Memorably

People remember two parts of a speech more than any other: the opening and the ending. Everything in between tends to blur into a general impression of "that...

Retirement Speech for a Colleague You Don't Know Well

Few things strike more dread into the working heart than being asked to make a retirement speech for someone you barely know. Perhaps you're the most senior...

Speech for a Charity Fundraiser

Charity fundraiser speeches occupy an awkward middle ground. You need to move people enough that they reach for their wallets, but you can't lay it on so thi...

50th Birthday Speech

Turning fifty is one of those milestones that people either embrace with open arms or try very hard to ignore. Either way, if you've been asked to make a spe...

Best Woman Speech

Being chosen as "best woman" is still relatively unusual, and that's precisely what makes it such an honour. Whether you've been picked by the groom as his c...

Father of the Groom Speech

The father of the groom doesn't always make a speech at a wedding – tradition tends to give the spotlight to the father of the bride, the best man and the...

Speech of Appreciation for Retiree or Leaver

It’s always a major occasion when a long standing colleague retires or leaves the company, and for those who knew him or her particularly well, saying good...

Techniques for Managing an Awkward Audience

Most audiences are polite and sympathetic, but it’s an unfortunate fact of life that the more speeches you make, sooner or later, you’ll run into a group...

The Power of Pace and Pauses in a Speech

Few things are guaranteed to put even the most vibrant, supportive and interested audience to sleep as quickly as a monotonous, expressionless delivery. It�...

Harness the Power of Rhetoric in Your Speech

Rhetoric – the art of influencing and persuading people with words – goes back to the days of Socrates and Cicero, and while many of the “rhetorical de...

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