Things I think should be said at:
i) a convocation:
Thanks
Jokes (break the ice)
Hopes of the future
Future Challenges
Stories, not neccessarily 'inspiring' ones (somehow relating speaker to audience)
ii) a commencement:
Opening and Closing thanks
Inspiring Stories (of success and risk-taking failure)
essentially "How I Got Here" from the speaker's P.O.V.
Something appealing to emotion
iii) my retirement:
Tales of adventure and risk
Fond Memories
Hopeful exaltation
Strong and Bold adjectives; Something to the extent of "John was and always will be ____________ (plug-in all the following: wise, important, intentional, courageous).
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