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Toast: Short Speeches, Big Impact Kindle Edition

by Eddie Rice (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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Discover the secret to toasting with confidence and write the perfect speech with this complete, no-nonsense guide to toasting!

With a short, snappy, and straightforward speechwriting system, this practical handbook is your all-in-one guide for nailing the perfect toast, arming you with a comprehensive overview of the full speechwriting process. Built on a simple 7-day brainstorming system, you’ll uncover how you can brainstorm clever speech ideas, structure your speech with humor and storytelling, and overcome your fear of public speaking with a tried-and-tested plan.

Whether you need to give a wedding toast as a best man or maid of honor, a retirement speech, an award or promotion speech, or any other kind of toast, this handbook offers you a done-for-you blueprint to help you organize your thoughts and turn giving a toast into a painless, stress-free process. As a clear, concise, and no-fluff book that you can read in just a weekend or less, Toast: Short Speeches, Big Impact is an invaluable tool for anybody scared of public speaking – or short on ideas.

Plus, inside you’ll also discover a collection of over 10 solid example speeches to spark your inspiration, as well as specific exercises and rehearsal techniques so that you can free yourself from fear and feel confident in your toasting skills.

Here’s just a little of what you’ll discover inside:
  • A Step-By-Step Approach For Brainstorming and Designing The Perfect Speech
  • Creative Ways To Nail Your Toast’s Structure To Incorporate Humor and Storytelling
  • Practical Exercises and Rehearsal Techniques To Confront Your Fear of Public Speaking and Help You Find Your Inner Confidence
  • The Complete 7 Days To a Toast System To Make Toast Writing a Stress-Free Experience
  • And over 10 Real-Life Examples of Speeches For Weddings, Promotions, Retirement, Awards, Birthdays, Commemorations and More!
Written from the perspective of a professional speechwriter, this handy guidebook will answer all of your most pressing questions, giving you peace of mind and taking the stress out of speechwriting. If you feel stumped for ideas, or if giving a toast feels daunting or anxiety-inducing, Toast: Short Speeches, Big Impact is your complete companion book for toasting with success!

Are you ready to start giving toasts with confidence? Then scroll up and grab your copy now!
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"Using a simple, concise, and witty writing style, Toast is a comprehensive guide for anyone preparing to give a speech in public, whether in a professional or recreational context, using a fantastic 7-day writing system. The book is well-organized into separate sections that can be easily accessed depending on your situation, so most any reader should feel more relaxed and confident about finally delivering their speech, no matter the venue." Self-Publishing Review

Whether you like it or not, there will be a time where you will be needed to give a toast or a speech. It could be at a retirement party, a birthday party or a wedding. 'Toast Short Speeches, Big Impact' by Eddie Rice holds your hand through the whole process in order to make writing and rehearsing your speech as painless as possible.

Using his experience in helping his clients prepare speeches, Rice uses questions, prompts and example toasts to introduce different ways of structuring a speech, explaining why they are effective while always giving space for the prospective speech writer to apply the concepts to their own purposes.

Whether it's the first time you've had to make a toast or the hundredth, this book is filled with tips to help you make a concise and enjoyable toast that gets points across. I liked that this book really breaks down the process of making a toast to the most basic parts, from each part of planning and writing your speech to more focused advice for a variety of different occasions. I feel that this book goes the extra mile by including a range of examples of speeches towards the end, with time taken to look at why each one works plus a breakdown of structure and further prompts that can be applied to a variety of subjects. Love Reading

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B09VQTW746
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Self; 1st edition (April 18, 2022)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ April 18, 2022
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 936 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
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  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 159 pages
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Eddie Rice

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Eddie is a professional speechwriter with over 10 years of experience in helping business leaders, keynote speakers, TED talk presenters, and everyday people, enhance the messages they tell through great storytelling and structure. He loves creating strong narrative-driven speeches that focus on balancing emotional and thought-leadership content.

As a speechwriter, he has worked with CEOs, college presidents and trustees, superintendents and principals, business owners, authors, politicians, organization leaders, nonprofit executive directors, and everyone in between. Public speaking and speechwriting are equalizers: we all want to say just the right words whether it's to small groups or large audiences.

What speeches can he write?

-Ceremonial speeches: Wedding speeches (including maid of honor, best man, and father of the bride), anniversary toasts, retirement speeches, award acceptance speeches

TED and TEDx Talks

-Keynote speeches: Speeches for authors and thought leaders, graduation speeches, speeches addressing an organization or association

-Nonprofit advocacy speeches: From fundraising to raising awareness, getting your message out to people who need to hear it the most

You can find out more about him and his services at www.ricespeechwriting.com

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Haleigh Rucinski
5.0 out of 5 stars Solid Tips for Any Kind of Toast
Reviewed in the United States on May 3, 2022
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If you need help giving a toast, look no further. This book is packed with practical advice that will have even the novice public speaker brimming with confidence. Author Eddie Rice starts out with general advice for structuring and giving a speech, then applies it over and over to so many unique situations that there will be something for anyone in any situation. Rice does not just tell you how to think about your speech, though; every chapter contains concrete action you can take from writing prompts to ways to bring others in on your brainstorming to unique places you can go for inspiration. The most clear advice, though, is not to expect a toast to turn out Hollywood perfect—that it is okay to make a mistake or not hit every possible point in a short speech. All speakers should not let perfection get in the way. However, if you follow the advice in this book, you will be well on your way to a toast you can be proud of.
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SojuTX
5.0 out of 5 stars If there's one book to read on short speeches, this is it
Reviewed in the United States on April 22, 2022
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I love books where the author is the expert and has the writing skill to showing it.

To be tasked with giving a speech is a scary endeavor for most. This book doesn't dwell on the psychological aspects but instead, steps you right past those into the process of building, practicing, and reciting a winning and memorable speech. The text is logical, well-organized, and easy to follow. Each step is outlined along with plenty of hints, guidelines, and specific actions. After the speech preparation process has been fully described, numerous examples are given and explained.

All in all, this book has what it takes to make any one confident during their time in the spotlight.
I highly recommend it.
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Emilie
5.0 out of 5 stars Demystifying Public Speaking
Reviewed in the United States on April 29, 2022
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As someone who works in a public-facing work environment, I struggle with the anxiety of public speaking daily. Within the first few pages, Eddie Rice made me feel like I wasn’t alone in my fear of ruining a speech in front of a large group of strangers. At the end of the day, we’re all human and we all make mistakes.

Eddie really takes the concept of speeches down to a science, breaks it a part, and makes speechwriting more tangible. After reading this, I truly feel more prepared and ready to take on my next speaking engagement!
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katherine d.
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Help
Reviewed in the United States on May 1, 2022
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This book, and Rice himself, are immensely helpful in a multitude of ways when it comes to speeches and speech writing. Firstly, it helps to address some anxieties around giving speeches when, which named and framed, are then addressed and problem solved. Secondly, Rice does an excellent job of concisely explaining how to utilize the context of your speech to create a step-by-step system for brainstorming, practicing, and finalizing your speech. This book will be of the utmost help to anyone who has difficulty making that big toast that needs a big impact.
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Josh
5.0 out of 5 stars Expert insight from one of the best
Reviewed in the United States on June 24, 2022
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Eddie is a wealth of knowledge when it comes to speechwriting, wedding toasts, graduation speeches, award acceptances, you name it. Here you'll find concrete examples of speeches that have worked for others and the formats you can apply to your own. This book is great for your public speaking blood pressure!
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Helen
4.0 out of 5 stars toasted
Reviewed in the United States on November 6, 2022
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If I had a physical hard copy of this book, i probably would have thumbed through, read a few examples and not purchased it. It is now in my kindle library and I might look through it again when I need to make a toast. I didn’t find the examples particularly helpful although many were charming or well structured. How useful this is to the average person, I am not sure. But then I have made a lot of speeches and toasts.
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kate
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Book for Growing Confidence Speaking in Front of Any Group
Reviewed in the United States on July 27, 2022
This is such a well written guide to speaking in front of people in a wide variety of situations. Whether you are giving a toast at a wedding, giving a presentation at work or just giving a toast at a small gathering of friends, this guide can help anyone. No matter your level of comfort speaking in front of others, this guide provides numerous fresh ideas on building confidence and feel far more comfortable taking aand seeing great results.
The author lays out step-by-step tips on how to actually form a speech or presentation as well as growing confidence within yourself and to help you communicate more effectively. Even how to add a great deal of humor and personal stories so that others can connect and retain the ideas that you are working to get across. Great job!
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Lindsay Liles
5.0 out of 5 stars If you need to write a speech, this is the book for you!
Reviewed in the United States on May 26, 2022
Eddie Rice, a professional speech writer, discusses his 7 day plan to writing the perfect speech in this book. I love the 7 day plan because it does not seem overwhelming at all! Eddie gives you action items for each day, which make the creation of your speech very manageable. In addition to the plan, this book talks about getting over your fear of public speaking, the different types of speeches, and how to structure a successful speech. Part 2 of the book includes examples of great speeches and why they work so well. If you need to give a toast this summer at a wedding, this is the book for you!
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