Christmas cards convey season’s greetings to those who receive them. What, though, should you say if you are actually addressing people at a seasonal gathering? You might, for instance, be a guest at an annual dinner/party of another company. Obviously your speech should be gracious in tone thanking your hosts for their kind invitation and speaking of the connection between your companies over the years. You may have to as a club or association’s Christmas speech. You will naturally speak of shared experiences of club members over the year and, naturally, wish your members all the compliments of the season. . A retirement association annual dinner is often held at the festive season and you may be asked to address those one time members of your staff. You should speak of their invaluable contribution to the company and stress the positive side of retirement. All such speeches should be light-hearted and jovial in tone as befits the holiday spirit and end with an appropriate toast. Unless you are a riveting speaker make it short. Those attending the function are, after all, enjoying a social occasion and don’t want to listen to long speeches. A card can say it in a few lines. You should be able to say it in a few moments.

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Join NOW! It’s a sign we often see on in newspapers and notice boards at this time of the year. Whether we join soccer or a bridge club it’s certain that that association will have a committee.
You may be one of that rare species who actually want to be a committee member. You might have a burning desire to do something about the club or association and the way it is run. If so you might need club/association committee election campaign candidates’ speeches.
Most of us prefer not to have to do the work involved in running a club. If, however, we find ourselves as the President or Chair we may  find that we have to give occasional speeches.
Maybe we would have to give a womans’/ladies club incoming/inaugural address by the President. We might have to speak at a fundraising function. It could happen that we would have to give a vote of thanks to an outgoing President/Chair of a social/charitable club/association. We might simply have to give a speech at the club/association’s Christmas party.
Whatever the speech it should reflect on the ethos of the association and be gracious in tone. You are, after all, representing the members and they will expect that you speak with conviction, passion and, most importantly of all, according to club protocol.

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Even on vacation you cannot avoid the American Presidential election. Every newspaper, television and radio programme has a programme or an interview about it. It seems most people have an opinion on the candidates although there will always be the “Don’t knows�. The stakes in that election are very high, of course, but there are others where it is prestige rather than power that is at stake. Such is the case where candidates vie for election in a Club or association committee election campaign. This might be for the Presidency of a charitable organization such as the Lions club or for the chairman of a business association.
The American presidential election is, of course, the big one but there are also elections for Mayor in countries all over the world. While his or her influence might not be so far-reaching he or she can make a huge difference locally.
We often forget that electioneering starts at school level with student election to college council campaigns. The stakes may not be as high but the rhetoric and the
heckling are just as exciting and the campaign doesn’t cost millions!

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