help DR!! my 21st bday is coming up next week and i dunno what to do for the speech bit… im already getting some friends to do a speech .. but then im stuck on my own… i wanna make something “atypical”…. something interesting.. i wanna steer away from the normal standing up with speech on paper pose….

i was thinking of maybe a presentation slideshow of photos … but then i dunno how to interweave my speech into it without making it seem so long.
coz the slideshow runs for quite a while ~5min of just plain photos..and if i add speech in as well.. that’ll be heaps long… don’t wanna bore ppl!

what’s ur adivce?

I think that the photos is a great idea, but I would suggest that you cut them down to a smaller number 10-15 should be adequate – and don’t take too long on each picture.

Rather than having two separate sections – the speech and the photos – just combine the two together. This should work out fine.

The other technique that you could try is to start off with a few facts about the year you were born in – who was in the charts etc. You could contrast what is different and what is the same.

I hope this helps

i am holding a surprise birthday for my step dad and i need to make a speech. could you please give me some help and examples of how i can word my speech. i have no idea of what to say except for happy birthday. please help