Masonic After Dinner Speaking: How to Prepare & Deliver Speeches

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This is just ‘the sort of thing that is expected,’ for the work in the temple may have been dreadful. This momentous decree came as a great beacon light of hope to millions of Negro slaves who had been seared in the flames of withering injustice. Some of you have come from areas where your quest for freedom left you battered by the storms of persecution and staggered by the winds of police brutality. I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a state sweltering with the heat of injustice, sweltering with the heat of oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice.

May the Most High remember in His blessings The preservation of our Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of British Columbia and Yukon By cementing and adorning it with every social and moral virtue including The Wisdom of King Solomon The Strength of King Hiram of Tyre’s men and materials and the Beauty of Hiram Abif’s curious and masterly workmanship So that our Grand Lodge may lead our lodges and brethren With Temperance, Fortitude, Prudence, and Justice For the benefit of all Freemasonry. These cookies help provide information on metrics the number of visitors, bounce rate, traffic source, etc. In Yasha Beresiner’s book, which I have mentioned, you can see how he uses jokes within the theme of the speech. It is reputed that the first after dinner speech ever was given by Christopher Columbus, who started with the words, “Brethren, a funny thing happened to me on the way to India.For Masonic officers much of their success in ritual and their roles in office comes from being able to communicate to an audience, especially the Worshipful Master. This process increases your familiarity with the speech and also gives you some good positive feedback.

An Indian walked into a cafe with a shotgun in one hand and a bucket of buffalo manure in the other. Written by professional after-dinner speaker Yasha Beresiner, this book offers the best guide to help you prepare for any speech, Masonic or otherwise. The partners and I all agreed that your attendance added tremendous value to the evening and helped to make it a great success. To ensure that you communicate in the most efficient and engaging manner possible, and thereby enhance your productivity at work, your communication needs to follow the 7Cs: Clear, Correct, Complete, Concise, Concrete, Coherent, Courteous.We have come to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. To be in control requires certain management skills that need to be acquired well in advance of a brother’s installation into the chair of his Lodge. Also you are not giving out any body language signals, or for that matter, not receiving any non-verbal signals from the audience.