Say It With Feeling: Speeches, Toasts and Talks for Life's Big Moments

Finding the one true thing. Structure for a five-minute speech that feels like three. Best man, maid of honour, parents' and couple's wedding speeches. Eulogies and memorials, including how to get through the hard sentence. Toasts, tributes, retirements and birthdays. Being funny without jokes. The unexpected "say a few words". Reading from notes without hiding behind them. Timing, delivery and the phone-camera rehearsal. Templates and worksheets.

Anyone asked to speak at a wedding, funeral, birthday, anniversary, retirement, christening, leaving do or family occasion, whether you have three months' notice or three days. Especially for people who have never given a speech and would rather not, but want to do this one well.

Jacqualine Cox has spent more than 25 years speaking for a living: in boardrooms, on factory floors, in shops, hotels and conference halls across the UK, Europe, the United States, Australia and southern Africa, working in FMCG, retail, hospitality, publishing and manufacturing. She did not start out confident. She started out terrified, and worked out, one presentation at a time, what actually helps. The Speakk Method (Presence, Structure, Resonance, Practice) and the twelve-book Speakk Library are the result. Jacqualine writes the way she coaches: beside you, not at you.

Digital ebook (PDF). Instant download after purchase, with a link sent to your email. Reads on any phone, tablet, e-reader or computer. Written in British English. Part of the Speakk Library by Jacqualine Cox, a twelve-book series where each title stands alone and can be read in any order. Paperback editions are available via Amazon. Digital products are non-refundable once downloaded, so if anything goes wrong with your file, email us and we will put it right.