There are so many charities it is difficult to make an original type appeal for funds. Your speech needs to be motivational, showing exactly what will be done with the donations you hope to get. Make it personal too saying that the wheel chair you can buy with the funds will help Mary join the local youth club or your funds will change John’s life by enabling him to travel to Russia for the treatment he needs for his illness. Motivate your audience to make a contribution and help them to emphatise with those in need.

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Alphabet games are great fun and they make you think when trying to write a birthday speech. Think of an animal starting with the letter A for ass and go through the alphabet until you reach zebra. You can do the same for colours. It’s a great way to break the ice at a birthday party.

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Colour seems to be essential to the way we speak and feel. We say we “Feel blue� or we go “green around the gills� when we are ill. When things go well we are “In the pink� and avoid us if we “White with anger�. Naturally too we have “Black� moods and you can tell we are really mad when we go red with rage.

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Have you ever noticed how many sayings we use from the Bible not only in sermons but in every day use? Like the seed “We fall by the wayside�. We are exhorted to “Love our neighbour� and to “Forgive those who injure us seven times seven�. We kill the “Fatted calf� when we are entertaining. We know that in our father’s house there are many mansions. And we all know that “The first shall be last and the last first.�

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I listened to a politician giving an election speech today. I noticed that he kept repeating himself over and over. He was trying to get a certain message across but he overdid it. It got boring. There are lots of ways to say the same thing in an interesting way. Why didn’t he use them and keep his audience enthralled instead of switching them off?

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My neighbour John has been invited to be best man at a wedding. “What will I say?� he asked worriedly. “The groom is my best friend but I don’t know what to say. His mother and father are ok I know them years, but I’ve never even met the bride’s parents and her uncle is coming home from Australia. Should I mention him? The speech is supposed to be funny but I’d better not mention our escapades over the years. After all my own wife will be there and she certainly wouldn’t appreciate hearing about our holidays in the sun�. John’s worries are typical of many best men. They want to make a good impression but they don’t know what to say. The answer is not to try to be funny because John is not a comedian and doesn’t have the training or the timing. Instead his speech should be light-hearted speaking only of the good times they had together or mentioning incidents like when they lost their luggage or got on the train going to Paris instead of to Cannes. . too. He should do his research and find out something about the bride and her parents so that all the important guests are included. He should, check whether the bride wants her uncle’s long journey mentioned. A good speech is about preparation.

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