Leaving speech template
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This is the shortest speech in the range and the easiest to get wrong, because the room's expectations are low and the temptation to say something real is high. Three minutes. Four at the outside. You are standing next to a table of crisps and people have work to get back to.
You will probably be asked to speak with about ninety seconds' notice, standing up, holding a drink, while someone taps a glass. Nobody schedules these properly, which is why the cue cards go in your pocket on the Monday of your last week rather than the morning of the day.
Every leaving speech has one line available: the thing about the management, the restructure, the project, the person. It will get the biggest laugh of the afternoon and it will cost you more than it earns. References get taken, industries are small, and the person you are leaving is frequently the person who interviews you in four years. This guide gives you a test for finding that line and cutting it, and something better to spend the three minutes on.
Contents
Everything below is in the one purchase, and every number here is a count of the real file, not a round figure.
- 01 A 9-page PDF guide: the speech template, the full five-part structure, the question script, generator instructions, and delivery notes
- 02 5 questions to work through before your last week, including the one that finds the person nobody else would think to thank
- 03 4 printable cue cards, sized for a shorter speech given standing up
- 04 1 editable Word document, the same speech template, ready to type into directly
PDF + editable Word doc · delivered instantly · 14-day refund, no questions
Not what you needed? Email within 14 days and I'll refund it. You keep the files.
How it works
- PayCard, Apple Pay or Google Pay. No account needed, just an email address.
- DownloadThe PDF guide and Word template land on the confirmation screen immediately, and in your inbox as a link that doesn't expire.
- Answer the 5 questionsTwenty minutes with a pen. Who trained you, who covered for you, and who would nobody else think to thank.
- Fill in the templateWrite the speech straight into the Word document. If it is running past three minutes, you have added a story that does not need to be there.
- Put the cards in your pocket on MondayPrint the last page and cut along the dashed lines. You will not get advance warning, so carry them all week.
- Give the speechStructure done, material real, nerves the only thing left to manage.
Questions
How do I get it after I pay?
Instant download on the confirmation screen, plus emailed to you as a permanent link that never expires. No account needed to buy or to redownload later.
What formats do I get?
A 9-page PDF guide and an editable Word document, both included in the one purchase. The 4 printable cue cards are the last page of the PDF. Four cards, not six: this is a shorter speech and you will be holding them standing up in a crowded room.
Can I actually edit it?
Yes. The Word document is a real editable template, not a locked PDF, so you can type directly into it, change the wording, or rework sections freely.
What if it's not right for me?
Email within 14 days and it's refunded, no questions asked. You keep the files either way.
Will it sound like a template?
Not if you do the twenty minutes of thinking the guide asks for. The structure is the same for everyone, but three or four names with a real detail each is material nobody else could deliver, and it is the part people actually remember afterwards.
Why only four cue cards?
Because this speech is three minutes and you will be holding the cards standing up in a crowded room with a drink in your other hand. Six cards is the right number for a wedding, where you are at a table with a microphone. Card three carries the names, which is the one thing you will blank on.
Somebody is probably introducing you. The send-off speech guide is the one for them, and it explains why a leaving send-off is shorter and lighter than a retirement one.
Buying for more than one speaker? The Work Speech Pack, all three guides plus the joke pack, is $39.