Toast

Give a great toast so you can make someone’s special occasion memorable

• Learn how to honor the person, and honor the event with your toast
• Create a speech that is authentic, original, and entertaining
• Leave the audience with great memories and great words

Learn how to write your toast in a weekend

• If you’re short on time, I’ll show you the 7-step method that you can do in an afternoon or a week to write your speech
• The book isn’t just theory but practical advice: examples, templates, outlines, that you can implement immediately
• Even if you already have a draft, learn how to edit it to make it the best speech possible

Read the book to learn how to confidently create a structure that supports your message

• Too many speakers get hung up on the structure for their toast–learn reliable structures you can apply to any situation
• Your message needs a great vehicle for delivery–your structure is the foundation of your speech just like the frame of a house
• Learn from other toasts to see how they pulled off their structure and message

Gain insight and learn how many short speeches are similar in their goals and execution

• Once you see how the goals of a wedding speech, retirement toast, and awards speech, (among others), are similar, you’ll be able to craft any type of short speech.
• Get the book for your upcoming toast but use it for your next one, too!
• Master the art of the short speech so that you’ll never be speechless when asked to say a few words

Read examples of great toasts and short speeches to mimic in your own work

• Learn techniques and approaches from effective speeches similar to the one you’ll give
• Get access to a list of speeches by topic upon purchase of the book
• Use example speeches to help kickstart your own ideas

Create a wedding toast

• Advice for maids of honor, best man toasts, father of the bride toasts–and anyone involved in the wedding
• Learn how to make your wedding speech entertaining, funny, but not too embarrassing
• Give a wedding toast that will stay with the audience forever

Write a graduation speech

• Whether you are a student speaking for your class or the keynote speaker, learn how to toast the graduating class
• Deliver the message that you always wanted to give if given the opportunity
• Craft a commencement speech that is insightful, original, and not full of cliches

Craft a retirement toast

• Learn what to say when you’re retiring or when you’re the one toasting the retiree
• Craft a toast that sums up your life’s work and can give advice to the next generation
• Honor the hard work of someone in your life with a toast that shows them in the best light

Say a few words when you accept or present an award

• Find out how to be humble and gracious when you accept an award
• Learn what to say to elevate your award beyond a mere “thank you”
• Honor the leader in your community receiving the award with a well thought out speech

Pay tribute to an event or person

• Write a speech that honors an event in our history so that you can remember it with honor
• Learn how to create a speech for someone that honors their life’s work
• Be prepared in case you need to pay tribute to someone who has passed

Honor your employees and volunteers

• As the leader of your company, figure out what to say when toasting an employee on an award or many years of service
• Say a few words to your volunteers who work hard for your organization’s mission
• Give a speech that shows your employees and volunteers in their best light and motivates them to work harder for the future

Prepare well and learn relaxation and memorization techniques so you can…confidently deliver your speech on the big day