<p>Any recommendations for content?</p>
<p>short sweet and to the point, a 5 minute speech with a memory or two and that’s all you really need. or use the nelson mandela speech about Our greatest fear.</p>
<p>Our greatest fear is not that we are inadequate, but rather that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light not our darkness that frightens us.</p>
<p>it goes on but it is really good</p>
<p>Start off with a good quote and build around that.</p>
<p>One double spaced page = two minutes of talking. Therefore, take the advice you get here (above and below), write five pages and edit and reedit until you have cut it to the best and tightest two and a half pages you have ever written.</p>
<p>For inspiration read the book, Lincoln at Gettysburg. Edward Everett preceded Lincoln and in the style of the time spoke for three hours. Nobody remembers his speech.</p>