Farewell Speech: Checklists and 20 Farewell Speech Topics

Farewell speech checklists and 20 free speech topics for concluding the past years, the reasons for leaving, and emotions and feelings towards people, position or place.



This kind of public speaking is broader than a retirement speech. It has elements of concluding the past period or years, a career, and the reasons for leaving. It describes your emotions and feelings towards the people, position and place you are leaving or towards the person who is departing. Here are speech topics in two easy checklists for two kinds of sample farewell addresses. One if someone leaves. And one for if you depart.
The basic speechwriting rules for a speech to say farewell are quite simple. Your farewell speech ought to give public conclusion. It's an appreciative tribute to those who are departing or staying behind. It's a public recognition on behalf of a group, company, class, community or place to someone who is departing. And it's an emotionally farewell address to a group or place. If you ever have to give a farewell speech, then use my guidelines and speech topics checklists. Just pick out the ones you need.

When a Farewell Speech?

There are many situations in which people say farewell to each other. The most common occasions are:

• Someone closes an important part of her or his career.
• Someone is forced to retire early due to ill health.
• Someone is moving to another organization, community, company, position or place.
• Someone leaves the community where she or he resided.
• But also a speech at graduation ceremony can be seen as a speech to sy farewell.
• And even some words at a funeral.

Farewell Speech Checklist If Someone Else Is Leaving

1. Expresses appreciation for the way you worked, co-operated, learned or lived with.

2. Characterize the leaving person.

3. Link her or him to the history of the community, place, company, school or college.

4. Achievements, successful projects?

5. Memories, stories, anecdotes?

6. Why is she or he leaving? What do you think of it? Describe your feelings.

7. Wish her or him all the best for future successes.

8. State: We won't forget you, followed by: You won't forget us either. And tell why.

9. Conclude your farewell speech with presenting a gift.

Farewell Speech Checklist If You Are Departing

1. Tell what you liked about the people you worked, co-operated, learned or lived with.

2. Mention some special people with whom you have worked closely.

3. Describe your emotions for the place or position you are leaving. The classical three are: anticipation, excitement and apprehension.

4. Link the speech topics of number 3 to achievements and successful projects by stating clear reflecting and concluding points.

5. Thank them in your farewell speech for: xx years of the best of everything, the opportunities to work with the best people, and for the chances to be a part of interesting experiences.

6. A special memory, story or anecdote?

7. Challenge your audience to carry on the goals of the organization, company, school, college, university or community.

8. Why are you leaving? What do you think of it? Describe your feelings.

9. What are you going to do? Why? A chance to extend yourself? How? New challenge?

10. What are your hopes and wishes for those who remain?

11. Stating a grateful tribute to the people who are remaining is the perfect end of your farewell speech.