Where Did the Years Go - Balanced Audience

Three pages - a cover page and two speech pages. 755 words. Estimated time length - between 7 minutes (slow) and 5 minutes (fast).

This speech is for a Balanced audience.

Arguably the most important element of your speech writing, your speech is all about your audience and it should be tailored to them. Your type of audience selection indicates how you believe your audience comes across to you.

 

• Conservative: A traditional audience that is sensitive to your choice of words and is interested in formal speech and humour. A formal approach is taken to the template content available for this audience type.
• Relaxed: A casual audience that is not interested in formalities and "big words". This audience is not sensitive towards your choice of words.
• Balanced: A mixed audience not tending towards either of the above. Not wanting to be too formal or too casual, a down-the-middle approach is taken for the template content available for this audience type.

See the Engagement Speech Hub page for a detailed breakdown of how we write Engagement Speeches.

 

• Opening and Welcome
• My Son or Daughter
• A Walk Down Memory Lane
• My Soon-To-Be Son or Daughter
• Let's Toast
• Close and Thank You

We have highlighted areas throughout the speech that we suggest you personalise to include your own stories and information, if desired. These areas make up 26% of the total speech.