Masonic After Dinner Speaking: How to Prepare & Deliver Speeches

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What should come over is not a series on commands, and certainly not a series of complaints but a concern for keeping up standards and constantly improving the good name of your Lodge. Grand Lodge decreed that the practice should stop and that taking wine at the table should be the prerogative of the Master. District Deputy Grand Master and brethren; It is a pleasure to have this opportunity to propose what I consider the most important toast of the evening—a toast to our visitors. Provides sufficient elementary instruction to enable any mason to rise with some degree of confidence and to speak for the required few minutes without disgrace.

Brethren, as we are gathered tonight, united by the principles of Broth- erly Love, Relief and Truth, let us give thanks to the GAOTU for the food, drink and Good Companionship that we are about to enjoy. You should talk about what the Lodge is going to do next, ‘advertising’ its activities and motivating the Brethren to participate.There are many different ways that Freemasonry gives opportunities for self-development to its members.

As far as Homer (8th or 9th century BC), the art of effective speaking was of considerable value in Greece. So important is visiting that it has been said that a dinner invitation, once accepted, is a sacred obligation.Don’t be afraid to gather your thoughts; pauses are an important part of conversation, and they make you sound confident, natural, and authentic. His knowledge and expertise is now available for all to benefit from with the publication of this book.