Making the speech for a graduation or graduation ceremony is exciting but also troubling, but still a pleasant task. It serves to persuade, motivate and ultimately inspire the listeners present for the final greeting, encouraging them to fulfill their aspirations. It is an important and laborious task, but it is doable by organizing and planning the most important points to be covered.
Steps
Method 1 of 1: Write your Personal Speech
Step 1. Stick to the moment
The end of schooling is a very emotional time. Many of you will go down different paths than those you have followed together for several years in the same class that is now part of the past, as you are all preparing to build your future. So there will be an air of tears, strong emotions and fragility. However, it is important to remember that the end of a school course is simply a small part of our life and, even if it is a very emotional period, it will certainly not be the most important thing in our lives. It is simply an important step towards a new one and, therefore, exclude the hysterical, emotional side of your speech and avoid showing yourself off. It's not the end of your life. It will be the beginning of a series of new events, and as you launch into the world full of energy to make your dreams come true, you will realize that you are not alone and that many generations before you have done the same. So avoid the obvious topics like "chosen and chosen" and talk about something that inspires listeners, something personal and genuine.
Step 2. Avoid writing something that doesn't reflect yourself
You still have a long time to grow and become how you want others to see you. Your peers know you for who you are now and how you behaved during those years, so don't try to appear more mature or be a pseudo-intellectual all of a sudden. Except you've always been like this, or want to look different!
Try to be brutally honest about your experiences. Through your speech you have to teach listeners something and motivate them, so think carefully about the things to share and stimulate their interest. Of course, it's not about conspiracy theories, nastiness or negativity; but to show the way in which you have grown personally during the school career, reflecting this concept as a group experience
Step 3. Be open to the thoughts of other graduates / graduates
Even if you were chosen to write that speech, remember that you have a responsibility to reflect your former classmates, their interests and desires. This means talking about their experiences, even if you don't have the time. This could be of great help for students who want to finish their schooling, with no handkerchiefs to wipe their tears and ready with one foot out the door. Not everyone loves school and therefore not everyone will be sentimental in the end. Try to gather lots of opinions and ideas and consider how you can efficiently apply them to your speech.
Step 4. Create an introduction
For starters, think of a good way to get people's attention, so that they focus on you while you talk, without thinking about the hockey game being played on their 50-inch TV at home that they wish they could watch.. While starting by introducing yourself and saying you were chosen for the speech would be the easiest way to do it, it's also the most boring. Use something funny, personal, or a quote that isn't common, and be enthusiastic (even if that would mean being confident in silence). Start by tapping a beat to wake people up and prepare them to listen!
Step 5. Thank the people who have helped you so much in your life and in that of other students
Also thank on behalf of other students, especially those you spoke to earlier while preparing the talk. Thus you will show that you have involved other people and that you are able to blend your experiences with those of others, making your speech global. People to thank often include teachers, principal, vice-principal, and distinguished volunteers. Giving thanks on behalf of all will serve to extend your speech further by making it more meaningful to all listeners.
- Obviously, don't overdo it. Don't write entire paragraphs about someone to thank. There is no need to tell the whole story of their life. And use a little humor here and there to lighten the conversation.
- Make a friendly, warm, and emphatic speech. Create a fun and jovial atmosphere.
- It is often a good idea not to specifically include parents in the speech (especially yours) but it is obviously appropriate and important to thank them from all students, recognizing the importance of their presence in completing their studies. Parents can be thanked after the talk, so as to avoid speaking overly highly of the virtues of your parents (yes, they are the best and are the reason you are there today), without doing it for the parents of others as well. Hug your parents and thank them later.
Step 6. Add memories
When you talk about the institution you attended, find joyful and inspiring things to say. Talk about good events, such as dances, class or end-of-year parties. Always use the experiences of your peers and raise them as part of the speech.
- What were the unique things? Can you highlight these aspects as part of your speech?
- Explain how you and your peers have overcome certain challenges over the years, such as shyness, anxiety, not knowing each other, and how you got to the present day. Don't be too sentimental though; you will not all be happy even if you are kind to each other.
Step 7. Be grateful to others
Eventually, you will have to talk about the goals achieved by your teammates. You will talk about who has been excellent, the sports team that has done great during the season, who has always had top marks and so many other people, not just your friends - that's why you need to talk to everyone a little. as you prepare your speech. If you talk about funny things that have happened, make sure 85% of people know what you are talking about, otherwise you will have to describe everything in great detail to make it understood by everyone. And if you mean things like: we have candy fanatics, shopaholics and card wizards, etc. go ahead, but be specific, describing their skills well.
Whether or not to name is up to you and your writing skills, and what you try to say. By naming people by name, you openly acknowledge them and make your speech global. Conversely, you may not use names and let everyone guess for themselves, although it is best to use names to avoid confusion
Step 8. Avoid stereotypes
There are many stereotyped speeches, including school ones. Avoid making claims about being the leaders of tomorrow (only some will be), or saying that these were the best years of your life (that would be a stretch and too dark a vision of your future years!). One way to avoid stereotypes is to avoid being sentimental and assume future events; you don't know if one of you will find yourself curing cancer, becoming famous or looking back on your years of study with tenderness. But what you do know is that everyone will listen to your speech with good will and that they want to be motivated, inspired and recognized as an individual. Stereotypes do not inspire or treat people as individuals because they are predictable and meaningless; then, point back to what you have learned from talking to other students and present the individual experiences, hopes, dreams, goals and thoughts to build your speech.
Avoid telling people their life is going to be all plain sailing. Life is not like that; life is full of problems, difficulties and boring moments, as well as happiness and roses. Having tears in your eyes saying that life is useless is too arrogant and out of place. Enjoy the opportunity to advance with the first step, and have fun! You will be great if you speak from the heart
Advice
- Be positive with quotes. You have to inspire, not scare people to move forward into their future.
- Familiarize yourself with your speech as much as possible.
- You're talking to your mates, so focus on them not the listeners!
- Use some humor. Nothing heavy or vulgar. To check if your jokes are appropriate, suppose you are a silent and sensitive person and think about how you would feel if they made a joke about you. You got the point.
- Finally, remember that you were chosen for a reason. It happens once in a lifetime, so give it your all.
- Don't mention a famous song in your speech if it has nothing to do with it. If something doesn't naturally fit the context, don't include it, or you'll create an inappropriate break in the line of thought. Your speech must inspire, and not be famous.
- When you talk about people in particular, don't do it to offend people. This opportunity has been given to you to show how great your class and other students are.
- When you mention someone, make sure they are relevant to the topic. Avoid using quotes that are bright but have little to do with your speech. Think mostly about instructive or life-related quotes. Plus, you need to understand the quotes you make. It might sound wise or beyond the human mind, but what advice are you trying to give if it doesn't make sense to you either? It is: "I worked so hard on this speech, because I'm too lazy to find quotes?" No explanation needed!
- Emphasize the qualities of the people. It's about someone singing great or destroying a math exam. Use the speech as an opportunity to brag about how great the course is.
Warnings
- Don't use chewing gum while you're talking. Also, present yourself in the best way; it's a unique opportunity to show off.
- Do not look down for more than 3 seconds. You will lose the audience's attention if you do this; it is better to pause while looking up than to look shocked or lost. Use pauses appropriately, especially before concluding an argument.
- Don't talk about the lumps in the throat, the moral slaps, and the things that weren't so good. Better to leave them out of your speech than to try to make them sound positive.
- Avoid bragging in your speech. This approach may appeal to like-minded ones, but it will make you cut off from many others, including your classmates, teachers, and parents and anyway, it is not relevant to the instructive meaning.
- Do not be shy. Don't get stuck.
