Speech to Principal on Retirement
Well do keep these main points in mind
1. Expresses appreciation for the way you worked, co-operated, learned or lived with.
2. Characterize the leaving person.
3. Link her or him to the history of the community, place, company, school or college.
4. Achievements, successful projects?
5. Memories, stories, anecdotes?
6. Why is she or he leaving? What do you think of it? Describe your feelings.
7. Wish her or him all the best for future successes.
8. State: We won't forget you, followed by: You won't forget us either. And tell why.
9. Conclude your farewell speech with presenting a gift. Hope this works
Dave has spent his life delivering letters of congratulations and condolence. He has brought the news and the views of thousands of people to their relatives and friends. He has delivered examination results, all sorts of advertisements and of course those dreaded accounts. In fact he can probably tell an awful lot about people on his delivery route simply by the mail they receive. Unfortunately, for the curious amongst us anyway, Dave is the soul of discretion and will never reveal all he knows.
Today I hope he heard the plop of the post in his own hallway. After all, he is on the receiving end of our cards and our congratulations. It is his retirement day and we are gathered to wish him well in the future. Today, you see, Dave is starting out on a new adventure.
Now he may groan a little at that thought. He may claim that all he wants to do now is to relax for the rest of his life. He may visualise the ideal retirement gift as a rocking chair with a footstool for his sore feet. We can understand that because being a mail carrier can be very tiring and demanding. So we will be very agreeable and allow that he should have a few days rest or a short vacation. Then it will be back to the drawing board Dave and you can map out what you intend to do with the rest of your life.
Hopefully you will now have more time for your family and to catch up with old
1. Expresses appreciation for the way you worked, co-operated, learned or lived with.
2. Characterize the leaving person.
3. Link her or him to the history of the community, place, company, school or college.
4. Achievements, successful projects?
5. Memories, stories, anecdotes?
6. Why is she or he leaving? What do you think of it? Describe your feelings.
7. Wish her or him all the best for future successes.
8. State: We won't forget you, followed by: You won't forget us either. And tell why.
9. Conclude your farewell speech with presenting a gift. Hope this works
Dave has spent his life delivering letters of congratulations and condolence. He has brought the news and the views of thousands of people to their relatives and friends. He has delivered examination results, all sorts of advertisements and of course those dreaded accounts. In fact he can probably tell an awful lot about people on his delivery route simply by the mail they receive. Unfortunately, for the curious amongst us anyway, Dave is the soul of discretion and will never reveal all he knows.
Today I hope he heard the plop of the post in his own hallway. After all, he is on the receiving end of our cards and our congratulations. It is his retirement day and we are gathered to wish him well in the future. Today, you see, Dave is starting out on a new adventure.
Now he may groan a little at that thought. He may claim that all he wants to do now is to relax for the rest of his life. He may visualise the ideal retirement gift as a rocking chair with a footstool for his sore feet. We can understand that because being a mail carrier can be very tiring and demanding. So we will be very agreeable and allow that he should have a few days rest or a short vacation. Then it will be back to the drawing board Dave and you can map out what you intend to do with the rest of your life.
Hopefully you will now have more time for your family and to catch up with old