Short videos for the person who wants to send someone off into retirement right.
How this collection works
Who watches this
You — the person showing up. These videos aren't for the recipient.
When
Before a conversation, when you're not sure what to say. Watch alone, take a beat.
What each beat is for
Caption orients you before watching. Takeaway is the line to hold onto. Reflection questions turn watching into a small decision.
The collection · 4 videos
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6 Tips For Giving An Awesome Retirement Speech
Retire On · 6 min
A retirement-content host on giving the toast that honors them without turning into a roast.
Takeaway
Keep it short, make it about them, and mine one real anecdote — a five-minute toast that lands beats a thirty-minute career recap nobody asked for.
Reflection
01
Write the one anecdote you would tell about them at the party — a specific moment from their years of work, not a general "they were great." That story is your whole speech.
02
Name the single thing you most want them to walk away knowing you noticed, and draft the one sentence that says it out loud.
03
Decide who else should speak before the day — text one person now and ask them to share the toasting so it is not all on you (or all on no one).