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10 Of The Best Things To Say In Closing Remarks

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What are closing remarks?

A closing remark is the last sentence, paragraph or concluding part of your speech or presentation. They are also referred to as ‘concluding remarks’.

In a speech/presentation, the outset and the conclusion are 2 essentials. It leaves an impact on the audience and makes your speech/presentation eloquent .

We have written an article on opening lines in speech writing , read this article to know how to begin your speech perfectly.

Every speech or presentation comes with an objective and something to take away from it. The point is that if you don’t end your speech appropriately the main essence of your speech /presentation will be forgotten and dispersed just as quickly.

The closing remark will be your last chance to be innovative and make up for the missing bits if any.

The limit of your closing remark must last between 10% to 15% of your speech. So for instance, if your speech is a 7-minute speech your closing remark must last for at least a minute.

The purpose of closing remarks

The main purpose of closing remarks is, it lets the audience know that the speech is supposed to end.It helps to summarize your speech in short and accentuate the main points of your speech.

Also, research suggests that the audience often remembers the end closing part precisely than the entire speech.

A powerful speech ending does 40% of your work. It’s also not easy to write a ‘Closing remark’. You have to think and choose the right words that hit hard and leave a mark. Here’s a detailed video we have made of some amazing speech ending lines you can get inspiration for your own speech:

Some Dos of closing remarks

The speaker must follow a few things with respect to the format of the speech. Here are some dos which will help the speaker in concluding his speech.

Indicate that the speech is close to the end

An experienced speaker will always signal that the speech is about to end so that the audience is mentally ready for a conclusion. For example- In a novel, the author uses Epilogue as a tool to let the readers know that the story is going to get over soon.

Give a rundown of your speech/presentation

At times, it’s possible that the readers may have missed some points while you were speaking or they may have zoned out during the span of your speech. So give a brief run-through of your points at the end and this will reinforce the message of your speech.

Make eye-contact

As mentioned above, the closing remark or concluding part of your speech will be the last chance of leaving an impact on the audience. So a confident eye-contact may let the audience know so much more than just words could convey.

It will also make your call-to-action more effective and influencing.

In case you find eye contact difficult (like I did), here are some alternatives you can use that give the illusion that you are maintaining eye contact without you actually having to do so:

Some don’ts of closing remarks

Some things should be avoided when writing your closing remarks for a speech or presentation. Given below are the most primal things that the speaker should keep in mind.

Don’t make the closing remarks lengthy

If the speaker does not add a closing remark, the speech would look incomplete and end abruptly. Also, try not to make the closing remark too prolonged, this may bore the audience and they may lose interest.

The audience may also not be able to distinguish between the main points and jumble up what is important and what is not.

Don’t end with a simple ‘Thank You”

Saying a dry and plain ‘Thank you’ to be polite at the end of your speech is not very persuasive. It is a very mundane way of ending your speech.You need to drive your point home so be creative.

Don’t add new material out of no where

Adding in new material in the closing remarks which are not mentioned in the speech will catch the audience off guard. The audience may not be able to process what’s going on. So mention only those points in your closing remarks that have already been spoken about.

Types of closing remarks

You want your closing remarks to be such that the audience can get a flashback of the entire presentation or speech with just what you said at the end. These may alter accordingly with what kind of a presentation it is.

The fitting remark

What is it.

The fitting remark is the most basic remark of them all. It’s to the point, decisive and direct. The idea of your presentation is conveyed through this remark.

The fitting remark mainly summarizes your speech in sweet and simple words with no extra spice to your conclusion.

Example of a fitting remark

Here is an example of a Speech where Emma Watson closes her speech with a fitting remark. Like I mentioned above, this speech is to the point and decisive. The idea of Gender Equality was conveyed very clearly and directly by her closing remark.

The motivational remark

The motivational remark is used when the speaker uses motivational quotes, phrases, or even dialogues for that matter. The objective is to leave the audience on a ‘motivated to do something’ note.

This remark is to re-energize your audience towards your speech/presentation. When the speaker ends his speech it should have such an impact that they remember your words and do something with that motivation.

Motivational speeches can be given on a variety of topics. We have written an article about ‘How to give a motivational speech on leadership to students’ . You can check it out to get a better idea. This is just one example of how to go about it.

Example of a motivational remark

This speech by Jeremy Anderson just leaves a mark that has you sitting straight and energized. It motivates the audience to know their worth and not let themselves down.

The expository remark

In this type of a remark the speaker shares his anecdotes, his own experience or has a very relatable end to his speech. The main purpose of such an end is so that the audience can connect to the speaker on a deeper level and know exactly what he is saying.

It’s a sort of a congenial connect with the audience. We have written an article on Storytelling approaches you can use in your speech or presentation. This article will give you an insight into why storytelling is so important what are the different techniques used.

Example of a expository remark

Priyanka Chopra in this speech shares her own experiences and anecdotes that people can connect with which makes her speech so much more interesting and inspiring.

The contemplative remark

The contemplative remark leaves the audience pondering over what the speaker has said. Its goal is to make the audience think about all factors such as the lessons, the theme of the speech and wavelength during the span of the presentation/speech.

The speaker can emphasize ‘what the audience thinks’ and leave it there for them to figure out their thoughts.

Example of a contemplative remark

For instance, President Obama in his speech about Bin Laden’s death concludes with a contemplative remark that leaves the audience pensive.

“Finally, let me say to the families who lost loved ones on 9/11 that we have never forgotten your loss, nor wavered in our commitment to see that we do whatever it takes to prevent another attack on our shores. And tonight, let us think back to the sense of unity that prevailed on 9/11.  I know that it has, at times, frayed.  Yet today’s achievement is a testament to the greatness of our country and the determination of the American people. The cause of securing our country is not complete.  But tonight, we are once again reminded that America can do whatever we set our mind to.  That is the story of our history, whether it’s the pursuit of prosperity for our people, or the struggle for equality for all our citizens; our commitment to stand up for our values abroad, and our sacrifices to make the world a safer place. Let us remember that we can do these things not just because of wealth or power, but because of who we are:  one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.” President Obama in his speech about Bin Laden’s death

The propositional remark

In this remark, the speaker ends with a piece of advice for the audience. It’s more subjective than objective. This is more like a suggestion/tip.

Example of a propositional remark

Michelle Obama’s speech is an advice for students about how to succeed in life. Her closing remark suggests that it’s not important if you went to an Ivy League or a State School what is important is the hard work you do and that will take you closer to success.

The rhetoric remark

The rhetoric remark has to do with a question that doesn’t really need an answer. The speaker leaves the audience hanging with this question.

The speaker has no intention of expecting an answer from the audience and neither does he want one. He just wants the audience to consider what he said and reflect upon it.

Rhetoric is used in many forms and speakers use rhetoric in their speeches for a powerful effect. Here are 4 ways how you can use rhetorical devices in your speech to make it powerful.

Example of a rhetoric remark

 “In the end, that’s what this election is about. Do we participate in a politics of cynicism, or do we participate in a politics of hope?” President Obama in 2004 Democratic National Convention Speech

The funny remark

One of the best thing that helps make your speech effective and interactive is humour. It lightens the environment and works as a tool to break the ice between the speaker and the audience.

Adding humour to your speech will make the audience lively and enthusiastic. If you leave the audience laughing at the end of your speech you will leave on a positive note and they will most probably leave with a good impression of you and your words.

Humour can be one of the strongest tools in a speech, especially for a closing remark, if used correctly.

Qualified speakers frequently make use of humour all through their speech and then at the end strike with a humourless thought and leave the audience serious. Such a sudden change has a powerful impact.

Example of a funny remark

In this speech by Dananjaya Hettiarachchi he uses humour to close a speech by successfully summing up the title and summarizes the content of his speech.

The factual remark

In this type of remark, the speaker ends with some facts related to his speech and presentation. Adding facts as the closing boosts your speech. Facts presented in the form of tables, graphs and diagrams are easy to understand and visually appealing.

At times facts can seem boring if not presented appropriately. To know what facts to add and what not to add in a speech follow our article on ’11 Steps to Add Facts in A Speech Without Making It Boring’.

Example of a factual remark

Given below is a paradigm of a pie diagram. The speaker can fill in his facts according to the theme and research of his presentation.

Call-to- action

This is the most common remark and can be utilized in most of the closing remarks. Call- to- action is simply requesting your audience to take a step forward and take action towards the theme of your speech.

Make your CTA direct and don’t hint at it, this may induce confusion.

Why is it a must, you may ask? This is because the audience may have listened to your entire speech but until and unless you won’t take the initiative and be upfront not everyone is compelled to take action.

Example of a call-to-action

Leonardo DiCaprio in this speech is asking the audience and people to take action to put a price tag on carbon emissions and eliminate government subsidies for coal, gas, and oil companies.

The Activity Remark

This closing remark can be one of a kind for the audience. In this kind of a remark the speaker can undertake an activity that will help the audience understand the theme of the speech with an act of creativity.

For instance, the speaker can make use of his talents to showcase his message through them. Like singing, doing a trick or playing a quiz with the audience.

Example of a activity remark

Sparsh Shah a 13 year old boy who ends his inspiring speech with a song and rap wants to tell the audience that nothing is impossible in life. He uses music as a closing remark to end his speech in a heartening way.

Scenarios for closing remarks 

Closing remarks for a meeting/conference.

Meetings are often compulsory as compared to presentations or speeches. They can be called at any time and are mostly informal. Whereas, a conference is formal and has a specific time and place, where it is conducted.

But in both of them, the purpose is to plan and execute. So end your closing remarks with action.

For example- Reiterate the actions that need to be executed so that the actions will remain fresh and can be recalled easily.

Here is a pro-tip, do not drag the meeting/conference over time and then rush up to close the conference. This will make no room for your closing remark and many things will remain unsaid even if you manage to close the meeting/conference in a rush.

Closing remarks for a school activity

As the heading suggests the closing remark for a school activity will be for school kids so try not to use too many technical terms or make it complicated. Keep the remarks simple and fun.

Here the speaker can use the Activity remark mentioned in the types of closing remarks. It is creative, engaging and hence the kids will connect more to fun activities rather than to boring long remarks.

For example- The speaker can use the Q & A method to end or play a quiz and include all the points mentioned in their speech/activity.

Closing remarks after a workshop

Workshops come with an intent to teach and for the audience to learn. So make your closing remarks interactive. You can ask questions like ‘What is your take-away from this workshop?’

This will let the audience ponder over what they learnt during the entire span of the workshop.

One more way to end is by requesting the audience to fill out the feedback form and cater step by step guidance.

Closing remarks for a webinar/Zoom meeting

Since a zoom meeting/webinar is a virtual platform, there are chances the speaker might not see all the audience or ‘participants’ of the meeting but everyone can see the speaker.

So this may also fall as a disadvantage in the speaker’s case but don’t let this demotivate you.

In your closing remark, you can add a poll that is a feature of zoom to know how many of them are listening. Before closing the webinar, leave your Twitter or Facebook handles so that if the audience has questions they can connect with you on these platforms.

Closing remarks for a ceremony speech

A ceremony is more of a large scale event with too many decorations, music, and arrangements.

Keep in mind though, these things are not what the audience will want to leave with, so what you say last will be the end of what they take-away. Therefore, in a ceremony, you can use any one of the types of closing remarks mentioned above.

For example- You can use ‘The expository remark’ where you can share your own story to make your closing remark relatable and two-sided.

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Some last words

Closing remarks are important in speech writing because without a closing remark your speech will seem unfinished. To leave on a happy note the speaker must organize his speech with the perfect end and time it accordingly.

Closing remarks can be of varied types but using the appropriate closing remark according to the situation and time can make a huge difference in your speech.

Still looking for inspiration? Check out this video we made on closing remarks:

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Words of Welcome to Students During Orientation Week

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So what’s next?

The Class of 2023, as well as new graduate and professional students, have settled in but many are probably wondering what the next few years holds for them at Duke.

One key element of Orientation Week is, as its name implies, getting students going in the right direction. Part of that is feeling welcomed and at home here on campus. Part is learning how to put your best foot forward, regardless of your backgrounds and previous experiences.

Below is a selection of the many words of welcome delivered this week by faculty, administrators and students alike to various student groups, all designed to help them thrive in their Duke experience.

Class of 2023 Undergraduate Convocation

President Vincent Price

“Here before you at Duke, along that imaginary line that traces the road between East Campus and West, an entire universe of knowledge awaits your exploration. So, brave explorers in the class of 2023, may the next four years take you on a remarkable journey of discovery that begins now. Congratulations, and welcome.”

(For the full speech, click here.)

Dean of Admissions Christoph Guttentag

“My staff and I had the pleasure of helping with move-in and it represents some of what we love so much about Duke. The enthusiasm, the warmth, the careful planning and the spontaneous celebrations. And most important, the efforts of so many people coming together simply to help other people who need it. That sense of community is a part of what makes Duke special and now you’re a part of that community too. ...

“Being a real Duke student is about growing and changing and helping each other. We chose you because you showed us you are able and willing and ready. Every one of you has earned your place here. Don’t lose your nerve. It won’t always be easy but it will be great.

“It gives me great pleasure to present to [the deans], to President Price and to our university community the class that will succeed and make us proud in ways that we—and they—can’t even imagine. The spectacular class of 2023.”

Luke Powery, dean of Duke Chapel

“On this new day create something so new that even in a fractured world this class of 2023 would be inducted into the hall of fame of humanity because they knew what meant to learn, live, and love in community.”

DSG President Liv McKinney

“If my plan had worked out as I hoped three years ago, I would have missed out on some of the best and most meaningful moments of my life at Duke.

“The thing about Duke is that if you’re lucky your next four years won’t go to plan at all. … And more likely than not, you’ll fail at something. As a result you’ll grow in ways you never thought possible.

“Class of 2023 I can’t wait to see you define your own successes here. I can’t wait to see how your plans develop into more you ever could have imagined and how you grow as a result of this and how our campus evolves with you now here.

Undergraduate Education

Gary Bennett, Dean of Undergraduate Education

Pratt School of Engineering

Ravi Bellamkonda, Dean of the Pratt School of Engineering

"Congratulations, and welcome to Duke! You are home.  The Duke family is your family, and it’s a tight family.  You will make friends here who will be a part of your life for a long time—and those friendships extend to those who have gone before and those who will come after.

“We will do all we can to ensure your success. In fact, I believe Duke is only successful when all of Duke is rooting for each member of Duke’s family!

"We will do all we can to help you become whoever it is that you want to become--and I have no doubt that we’ll love the world that you will create through your actions and thought.”

Graduate and Professional School Convocation

Jim Coleman, John S. Bradway Professor of the Practice of Law

“Some of you may have a notion that you need to determine while at Duke precisely how your career should unfold, that to be a successful doctor, or engineer, or lawyer, you must perform neurosurgery at major hospitals, or build tall buildings, or lead major law firms.  But nothing could be further from the truth.  The role of Duke’s graduate and professional schools is to prepare you to be an excellent practitioner, whatever path you follow.  You can pursue justice and fairness in the world wherever your path leads.”

Sanford School Graduate School Orientation

Judith Kelley, Dean of Sanford School of Public Policy

“Our incoming graduate students are the future of policy - and the future of our world. In this increasingly complex environment, public policy research and education is more valuable than ever before. Our programs transcend disciplinary boundaries and are vital to the most pressing issues that require policy solutions – inequality, health, environment, human rights, security and more. 

“At the Sanford School of Public Policy, our students pursue innovative policy solutions to create positive change in the world. We are proud of them already for their many accomplishments, and we know that their degrees will propel them forward to help our world.”   

Trinity College of Arts & Sciences

Valerie Ashby, Dean of Trinity College of Arts and Sciences, speaking to parents and family members in Page Auditorium

“If you are worried, anxious, concerned, sad, in denial – I want to reassure you that we are ready for your children. We have them. We’ve chosen them. We’re ready for them. So you can breathe.”

“There will be moments that (students) question. Reassure them that they belong here. Tell them things like this: we chose them not because they’re perfect but because they are perfectly imperfect. We chose them because they’re kind and they’re going to help us up our game intellectually and in service to the world.”

“We want them to leave room in their schedules to have relationships. If they don’t take the time to get to know someone different than who they are, they’ve missed the Duke experience.”

Jim Roberts, Fred W. Shaffer Professor of Economics

“You may have heard this metaphor: Getting a liberal arts education is like doing pushups for your brain. It’s also about doing pullups and squats and a whole lot of cardio. And that’s a really good thing. My role is trying to help students understand how much they are capable of – how many pushups they can do. It’s my job to help them understand how far they can go.”

“I design my courses to be really, really challenging. I tell students, ‘it’s OK’…because this is such a safe and risk-free environment to try something hard. The downsides are so minimal compared to the possible upsides. (For instance), the benefits of trying a course outside your major are so much greater than the downside that you may not love it.”

Madeline “Mac” Gagné, junior mathematics major

“If you want to know what your students are thinking, it’s probably some mix of ‘Wow this place is huge. Look at all this food. And I’m not crying, you’re crying.’”

“A lot of what I needed to learn at Duke…was that it’s OK to ask for help. It’s something that is necessary for success.”

School of Medicine Orientation

Dr. Mary Klotman, Dean of the School of Medicine

“People often ask me about my job. I tell them the only thing I am certain about is that everything is always changing.  And nowhere is change more prevalent than in healthcare.”

“In a career that has in the past been more traditional and slow to evolve, change is upon us:

A focus on health rather than medicine; Patient-centered care; Shared decision-making; Technology to improve health (use it wisely); Data science – using determinants of health beyond EMR to improve care; interprofessional care – working as teams as never before; and a focus on value.”

“And while change can be challenging and often can stressful, it offers tremendous opportunity. So, my message to you tonight is simple – although perhaps not simply done. Drive change for good. You have this power, and this can be your generation’s legacy. Embrace it!”

Welcome for Student Veterans

US Rep. Mike Levin, Duke alumnus

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Vincent Price, President of Duke University (video message)

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Closing Remarks

Looking ahead together.

We hope you’ve found Admitted Students 101 and online sessions to be a great experience that was engaging and personal. The information conveyed and connection to our community that happens there are an important part of your final decision. These past several weeks of videos and live online sessions have given you a look inside the school and a sense of the Mitchell Hamline curriculum and community.

We offer these closing remarks by video, some advice about what to expect next, and a thanks to you for staying engaged.

—The Mitchell Hamline Admissions team

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New Student Orientation 2018: Opening Program Remarks to Parents and Students, Class of 2022

Good morning! On behalf of President Brown and Provost Morrison, it is my great pleasure to welcome you all to Boston University. I’m delighted to see you here so early in the morning. A special welcome to those of you who are on campus for the first time. I hope you will discover over the next two days, what I have discovered in my six short years at BU: that you have entered a lively, challenging, diverse, and warm community.

To you parents here, I look forward to getting to know the exceptional young people you have raised, and to helping provide a rich array of opportunities for them to learn, to grow, to discover who they are, and how they want to make a difference in the world.

To you students of the class of 2022, welcome! I’m here to say a few introductory words about the heart of your Boston University experience—the intellectual adventure you are about to undertake. As one of the nation’s leading private research universities, BU offers more than 130 undergraduate majors in fields as diverse as Middle East and North African Studies, biomedical engineering, psychology, and theatre performance; nearly 75 minors (how about Earth and Environmental Sciences, or International Relations, or my own field, English literature?), and hundreds of courses from which you will choose to create for yourself an education that will open new worlds and new possibilities for yourself.

At the center of your BU experience is our new general education program, the BU Hub. The Hub is the common educational experience for all BU undergraduates. While each of you will choose your own pathway—you will “hub” in your own way—you will all be developing six essential capacities—the knowledge, skills, and habits of mind that will equip you to thrive in our increasingly complex and interconnected world—and thrive not just in your professional life, but also in your personal and civic life. In courses and cocurricular experiences, in your major and out, across all 4 years, through the BU Hub you will explore the university’s rich array of learning experiences as you develop ways of thinking crucial to your future: Philosophical, Aesthetic and Historical Interpretation; Social and Scientific Inquiry; Diversity, Civic Engagement and Global Citizenship; Communication; Quantitative Reasoning, and something we call the Intellectual Toolkit. You will hear much more about the Hub later today, so for now make a note to book mark the BU Hub website (www.bu.edu/hub) and the BU Bulletin (which you can find on the main BU page under academics)–your sources of information for all academic programs.

As you meet with your advisors to talk about your interests and aspirations, and to select the courses you will take this year, I encourage you to go forth in a spirit of exploration and adventure. Try new things: choose provocative classes that expose you to new ideas and alternative ways of thinking. The BU Hub embodies the broad education that is a distinctive feature of American higher education, part of what feeds our creativity. So embrace that great tradition. Experiment. Take intellectual chances, choose a course in a field you know nothing about. It should be scary, and thrilling: that’s what education is. Education: from the Latin educare —to lead out.

BU’s incredibly talented faculty will be your guides and allies in your exploration. They are your greatest resource. The scholars here are leaders in their fields and are applying their expertise through scholarship, research and real-world practice to address both the most pressing challenges of the day and the enduring human questions. Get to know them – talk to them after class, seek them out at campus events and during office hours (they are there waiting for you to come talk), ask them about their research, tell them about your own ideas. They will challenge you, guide you, and open doors to new possibilities.

You have chosen to study at a research university: so, what does that mean for you? The heart of BU as a major research university is a culture of inquiry. As faculty, we are hired to ask questions and to explore possible answers—in collaboration with our colleagues here and at other universities, with our graduate students, and with our undergraduates. The products of our research are (in engineering and other fields) new inventions; (in the sciences) new discoveries about how the natural and physical worlds work; (in the social sciences) new knowledge of human behavior; (in the humanities) new understandings of the record of human achievement, of who we are and what our lives mean; and (in the arts) new expressions of the human spirit. We register patents, begin start-up companies, deliver papers, write articles and books, give performances, mount exhibitions, and teach courses—all ways of taking our new works, our new ideas into the world, with the aim (and it’s a lofty one) of improving human life and the planet on which we live it. This culture of inquiry is the culture into which you are entering. You have gotten here in part by becoming excellent at answering questions; we’re now asking you to learn to ASK questions. To explore possible answers. To ask more questions. And, perhaps hardest of all, to hold off the impulse to supply quick answers, to learn to live in the suspense of not knowing. As part of your participation in this culture of inquiry, work with your advisors to plan how you are going to undertake your own work of original research, scholarship or creative activity–working on a professor’s research in a lab, say, or pursuing an independent project under the guidance of a faculty member—maybe an exploration of a favorite writer or an analysis of the immigrant crisis, or composing a new piece of music—all ways of generating new ideas, new knowledge, which is the fundamental work of a research university. Funding for such projects for undergraduates—for supplies, for a summer stipend so you have time to immerse yourself in a project– is available to you through the Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program (or UROP) which granted nearly a million dollars last year to around 400 students for research that resulted in hundreds of presentations, publications and abstracts. Look out for the UROP Research Symposium on Family and Friends’ Weekend. You will be amazed at what your fellow students have done and at what you, too, can do at BU.

You have come to Boston University. When you step outside of the studio or lab or classroom, not only will you discover a campus that is teeming with activities – student organizations, clubs, athletics, exhibitions, performances, community service programs – you will find the whole city of Boston at your doorstep. The courses you will take and the professors you will get to know enliven, and are enlivened by, the rich and vibrant culture of the university and the great city around us. Get out into the city. Take a course that uses Boston as its classroom. Sign up for community service. Head over to the Museum of Science or down to the Institute for Contemporary Art for an afternoon. Take your reading to a bench in the Public garden. Ask your new roommate to go with you to a free concert at Jordan Hall or get standing room tickets to a Red Sox game at Fenway Park. Your experiences in the city and around the campus are part of your education—and essential to your discovery of your community, what makes BU a university, your university, in and of the city of Boston.

Finally, I would encourage you to take advantage of BU’s position as one of the world’s premier international institutions. While our connection with the City of Boston roots us in this unique place with its rich history and fond traditions, we derive our sense of who we are in this place from a long history of students, faculty and staff who have ventured beyond our campus and city boundaries to engage internationally, and from a long history of faculty and students from around the world who have come to BU to study and pursue research. BU offers an immense array of opportunities to create a truly global education, by, first, getting to know—really know—your fellow students. Look around: the world is here . To our international students: reach out, as difficult as this is when you are in a strange place and the familiar sounds and tastes and smells seem far away. Ask questions about how things work here; don’t be afraid to show you don’t know; make the effort to make real friends with students from the US and other countries. US students: I say the same: step outside your national borders here on Comm Ave, and welcome your fellow students from around the world. Ask how things are done in their countries. Find out about their lives, their ideas, what matters to them. Express your curiosity and your understanding of what it feels like to be in an unfamiliar place with people you don’t know. You may feel awkward or afraid that, in your ignorance, that you will say the wrong thing and offend. And you probably will. We are all ignorant— we are all awkward in our not-knowing, we all sometimes say the wrong thing. A few moments of awkwardness, embarrassment—or an offense given and forgiven– are a small price to pay for what you will learn about other people, about other cultures, and for the human warmth you will discover. Then, you students from Minnesota, Massachusetts, California and the rest of the United States: set aside your fear and go earn your Hub unit in Global Citizenship by taking the plunge your international classmates have already taken: study abroad, go conduct international research, perform overseas, or engage in public service on the other side of the world. It will be challenging. And I guarantee it will change your life.

As you set out on the incredible journey that will help to shape the thinkers, workers, citizens, and difference-makers you are destined to be, I would invite you to consider the difference between education and training. Here is a fact: you are likely to live 60-70 years after you graduate from BU—that’s an astonishing number of years, during which a lot will change, and in ways we don’t know. Training, from the Latin “to drag,” to pull after, is preparation for the known; education, again, “to raise up” and “to lead out” is preparation for the unknown. Preparing for your first job is important— and you will find here plenty of support for that—but much more important is educating yourself broadly across the range of human interests and endeavors so that you are ready for 70 years of intelligent, informed, creative, compassionate engagement with the unexpected.*

I want you to know that the entire University community is here to support, sustain, and encourage you as you commit to study at BU. We could not be more privileged to welcome you into this vibrant learning community. It is you who make us what we are, and we look forward to the fresh ideas and energy you bring to our campus. I speak for the entire faculty, staff, and student community of Boston University in saying we are so happy you have made the decision to join us. Welcome!

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* Thanks to Maynard Mack, Jr., founder of the Honors Program at the University of Maryland, College Park, for this thought, which I gladly borrow with his permission.

Research & Learn

Table of contents, free speech lessons for freshman orientation & first-year experience programming.

FIRE, in partnership with New York University’s First Amendment Watch , has developed a series of free-to-use modules, videos, and other resources for universities to utilize when teaching incoming students about their free speech rights and the principles behind the First Amendment. 

The video lessons are geared towards universities looking for resources to include in digital first-year experience programming or university web pages explaining student rights. Our hope is that universities will adapt the written lessons and activities for use during freshman orientation, first-year seminars, other campus programs, or classes that need succinct lessons and resources covering:

• Campus Speakers and Counter Protests
• Offensive Speech on Campus
• Talking Across Differences
• Student Protest Then and Now
• Academic Freedom and Classroom Speech
• Limits to Free Speech
• Three Arguments in Defense of Free Expression
• The Role of Student Publications on Campus
• Social Media and Online Speech Rights
• The First Amendment and Campus Life
• Recommended Common Reads from FIRE and First Amendment Watch

If you are an administrator in the field of student affairs or first-year experience and are interested in adopting the orientation program — or if you are a faculty member looking to use our materials in class — check out our FAQ on adopting the materials and reach out to us at [email protected]. FIRE and First Amendment Watch are more than happy to talk through how to best implement this program on your campus and adapt the materials to your needs!

Fill out the form below if you’d like to chat more about our free speech orientation modules.

 Playlist: All Lesson Video Adaptations

Lesson: Campus Speakers and Counter Protests

When controversial speakers are invited to campus, students often have questions about why such speakers are allowed to have a platform and how to respond productively to speakers with whom they disagree. This module covers topics such as viewpoint neutrality in administrative decision-making, freedom of association for student groups, counter protests, and other methods of dissent.

Use: Beyond use during digital or in-person orientations, this lesson can be a tool to teach student government members and student organization leaders about how the university can and cannot respond to controversial speakers. 

• Complete video adaptation for online teaching (length, 6:56)
• Sample remarks and a video clip featuring President Barack Obama discussing controversial speakers for in-person instruction
• Skit script for orientation leaders to perform
• Additional resources for students

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Lesson: Offensive Speech on Campus

Offensive speech is nearly unavoidable in diverse environments such as college campuses. With the help of video clips from Nadine Strossen, former president of the ACLU, this module teaches students ways to respond to offensive speech. Additionally, it teaches why the First Amendment protects “hate speech” and when offensive speech loses First Amendment protection.

Use: The video adaptation of this lesson and the script can be used during digital or in-person program orientations to teach students tactics for responding to offensive speech and when offensive speech loses First Amendment protection.

• Complete video adaptation for online teaching (length, 10:22)
• Sample remarks and short video clips featuring Nadine Strossen, former president of the ACLU, for in-person instruction

Lesson: Talking Across Differences

When students enter college, they will meet others from all walks of life with different opinions, experiences, and backgrounds. This can be a difficult environment to adapt to, so it is important to help students develop the ability to talk across their differences. This skill will help students become more inquisitive and confident in their own knowledge.

Use: Beyond use during digital or in-person orientations, the video adaptation can be placed on university web pages explaining student rights or diversity and inclusion pages to give a fuller picture of how to embrace difficult conversations. 

• Complete video adaptation for online teaching (length, 6:04)
• Sample remarks and a video clip featuring Supreme Court Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Antonin Scalia discussing their friendship for in-person instruction

Lesson: Student Protest Then and Now

Introduce students to the history of student protest on campus and how activists throughout history laid the groundwork for today’s robust protections for student speech. By highlighting the role of university students in the Civil Rights Movement and in fighting McCarthy-era censorship, this module empowers students to be active participants in their university community.

Use: Beyond use during digital or in-person orientations, this lesson can be used in first-year experience seminars so students have the opportunity to participate in discussions about the history presented and its relationship to current events on campus. This lesson can be particularly useful for teaching international students about the history of free speech on American campuses. 

• Complete video adaptation for online teaching (length, 6:12)
• Sample remarks and ample discussion questions for in-person instruction

Lesson: Academic Freedom and Classroom Speech

The principles behind academic freedom are important for students to understand in any college classroom. This module covers the importance of academic freedom in higher education, the rights of faculty, and how students can handle disagreements with their professors. The module also lays out the framework for a faculty-led panel on academic freedom.

Use: Beyond use during digital or in-person orientations, this lesson can be used for onboarding TAs to give them an overview of their rights in the classroom. The framework for a faculty-led panel on academic freedom can also be used as a Constitution Day activity on campus. 

• Complete video adaptation for online teaching (length, 8:32)
• Sample remarks for in-person instruction
• Discussion questions for a faculty panel on academic freedom

Lesson: Limits to Free Speech

Teach incoming students about when speech crosses the line and loses First Amendment protection. This module focuses primarily on defining and providing examples of freedom of speech limitations such as harassment, true threats, intimidation, and other unlawful conduct. With this knowledge, students can more accurately gauge when their speech, or their peers’ speech, may be impermissible or may result in violations of others’ rights.

Use: Beyond use during digital or in-person orientations, the video can serve as a resource on university web pages explaining student speech rights. 

• Complete video adaptation for online teaching (length, 8:49)

Lesson: Three Arguments in Defense of Free Expression

As free speech continues to be a contentious issue on campus, this lesson reviews three key reasons why free expression is so crucial not only to campus life, but to our democracy as a whole. After examining the role debate and free expression play in the pursuit of knowledge, the harms of censorship, and the legitimacy of government, students will walk away with a clear overview of the philosophy behind the First Amendment.

• Complete video adaptation for online teaching (length, 6:28)

Lesson: The Role of Student Publications on Campus

Whether they are recapping last night’s football game or investigating the latest community scandal, student journalists play an important role in campus life. This module is designed with an eye toward student newspaper onboarding and priming incoming journalism students about their basic rights and how to navigate speech-related issues they may face. 

Use: The video adaptation of this lesson and the script can be used during digital or in-person journalism program orientations, class lectures, or as part of remarks while onboarding new student newspaper staff. 

• Complete video adaptation for online teaching (length, 5:52)

Lesson: Social Media and Online Speech Rights

The online speech and social media posts of both students and faculty continue to be a growing source of controversy on campuses across the country. With this module, we introduce students to how the First Amendment applies to online speech, as well as how to respond productively to speech they find distasteful without resorting to calls for censorship. 

Use: We suggest using this lesson in programming explaining IT policies or codes of conduct. The video can also be placed on university web pages explaining student rights or IT policies.

• Complete video adaptation for online teaching (length, 8:20)

FAQ: The First Amendment and Campus Life 

These frequently asked questions and answers provide the basic information incoming students need to know about how the First Amendment applies to speech on campus. This FAQ is meant to be used as a reference for students, which administrators can link to or copy on their own sites. FIRE and First Amendment Watch are available to help adapt the language to best suit a particular campus’s needs. 

Use: This FAQ can be handed out to new students. Additionally, the text or video can be used on university web pages explaining student rights. 

• Complete video adaptation for online teaching (length, 4:40)
• Written FAQ for use on university web pages or to be handed out

View the FAQ

Resource: Recommended Common Reads from FIRE and First Amendment Watch 

Assigned readings with a strong emphasis on the value of free expression and the follies of censorship can go a long way in preparing incoming students to be intellectually curious when they arrive on campus. From banned books that warn against censorial regimes to international stories about fighting censorship to books chronicling the First Amendment’s role in America’s media landscape, this list has a book or document fit for any academic program. 

Use: Any of these books and resources can be assigned in classes or as common reads for incoming students. 

• List of suggested common reads and related resources including podcast interviews with authors, analysis, and sources for First Amendment news and commentary

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9 Closing a Speech: End with Power and Let Them Know It is Time to Clap

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“Great is the art of beginning, but greater is the art of ending,” according to poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. The first few words of your speech make the audience want to listen and the last few sentences help them decide what they feel about you and your topic. In this chapter, I will explain the function of a conclusion, the format of a conclusion, and I will give you numerous examples of ways to end your speech. Most of this chapter is dedicated to showing you good examples of different types of speech closings. Let’s get started by talking about the purpose of the closing.

A Strong Closing Does Many Things

• Summarizes the points. By restating your points your audience is more likely to remember them.
• Tells the audience when to clap. Let’s face it, it is so awkward when you are done with your speech, and no one claps. Being clear the end is near, relieves the audience of the pressure of wondering if they are clapping at the right time.
• Provides resolution. Your speech should give the audience a sense of resolve or a sense of being challenged.

The Formula for Closing Most Speeches

• Transition statement to ending.
• Review the main points–repeat the thesis.
• If it is a persuasive speech, tell the audience what you want them to do or think.
• Provide a closing statement.

Restate the Thesis

Tell them what you are going to say, say it, tell them what you have said. This speech pattern is useful in most types of speeches because it helps the speaker to remember your key points. As you build your closing, make sure you restate the thesis. A good rule of thumb is to write it in such a way that if the audience were asked to restate the main points, their answer would match closely with your thesis.

EXAMPLE Watch as Stella Young gives her thesis and then restates her thesis at the end of the speech as she wraps up. The thesis of the talk in the introduction: We’ve been sold the lie that disability is a Bad Thing, capital B, capital T. It’s a bad thing, and to live with a disability makes you exceptional. It’s not a bad thing, and it doesn’t make you exceptional. Restates the thesis of the talk at the closing: Disability doesn’t make you exceptional but questioning what you think you know about it does.

Stella Young, I’m not your inspiration, thank you very much. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GtPGrLoU5Uk

This next example is from a student’s speech. It is easy to pull out one sentence that clearly summarizes the main points of her speech. Following her summary, she winds the speech down into a thoughtful conclusion and ends with three powerful words.

Now is the time to separate the war on drugs from the war on addiction. T oday you’ve heard the problems, impacts, and solutions of criminalizing addictions. Bruce Callis is 50 years old now. And he is still struggling with his addiction. while you all are sitting out there listening to this, I’m living with it. Bruce Callis is my father and for my entire life, I have watched our misguided system destroy him. The irony here is that we live in a society where we are told to recycle. We recycle paper, aluminum, and electronics. But why don’t we ever consider recycling them most precision think on Earth– the human life. Student Tunnette Powell, Winner of the 2012 Interstate Oratorical Association Contest.

Closing Phrases

After you restate your thesis, you should carefully deliver your closing phrases.  Your closing should provide a resolution to your speech and/or it should challenge the audience. Frantically Speaking writer Hrideep Barot suggests  “a conclusion is like tying a bow or ribbon to a box of your key ideas that your audience will be taking along with them.”

A speech closing is not just about the words you say, but it is also the way you say it. Change the pace near the end of your speech. Let your tone alone should signal the end is near. It is about deliberate voice control, don’t let your voice weakly away.

In the next section, I will cover these ways to end your speech:

End with powerful words End with a quote End with a graphic End with parallel construction End on a positive note End with a challenge End with a question End with inspiration End with well-wishing End with humor End with a call to action End with a feeling of resolve End with a prop

The best way to teach you about advanced closings is to show not tell. For this section, I will briefly explain each type of closing and then provide a video. Each video is queued so you can play the video and watch the closing statement.  I included a transcript under each video if you want to follow along.  It will be most beneficial for you to watch the clip and not just read the text. By watching, you will have a chance to hear the subtle changes in the speaker’s voice as they deliver their closing statements.

End with Powerful Words

As you design your closing, look at the last three to five words and examine them to see if they are strong words. Oftentimes, you can rearrange a sentence to end with a powerful word. (I have the video cued to play just the closing)

Watch this clip for how BJ Miller ends with a powerful thought and a powerful word. 

Parts of me died early on, and that’s something we can all say one way or another. I got to redesign my life around this fact, and I tell you it has been a liberation to realize you can always find a shock of beauty or meaning in what life you have left, like that snowball lasting for a perfect moment, all the while melting away. If we love such moments ferociously, then maybe we can learn to live well — not in spite of death, but because of it. Let death be what takes us, not lack of imagination. BJ Miller, What Really Matters at the End of Life

End by Circling Back to the Opening

Another type of ending is to circle back to what you said in the beginning. You can revisit a quote, share the end to an illustration that was begun in the beginning, or you can put away a prop you got out in the beginning.

Watch this clip for how Zubing Zhang begins and ends with the same quote to circle back around to the main idea. 

She starts by telling a story of bungee jumping off the world’s highest platform and how she saw a sign with a quote that says, “Life begins at the edge of your comfort zone.” After telling her own story about pushing her emotional limits, she circles back around at the end by saying, “As the words said high on the bungee platform, “Life begins at the edge of your comfort zone.”

Yubing Zhang, Life Begins at the End of Your Comfort Zone. 

End With Quote

If you end your speech with a quote, attend to the following.

• Always say the author of the quote before the quote for example, “I want to leave you with a leadership quote ‘What you do has far greater impact than what you say,’ Steven Covey.” The problem with this ending is that “Stephen Covey” are the last two words of the speech and that is boring. Consider instead this ending. “I think Robin Sharma said it best ‘Leadership is not about a title or a designation. It’s about impact, influence, and inspiration.'” In this arrangement, the last three words are powerful–influence and inspiration.
• Provided context for the quote before or after. Make sure the quote is meaningful and not just an easy way to end.

Watch this clip for how Sir Ken Robinson ends with a quote. Notice how he says the author and then the quote.

Also, notice how he then ties his speech to the quote with a final few sentences and ends with the powerful word–“revolution” and how he uses a strong vocal emphasis as he says his last word. (I have the video cued to play just the closing)

There’s a wonderful quote from Benjamin Franklin. “There are three sorts of people in the world: Those who are immovable, people who don’t get it, or don’t want to do anything about it; there are people who are movable, people who see the need for change and are prepared to listen to it; and there are people who move, people who make things happen.” And if we can encourage more people, that will be a movement. And if the movement is strong enough, that’s, in the best sense of the word, a revolution. And that’s what we need.

Sir Ken Robinson, How to Escape Education’s Death Valley. 

End with a Graphic

You might want to use a visual to make your final point. Bringing in a picture, graphic, or object, reengages the audience to pay attention to your final ideas.

Watch this clip for how Barry Schartz uses the magic words “so to conclude” and then he creatively uses a picture of a fishbowl to narrow in on his point. Notice how his final word is spoken with urgency as he says “disaster.” (I have the video cued to play just the closing)

 So, to conclude. (He shows a picture of fish in a fishbowl) He says, “You can be anything you want to be — no limits.” You’re supposed to read this cartoon and, being a sophisticated person, say, “Ah! What does this fish know? Nothing is possible in this fishbowl.” Impoverished imagination, a myopic view of the world –that’s the way I read it at first. The more I thought about it, however, the more I came to the view that this fish knows something. Because the truth of the matter is, if you shatter the fishbowl so that everything is possible, you don’t have freedom. You have paralysis. If you shatter this fishbowl so that everything is possible, you decrease satisfaction. You increase paralysis, and you decrease satisfaction. Everybody needs a fishbowl. This one is almost certainly too limited –perhaps even for the fish, certainly for us. But the absence of some metaphorical fishbowl is a recipe for misery and, I suspect, disaster. Barry Schwartz, The Paradox of Choice

End with Parallel Construction

Parallel construction is a series of repeated phrases. It can be a powerful tool to use in a persuasive speech as it creates a feeling of importance.

Watch this clip for how Malala Yousafzai ends with a series of parallel statements to build momentum. Notice how her pace perfectly matches her words and you feel her strength when she ends with “education first.” (I have the video cued to play just the closing)

Dear brothers and sisters, we must not forget that millions of people are suffering from poverty, injustice, and ignorance. We must not forget that millions of children are out of schools. We must not forget that our sisters and brothers are waiting for a bright peaceful future. So let us wage a global struggle against illiteracy, poverty, and terrorism, and let us pick up our books and pens. They are our most powerful weapons. One child, one teacher, one pen, and one book can change the world. Education is the only solution. Education First.

Malala Yousafzai,  United Nations Youth Assembly

End on a Positive Note

Audiences are constantly evaluating a speaker to determine their attitude and motivation. As you consider your speech closing, ask yourself what type of impression do you want to leave?  Do you want to leave them with depression or hope? Sadness or promise? Most of the time, audiences will receive messages that end positively better than speeches that end negatively.

In this speech sample, Hans Rosling showed the audience some hard statistics and he even pointed fingers at the audience as part of the problem. To help them hear his main point, he wisely ends on a positive note.

Watch this clip for how Hans Rosling ends this thought-provoking talk on a positive note. (I have the video cued to play just the closing)

Now, when thinking about where all this leaves us, I have just one little humble advice for you, besides everything else, look at the data. Look at the facts about the world and you will see where we are today and how we can move forwards with all these billions on our wonderful planet. The challenge of extreme poverty has been greatly reduced and it’s for the first time in history within our power to end it for good. The challenge of population growth is, in fact, already being solved, the number of children has stopped growing.  And for the challenge for climate change, we can still avoid the worst, but that requires the richest, as soon as possible, find a way to use their set their use of resources and energy at a level that, step by step, can be shared by 10 billion or 11 billion by the end of this century. I’ve never called myself an optimist, but I do say I’m a possibilist and I also say the world is much better than many of you think.

Hans Rosling, Facts about the Population.

End with a Challenge

Leave the audience with a doable personal challenge. Help them mentally make sense of all the information that you shared by helping them know how to file it away and how to use it.

Watch this clip for how Melissa Butler ends with a challenge. (I have the video cued to play just the closing)

So, I challenge each of you, when you go home today, look at yourself in the mirror, see all of you, look at all of your greatness that you embody, accept it, and love it. And finally, when you leave the house tomorrow, try to extend that same love and acceptance to someone who doesn’t look like you . Melissa Butler, Why You Think You’re Ugly. 

Watch this clip as Darren LaCroix literally falls face down to anchor the point that when we fall, we “fall forward.” (I have the video cued to play just the closing)

Darren LaCroix talks about taking risks and falling down and getting back up, he literally and purposefully falls down during his speech and ends this way: What’s your next step… take it. I didn’t want to look back at my life and say you know I never did try that comedy thing, but I died debt-free. All of us are headed toward that goal we are going to teach a point where we get stuck and our feet are like in cement and we can’t move but we’re so afraid of that ouch but we forget that if we lean forward and take a risk–(He falls face down) and we fall on our face. When we get up, notice, you still made progress. So please, with me, go ahead and fall. But fall forward. Darren LaCroiz, Winning Speech delivered at National Speech Association

End with a Question

Asking a question at the end is one way to reengage the audience. It helps them think about what your topic might mean for them.

Watch this clip for how David Eagleman reminds us about why his topic is important and then ends with a question. Notice how he pauses before his final question and how he changes the pace of his speech for the final sentence. (I have the video cued to play just the closing)

So I think there’s really no end to the possibilities on the horizon for human expansion. Just imagine an astronaut being able to feel the overall health of the International Space Station, or, for that matter, having you feel the invisible states of your own health, like your blood sugar and the state of your microbiome, or having 360-degree vision or seeing in infrared or ultraviolet. So the key is this: As we move into the future, we’re going to increasingly be able to choose our own peripheral devices. We no longer have to wait for Mother Nature’s sensory gifts on her timescales, but instead, like any good parent, she’s given us the tools that we need to go out and define our own trajectory. So the question now is, how do you want to go out and experience your universe?

David Eagleman, Can We Create New Senses for Humans? 

Watch this clip for how Lera Boroditsky ends with a personal note and a  powerful final question. (I have the video cued to play just the closing)

I want to leave you with this final thought. I’ve told you about how speakers of different languages think differently, but of course, that’s not about how people elsewhere think. It’s about how you think. It’s how the language that you speak shapes the way that you think. And that gives you the opportunity to ask, “Why do I think the way that I do?” “How could I think differently?” And also,  “What thoughts do I wish to create?” Lera Boroditsky, How Language Shapes the Way We Think

End with Inspiration

“Inspiring your audience is all about helping them see their own vision, not yours.”

You may want to end your speech with inspiring and encouraging words. Pick words that resonate with most of your audience and deliver them in such a way that your audience feels your lift in emotion.

Watch this clip for how Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie ends with an inspiring final note and a powerful last few words “regain a kind of paradise” (I have the video cued to play just the closing)

Stories matter. Many stories matter. Stories have been used to dispossess and to malign, but stories can also be used to empower and humanize. Stories can break the dignity of a people, but stories can also repair that broken dignity.

I would like to end with this thought:   That when we reject the single-story,   when we realize that there is never a single story   about any place,   we regain a kind of paradise.

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie,  The Danger of a Single Story  

Watch this clip for how Dan Pink ends with an inspiring final note. (I have the video cued to play just the closing) Let me wrap up. There is a mismatch between what science knows and what business does. Here is what science knows. One: Those 20th century rewards, those motivators we think are a natural part of business, do work, but only in a surprisingly narrow band of circumstances. Two: Those if-then rewards often destroy creativity. Three: The secret to high performance isn’t rewards and punishments, but that unseen intrinsic drive– the drive to do things for their own sake. The drive to do things cause they matter.

And here’s the best part. We already know this. The science confirms what we know in our hearts. So, if we repair this mismatch between what science  knows and what business does, if we bring our motivation, notions of motivation into the 21st century, if we get past this lazy, dangerous, ideology of carrots and sticks, we can strengthen our businesses, we can solve a lot of those candle problems, and maybe, maybe — we can change the world. I rest my case. Dan Pink, The Puzzle of Motivation

End with Well Wishing

There are several types of closings where the speaker wished the audience well.

The Benediction Close: M ay God bless and keep you…. The Presidential Close: God bless you and may God bless the USA The Congratulatory Close: I congratulate you on your accomplishment and wish you continued success. 

End with Humor

You can end on a fun lighthearted note. It is important to always run your humor by a variety of people to make sure you are funny, and your humor is appropriate.

Watch this clip for how Andrew Dunham uses humor throughout his speech and ends with a funny one-liner. (I have the video cued to play just the closing)

I wish you all the best as we begin this journey on our paths and I sincerely hope and pray that your time and success have proven to be as memorable and spiritually rewarding as mine. If not, there’s always summer school.

Andrew Dunham, Valedictorian Comes Out As Autistic During Speech

End with a Call to Action

If you are delivering a persuasive speech, let the audience know exactly what you want them to do.

End with a Feeling of Resolve

Paul Harvey made famous the line “And now you know…the rest of the story.” Your closing should allow us to know the rest of the story or to know how a situation was resolved.

Watch this clip for how Lucy Hone ends this tough but inspiring talk with a feeling of resolve (I have the video cued to play just the closing)

https://youtu.be/9-5SMpg7Q0k?t=913 If you ever find yourself in a situation where you think there’s no way I’m coming back from this, I urge you to lean into these strategies and think again. I won’t pretend that thinking this way is easy and it doesn’t remove all the pain. But if I’ve learned anything over the last five years, it is that thinking this way really does help. More than anything it has shown me that  it is possible  to live and grieve at the same time. And for that I will be always grateful. Lucy Hone, The Three Secrets of Resilient People

End with a Prop

Nancy Duarte says you should give your audience, SOMETHING THEY  will ALWAYS REMEMBER–S.T.A.R. One way to do that is with an action or statement that will have the audience talking about it for a long time. President Obama did it with a mic drop.

Memorize Your Conclusion

End on time.

Do not diminish the effect of a great speech with a bloated, aimless conclusion. Dan Rothwell.

“Times about up.”

Don’t end with any references to time. It is like a giant stop sign saying, “stop listening.”  Don’t highlight that you ran over time or that it is almost time for lunch. You want them to think about your speech, not the clock.

“Any Questions?”

You want them to feel a sense of closure for your speech.  End with something powerful and let them applaud.  After the applause, you can offer to answer questions. Similarly, projecting your last slide with the words, “Any Questions” is a weak ending.

“Let Me Add This Point I Missed”

If you forget something in the body of your speech, it is usually best to leave it out.  Most of the time you are the only one who will miss it.

“Thank You to the Team”

There is a time to thank the organizers and those who helped you but it is not at the end of your speech. Your focus should be on your audience and what they need and what they need to hear is your idea.  Send a thank you letter to the team if you want them to feel your appreciation.

“I’m Sorry”

“Sorry again for the technology issue,” “I apologize for going over time, ” “I regret I have no answer to this.” These are all negative phrases.  Keep to your topic that is what they need to hear and stay focused.

“I’ll Close with this Video”

No, you should close with talking about the big idea.

If you don’t have a plan at the end, you will ramble. “Steer clear of meandering endings they kill a story,” according to the Moth Storytelling website. “Your last line should be clear in your head before you start. Yes, bring the audience along with you as you contemplate what transpires in your story, but remember, you are driving the story, and must know the final destination. Keep your hands on the wheel!”

To Thank or Not to Thank, That is the Question

There is a debate amongst speech professionals, speech teachers, and speech coaches about whether or not you should thank the audience. Here are their main arguments.

Why You Should Not Say Thank You

• You want to end with powerful words. “Thank you” are not strong words.
• The recency effect suggests they will remember the last words you spoke. You want them to remember more than just “thank you.”
• It is not a very creative way to end.
• It can be a sign of a lazy speaker, “I have no idea how to end this, I’ve run out of good things to say so I’ll say ‘Thank you’ so you will clap now.”

Why You Should Say Thank You

• It has come to be the expected ending in many settings. Violating their expectations can cause them to have a negative reaction.
• It clearly signals you are finished so the audience knows when to clap. The relieves the pressure from both you and the audience.
• It expresses gratitude.

I will leave it up to you to decide what works for you. As for me, I plan on trying to find more creative ways to end other than just saying “thank you.”

Maximizing the Primacy Recency Effect

If I were to read you a list of thirty things on my grocery list and then asked you to list all that you can remember, chances are you would remember the first times on the list and the last items on the list ( and any ones you found interesting from the middle). When people engage in listening, they tend to remember the first and last things they hear, it is called the primacy-recency effect. T his is just one more reason that your introduction and conclusion should be so well planned out. It is those first words and last words that the audience is going to remember. 

The primacy recency effect influences, not only what people pay attention to in a speech, but also which speech we pay the most attention to in a series of speeches. For example, if there is a lineup of six speakers, the first and last speakers tend to get the most attention.

As a speaker, you can use this information to your advantage by volunteering to go first or last. If you are giving a long presentation, you can break it up by allowing the audience to move around or talk to a neighbor. When you come back from break, you have re-engaged that primacy effect and moved them back to a high state of attention.

Do You Have Everything You Need for a Strong Closing?

• Have I signaled my speech is coming to an end with my words or my voice?
• Have I restated my main points?
• If I am persuading my audience, do they know what I want them to do or think?
• Have I written the last three to five words in such a way that I end with powerful words?
• Have I memorized my closing?

Getting Off the Platform is Part of Your Closing

Plan on making a strong exit. Whether you are stepping off a stage or simply going to your seat, you should consider that the audience is watching you.

I have had students who finished their speech and then walked over to the trashcan and in a large, exaggerated movement, they threw their notecards in the trash. In our minds, we threw their message away with those cards. I’ve seen speakers, sit in their chairs and then announce, “I can’t believe my hands were shaking so much.” I’ve sat there and thought, “I didn’t notice.” I then realized that the comments they made influenced my perception of them and my perception of their topic.

You said your last word and the audience is applauding, now what? Look at your audience and smile and nod in appreciation before walking off the stage. If you will be answering questions, wait until after the applause stops to begin your question and answering period.

When practicing your speech, it is a good idea to start from your chair, walk up to a spot and then give your speech, and then walk back to your chair and sit down. Your “speech” impression begins and ends from your chair.

Key Takeaways

Remember This!

• A speech closing should include a review of the main points and a purposeful closing sentence.
• Persuasive speech endings should tell the audience specifically what they should do or think about.
• The recency effect suggests that people remember the most recent things they have heard which is one reason the closing is so important.
• Chance the pace of your speech and the tone of your voice to signal the end of the speech.

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Orientation Programme Speech for School or College

If you have been given the responsibility of writing the orientation programme speech for your institution and you have no clue how to start it. Then, please don’t panic as here you will find a great sample of orientation programme speech. Which will help you to compile one.

You can either use our orientation programme speech or edit it according to your need. As the events might be different. So before giving you the blueprint of the speech. Let’s expand your knowledge on what is an orientation programme, its aim and objectives.

The Aim and Purpose of Orientation Programmes:

Orientation Programmes are held by educational institutions such as schools, colleges, and universities to make the ward and their parents familiar with the culture of their institute. Which helps the students as well as their parents to know, the rules, regulations, and the ethos of the institution.

Hosting orientation programmes at school ensures, that the parents are actively involved in their child’s life. It also assures the parents that their child is in good hands, where his safety, growth, and his future are promised.

Through orientation programme, the school imparts knowledge to the parents about the infrastructure, amenities in school, school safety, boarding facility, and other educational resources and tools of learning, that are offered by the school to impart quality learning to their scholars.

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What happens in an Orientation Programme:

The orientation programmes include— inviting parents for on-campus tours and discussions are held on the curriculum and teaching methodologies applied in the classroom.

It also shares with its newcomers the academic life of students at school, the vision of the school, inspirational stories of notable alumni, and the school records.

Entertainment and activities are also a part of the orientation programmes. Which are done by the students under the guidance of their teachers.

The Importance of Orientation Programmes for Students and their Parents:

Orientation programmes are of great help to the new students. Who don’t have any idea about their school, their subject teachers, and how the curriculum is designed at their new school.

Having such informative programmes are of great help to the new students. As it acquaints them with the life at school. That’s why many prestigious schools conduct orientation programmes. So they can invite new students and their parents to be able to learn more about their institution, their staff, and their way of operation.

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Orientation Programme Speech

Welcome Speech, addressing the Audience:

“ Good morning everybody, a very warm welcome to all the lovely parents, teachers, and the management body present here. Today we have gathered here for the orientation programme.

So, we can thank all the parents for trusting us with their child’s education, and having faith in the work of Eduphile International Academy (edit the name of your school or college).

We are deeply obliged! Therefore, we would like to share with you the progress, that our institution has made over the years.

And also, introduce you to our teachers, who work day-in and day-out on your wards. Due to which they have given stellar performances throughout their academic years. “

Sharing with Parents, the Objective of the Orientation Programme:

“ Our prime objective of conducting this orientation program is to bring to your knowledge all the scholastic and co-scholastic activities, that we have peculiarly designed for your child’s holistic development.

So that every parent can be enlightened about the school’s curriculum. Which will make it easier for you to monitor your child’s progress along with us. And you will also get to know, how our teachers meticulously work on their students to accelerate their learning. “

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Introduction of the Management Body:

“ Before proceeding further, let me introduce you all to the core members of the management.

We have in between us, our respected Managing Director Dr. Jigyasa Kadam Ma’am. Her creative decisions and constructive approach towards learning, has always motivated us to strike the balance between learning and teaching.

Dr. J.E Wilson Sir, who is the Director of the school. His immense experience, support and great advices has always been an asset to the school.

Our School Principal Mrs. Dhruvika Chaudhary Ma’am with whose outstanding support ‘Eduphile International Academy’ has proved its mettle.

Our Administrative Officer Ma’am Mrs. Drishti Sharma, under whose keen observation and expertise, we are able to smoothly run our institution.

Our Academic Advisors are the heart of the school’s curriculum, who make it possible to achieve the milestones of learning. So let’s introduce you to Mrs. Veronika Messey Ma’am, the Academic Advisor of Junior Wing.

We are proud to say, that our school realizes the importance of HODs and the power of good mentors. Therefore, we have Mrs. Arya Dhiman Ma’am, who has 30+ years of experience as an English Teacher. She supervises English and Moral Science teachers and is also the core member of “Heartfulness” an International Organisation of Wellness and Meditation.

At last, I would like to introduce you to our Co-ordinator Ma’am Mrs. Ritunjaya Mishra, the Coordinator of the Senior Wing. She is responsible for managing the programmes and curriculum of the school. Her top priority is ensuring the welfare of the students as well as the staff members.

I hope, by now, you are well acquainted with us and our responsibilities as the body of management. Thank you for your patience, let’s move forward…. “

Opening the Event with the Lamp Lighting Ceremony:

“ Without further ado, let’s begin this wonderful event with the lamp lighting ceremony, for which I would like to call upon the stage Hritika Ma’am (insert name).

Thank you ma’am for lighting up this room with the glow of the lamps. “

Speech for Prayer Session to seek the Blessings of The Goddess of Knowledge:

“ Since every function that is held in our school is incomplete without Saraswati Vandana. So let’s call upon the stage students of class 12th to do Saraswati Vandana. The beautiful hymns of Saraswati Ji have changed the aura of this room and I hope, we all can sense the positive vibes that this hall is filled with. “

Speech on Welcome Dance:

“ Hold your breath, as we are about to witness an incredible dance performance by the students of class 11th. Who have prepared a welcome dance for the parents (you can insert the name of songs) and the staff members of the school.

Please give a round of applause to the great efforts by these students and also the teachers, who choreographed it. “

Speech on School’s Presentation explaining the Guidelines of the School:

“ As guide and mentors, we love parents who are actively involved in their child’s life. As they dully check the work assigned by the teachers and make sure that their child is completing his or her work on time. Which definitely helps in enhancing their overall performance.

So with the motive to educate the parents about the school’s curriculum and guidelines, Avantika Ma’am (insert name) will give all the essential information to you. Knowing this, will make you aware of how your child is doing in the class, and it will be easier for you to track your child’s progress.

Now I would request all the parents to lend their ears to Avantika Ma’am’s presentation.

Thank you Avantika Ma’am (insert name) for this lovely presentation. It was quite informative. “

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Speech on Folk Dance:

“ Since culture plays a vital role in the progress of mankind. So let’s celebrate the beauty of our culture by witnessing the sprightly folk dance by students of classes 9th and 11th. They will perform on a medley of Indian folk songs.

I must say, it was a refreshing performance. We acknowledge your great efforts. “

Introduction of Teachers:

“ Since teachers are the facilitators of knowledge and also a friend and guide of students. Therefore, it is the duty of every parent to know the names of teachers and their work. For which we would like to give a small introduction of our lovely teachers, who with their hard work have always shown the best results.

Now I would like to invite all the teachers on the stage, to give their round of introduction to the parents. (Call the teachers one-by-one by their names and ask them to introduce themselves). “

Principal’s Speech:

“ We hope that the orientation programme has been fruitful for all the parents. Because now you would be well aware of all the staff members of our Sunrise family and also the culture of our school.

Moving ahead, it’s time to hear some words from our Principal Ma’am, Mrs. Dhruvika Chaudhary (insert name), who is the pillar of strength to the students and the staff members. With her good work, she has always found smart solutions to grave problems.

Thank you Ma’am, for your kind words. “

Also Read: Spiritual Enquiry: Why Children are Happier than Adults

Managing Director’s Speech:

“ Our MD Ma’am, Dr. Jigyasa Kadam (insert name) is the backbone of this institution, who always takes care of adding valuable resources to the school. So that there’s no dearth of facilities, that come in the way of progress of the students.

She swears by Benjamin Franklin’s quote, “An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.”

Let’s hear a few words from our MD Ma’am, who will share with us her vision for the school. Ma’am please come and address the audience.

Thank you Ma’am for invigorating speech on the importance of quality education. “

Vote of Thanks:

“ A heartfelt thanks to all the parents, who took out time to attend our orientation programme. We are humbled by your kind response due to which this event could be made successful.

We would like to welcome the newcomers with open arms and are proud to say, that this time we have found gems in the form of new students. We are confident that you will be polished by the teachers, which will enhance your overall performance and make you future ready. “

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Orientation Speech

Employee and student handbook are not sufficient anymore when it comes to introducing and welcoming them on their new environment. It needs to have a good and effective orientation speech to make them on board. Orientation speech is not made by a speech writer, It is the organization that manages these speeches.

An orientation speech is just as important as persuasive speech . It needs to be clear and informative so that the audience will not lose track of the things the speaker said. Anyone can give an orientation speech but it is best when the speaker has good and effective speech skills.

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What Is an Orientation Speech?

An orientation speech is a speech given to a group of people, usually, employee and students who are the first timer in that particular setting or the environment are new to them.

The reason for this is to give them a heads up of the things and what needs to be familiarized in order for them to adjust more quickly. An orientation speech in word is also the time to set out all the rules and regulation that needs to be followed in that environment.

How to Write an Orientation Speech

Writing an orientation speech is based on individual interpretation. However, there are some basic guidelines on writing an orientation speech.

• Start off by creating a speech outline or speech template that will guide you through.
• Determine who your audience are. It varies whether it is business orientation or school orientation.
• Identify what areas or topics you need to discuss.
• Write a compelling and attention-getter introduction.
• Focused on the main ideas and expand it by providing supporting details.
• End it with the summary of your whole speech.

Our welcome speech examples can also give you guidelines for writing an orientation speech since these two are much more alike.

Orientation Speech for New Students

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Short Orientation Speech

Tips on Preparing an Orientation Speech

The problems encountered by most keynote speech is that it is too boring and overwhelming. That is because of inadequate preparation and neglecting its importance. So, if you are given a task to deliver an orientation speech, be sure to follow these basic guidelines to prevent those unwanted circumstances.

• Prepare in advance. As always, it is very important that you prepare your speech and your materials ahead of time. So that when the time comes, you are now ready and you are in control of your speech.
• Know your audience. It is also very important to know who you are giving your orientation speech to as this will determine your entire speech.
• Create a speech outline. Speech outline will make everything easy for you. It will organize and group your main ideas and guide you logically in your speech.
• Make your orientation speech conversational. Do not talk the entire time. Allow your audience to connect and talk with you.
• Be humorous. Orientations are not that formal. You can make funny side notes to ensure that your audience will have a good time in your orientation speech.

You can also get more ideas on how to prepare a good speech with our self-introduction speech examples and other speech examples in PDF and Word format here.

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Closing Remarks for Presentations (in 2024) with Tips & Examples

Last updated on February 25th, 2024

Two aspects of a speech or presentation hold immense importance to ensure that you are able to leave a lasting impact on your audience, i.e. the opening and closing remarks. Using the right words can help you leave on a high note and needless to say, failing to do so can make your presentation forgettable and in some cases, regrettable.

How to End a Speech? Sample Closing Remarks and Tips for Presentations

The type of closing remarks you add to your presentation will depend upon the environment, the topic of the speech and the kind of audience you are addressing to. Let’s take a look at some sample closing remarks that you can use, along with some basic tips for concluding your presentation in an appropriate manner. You can use these examples below for inspiration, to learn how to end a speech.

Example of Formal Closing Remarks

You might want to end your presentation formally with comments like these:

• It’s been a pleasure being with all of you today, thank you.
• Thank you all for your patience, I wish you all a very good evening. Good Bye.
• It’s been an honor to be among such accomplished individuals and to be able to present my perspective before you all, thank you and good evening/day.
• Thank you all for being here today and taking the time to patiently listen to what I had to say, I wish you all a blessed day.

Below is an example of a formal closing remark by Bill Gates at the Harvard Commencement.

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Funny Closing Remarks

You can also add a touch of humor to make things more interesting with a closing remark like these:

• “It is finally time to end the excruciating pain I have all given you, time to get some caffeine! Thank you!”
• “It’s been a pleasure torturing you all with convoluted statistics and wordy speeches, have a great day!”
• “Now that we have that out of the way, time for me to get back home before my parents ground me!”
• “I hope you were all unable to understand anything I said! Confused? Good! Have a good day”

Note: Such a closing remark might be suitable where you have been able to keep your audience laughing throughout the presentation session and the audience might be in the right mood to receive such a remark in a lighthearted manner.

Even when you crack a joke, make sure to follow it up with a formal comment like ‘Thank You’, ‘Good Bye’, ‘Good Evening’ or ‘Have a Great Day’. Say it with a smile, to make sure you don’t look rude or the audience does not misunderstand you in anyway.

While the below comment by Will Ferrell wasn’t a closing remark but it serves as a good example as to how you can end your presentation with some humor.

The presenter can support the close of the presentation with some visual slides. The thank you slides provided by SlideModel for example can be a good fit for this purpose. Read the full review from fixthephoto.com.

Tips for Adding Closing Remarks to Your Presentations

There are a number of ways by which you can add closing remarks to your presentations. Below are some methods you can use for leaving a major impact on the hearts and souls of your audience.

1. Adding closing remarks with the conclusion

This can be done to closely knit your conclusion with a closing remark which might inspire your audience. Crafting a compelling conclusion is an art in itself; understanding how to conclude a project effectively can be essential for creating a lasting impact. This tip is especially useful when drafting an effective conclusion for project.

2. Keeping the closing remarks separate from the conclusion

Sometimes it’s best to keep your closing remarks aside from the conclusion to avoid confusing the audience. This might be suitable when your closing remarks are meant to stand out apart from your conclusion. For example, your conclusion might be neutral but your closing remarks might provide your perspective on the topic and what you think is the best course of action.

3. Closing remarks and a summary of your presentation

When your closing remarks are closely tied to your conclusion/summary, you can use this method. Summarizing information can help the audience gather their thoughts and be reminded of essential aspects of your presentation, followed by a closing remark which resonates with the summarized content. You can effectively summarize your presentation by utilizing an online summarizer. A text summarizer can help to encompass the main points of your presentation and tie your closing remarks.

4. Using amazing facts to inspire your audience

This can be a very handy approach, i.e. to use a mind boggling fact to inspire the audience and to direct them towards your preferred opinion.

5. Call to action

Almost every type of presentation has a call to action. It is unlikely that a presenter in some way or the other will not be encouraging the audience to act, be it a sales presentation, motivational speech or a presentation about social issues. It could be as simple as adding a QR Code that links to your  digital business card , thereby giving them an opportunity to contact you.

6. Reiterate Your Main Message

Your closing remarks should reinforce the main message or takeaway from your presentation. This helps in embedding the core idea in your audience’s mind, reminding them of what you want them to remember most.

7. Create an Emotional Connection

Closing remarks that tap into emotions can leave a lasting impression. A touching story, an inspiring quote, or a call to personal action can help create this emotional resonance, making your presentation more memorable.

8. Ensure Clarity and Brevity

While crafting your closing remarks, remember to keep them concise and clear. Avoid using jargon or complex sentences, and aim for straightforward language that your audience can easily comprehend.

9. End with a Call to Action

If applicable, give your audience something to do after your presentation. Whether it’s visiting a website, reading a book, or making a change in their life, a call to action gives your audience a practical next step. You can use the Call-To-Action to end your speech. Pro Tip: Do not forget to add your phone number and business email address as a part of your call to action.

10. Thank Your Audience

It’s always polite and effective to thank your audience in your closing remarks. Showing appreciation for their time and attention helps to foster a positive relationship and leaves a favorable impression. Use Thank you slides when you end your presentation.

11. Use Visual Aids

To enhance your closing remarks, consider using visual aids such as slides or infographics. These can summarize your main points, reinforce your message, and make your remarks more engaging and impactful.

12. Practice Delivery

Your closing remarks aren’t just about what you say, but also how you say it. Practice your slideshow and the presentation delivery to ensure you convey your message with confidence and clarity. Consider your tone, pace, and body language, as these can significantly affect your audience’s perception of your remarks. You can use tools like the Presentation Coach to rehearse your presentation.

Final words

We hope it will help you deliver a memorable presentation by ending it with proper closing remarks. Make sure that your audience feels satisfied after hearing the end of your speech. Ending on an optimistic note may leave a lasting impression on them, which is what matters the most in such professional events like interviews and presentations.

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More Than Just a Place: Dean Long's Prepared Welcome Remarks

• Posted August 24, 2020
• By News editor

First, let me emphasize how excited I am to welcome you. The last five months have been tumultuous to say the least. We have all shared uncertainty, fear, anger, and disappointment, but we come together today to start afresh, to begin something new.

And as you embark on this journey, one that is also new for each and every faculty and staff member at HGSE, I urge you to consider several things that might help guide your time this year.

First, be assured, you belong as part of this community.

As you sit watching your screen, some of you may be wondering, is this real?  Am I really a Harvard student?  Let me first assure you, yes, you belong as a part of this community. 

And let me just say: you are an impressive group. Each and every one of you has shown us how you’ve successfully tackled challenges and made the most of the opportunities you’ve been given. Your accomplishments are not easily summarized by a test score or letter grade. Yes, there’s overwhelming evidence of how smart you are, but we also wanted you for your work ethic, your imagination, and your potential. Most importantly, we wanted your passion for improving education.

I hope you have already begun the exciting work of getting to know each other but allow me to spend just a moment introducing you as an incoming class. This year, the HGSE community extends not only across the U.S. but also includes students from 62 other countries. Joining you are students from Morocco, Ghana, Ireland, Vietnam, Jamaica, Finland Argentina, Bangladesh, and Australia, and I could go on. Among you are teachers, researchers, policymakers, leaders, activists, public servants, artists, innovators, and dreamers. Some of you have always known that you wanted to be in education. Others have transitioned from other fields. Still others of you have long been in the field of education, and you seek this time to reflect on your practice and learn more about the context and conditions in which you work. You bring an astonishing array of experiences, perspectives, and accomplishments. But no matter where you’re from and what you hope to do in the future, we are delighted that you’re joining us.

Just to give you a sense of this year’s fascinating, caring, talented, and entrepreneurial class, we have students who have: spent over a decade in leadership within the D.C. public schools; published children’s coloring books celebrating historical female trailblazers in science, technology, and art; and devoted themselves to improving education access and opportunity on the Acoma Pueblo reservation in New Mexico. We have someone who focused on expanding access to agricultural education in Davenport, Iowa; another person founded a non-profit that empowers young people to be role models in championing LGBTQ+ equality. We even have a student who performed on tour in the Broadway musicals Chicago  and Hamilton , and the former Executive Director of the Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra. I know throughout the year you will learn about so many more of the interesting histories of your fellow students, as well as the faculty and staff.

The second thing I want you to consider is what do you bring with you?  

I urge you to bring your full selves into the classroom and other activities. Bring your ideas, experiences, perspectives, and dreams with you as you engage with each other using a range of tools. In fact, this year’s circumstances have given us a unique opportunity: you did not need to leave your home communities to be a part of HGSE. You bring them with you. I hope you will share them with your classmates just as you are bringing the classroom into your homes. 

Throughout the week, in an effort for our global community to get to know one another, I invite you to introduce yourself on Instagram, using the hashtag #IAmHGSE. And don’t forget to follow us at @HarvardEducation. 

And to encourage you even further, I have a tangible way to help you share yourself and where you’re from. To celebrate this new community and our common mission to improve education, as well as to warmly welcome you, the Dean’s Office is giving each of you a free HGSE T-shirt. To have your shirt mailed to you, simply visit the Orientation section of the Canvas website and click on the link for further instructions.  

I want you to show your HGSE spirit wherever you are in the world, and throughout the year, we’ll be inviting you to share photos of you in your home communities wearing the HGSE shirt. Be creative with what you share, whether it’s a photo of you hard at work or hard at play. Snap a picture next to a seminal landmark, include family members, or stand outside the school you support. I look forward to seeing how we cover the globe, and who knows, the shirts might even help you find each other. So be sure to order your shirt this week, and I can’t wait to see what each of you bring to HGSE. 

The third thing for you to consider is what will we do together?

I do want to acknowledge that I wish we could hold this event in person, but I also don’t want to waste this valuable chance to work and learn together. I’m struck by something an old friend of mine from graduate school posted on social media:

“We may limit ourselves if we stick to the notion that a university is a spot on a map rather than a group of people.”

Stated another way, we are selling ourselves short if we only think of HGSE as a place — a spot on a map — rather than as a group of dedicated, talented people sharing a mission to improve education. So even though we may be physically apart, let us not be socially distant.

And this is the time to think boldly and expansively. Education needs us — the field needs you.

Millions of children have been out of school for months, and early studies suggest the learning loss has been severe, especially for those with special needs. Add to that the fact that millions have gone without regular access to the food and health care provided by schools, without the safety of adult supervision and after-school programs, and without reliable internet connectivity or access to learning tools.  

The effects of this will be felt for a generation. There will be no return to “normal” anytime soon. And I don’t know that returning to “normal” should ever be the goal. From our youngest pre-schoolers to our adult students, there are major gaps in opportunity, achievement, and success.

And globally, while there has been a great expansion in primary education, attending school is not a guarantee of learning, and hundreds of millions of children still cannot read or write. Does that sound like something to aspire to return to?  

And this moment has underscored more than ever that so many have experienced exclusion, marginalization, and injustice simply because of the color of their skin or some other part of their identity. We need to do far better than what has been considered the status quo or “normal” in society.

So what is going to be your contribution — make that our contribution? What are we going to do together?

Even before this day, many of you were already making your mark by helping those around you. And the good news is that you are now part of an institution that has a long track-record of doing the unimaginable. You see, 2020 is HGSE’s Centennial, and when this pandemic hit, we were just at the beginning of kicking off a yearlong set of events to reflect on HGSE’s history. Just like we never could have imagined what would happen during 2020, anyone from our early years would be shocked at how HGSE has evolved and grown during the past 100 years. 

In fact, for a time even our existence was questioned as universities began to close education schools. But HGSE advocated successfully for education to be recognized as a profession in its own right, to be a specialized body of knowledge. It was people here who pushed to be inside schools, to be connected to learners, educators, and communities — not just researchers sitting in the ivory tower.  

It was people here who were courageous enough and bold enough to question the deeply-held assumption that only some students could learn. All means all. You are now part of a School that graduated the first woman from Harvard, had the first female dean in all of the Harvard schools, and is for the first time being led by a person of color, an African-American woman. These three facts alone should tell you there is something special about this School.

But HGSE’s Centennial is about much more than reflecting on our past. This has been a pivotal year to consider what we want to be in the future, and no one could have imagined the dramatic turn those conversations would take due to COVID-19. We have been at our best when we have focused on our central mission to improve education, and I bring up HGSE’s history now to encourage you as you look ahead. Know that anything is possible when a set of dedicated, talented people come together to pursue a common mission. The last several months have underscored just how essential education and schools are to society, and this is an especially critical time with a flurry of new ideas, new collaborations, and renewed calls for investing in education. What if this is a time like no other — when we imagine something new for our students, their families, and ourselves?

Closer to home, as you embark on your HGSE journey, let’s start by considering what hasn’t changed — the faculty, the students, and staff all working together and wrestling with important issues in education. But this year of remote learning also opens up new experiences and new opportunities not previously possible. We are no longer constrained by time and space. We can be much more flexible because we are not beholden to logistical constraints.

And perhaps most importantly for an education school with a mission to impact the world, we can now more actively engage with the world around us. You are embedded in communities around the world who need our support and who are also our partners in this work. Bring what you see into the classroom. Bring the problems of practice you are grappling with to your discussions. Let us work on them together. Let us share research and expertise but also the lessons learned across the many communities you inhabit. Together you represent a massive network of educators. And you join the 30,000 alumni of HGSE along with our many partners, collaborators, and fellow educators.

Remember, HGSE is much more than a spot on a map, and this year we get to live that fact. 

So what will we do together? This is the question I want you to explore, starting today. None of us alone has all the answers, but we can work together, and with those in our many, many communities, we can chart a new course for education.

I want to close by again recognizing this special beginning and new adventure. Welcome to the HGSE community. Be assured, you belong as part of this community, and I look forward to learning what you bring with you. Students, families, colleagues, leaders, and communities — are desperate for solutions. And I am optimistic, because of all of you. So let’s see what we can do to improve education and our world — together.

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Orientation Speech By Principal - 10 Lines, Short and Long Speech

• Orientation Speech By Principal

Educational institutions, including schools, colleges, and universities, hold orientation programmes to acquaint students and their parents with the culture of the institution. which makes it easier for both students and parents to understand the institution's character and policies. Here are a few sample orientation speeches by principals.

10 Lines Orientation Speech By Principal

Short speech on orientation speech by principal, long orientation speech by principal.

1. Welcome everyone to our school. I, Ashok Kumar, principal, am delighted to have you here.

2. We are committed to providing an excellent education to all of our students, and we are excited to have you join us.

3. Our school is a place where all members of the school community are respected and valued.

4. We have a strong focus on academic excellence, and we strive to create a safe and inspiring learning environment for all.

5. We believe that every student is capable of reaching their full potential and we will do our best to support and motivate you to do so.

6. We have high expectations of our students and we will provide you with the necessary resources and guidance to help you achieve your best.

7. We are committed to helping each student develop into a responsible, educated, and well-rounded individual.

8. We recognise the importance of extracurricular activities and encourage our students to take part in a variety of activities outside of the classroom.

9. We also believe in the importance of building strong relationships between the school and the community.

10. We look forward to the upcoming school year and we are confident that it will be a fruitful one.

Good morning to all. I would like to extend a sincere welcome to all our guests who gladly accepted our invitation and are present to celebrate our customary yearly orientation day celebration. I feel honoured to be addressing this gathering today.

I would like to start with a brief history of our college. It was founded in the year 1966 and has received an excellent response in the field of academics to this day. It offers more than 50 courses for shaping the future of our young minds.

You will be developing over here: knowledge, skills, and habits of learning and adopting. We have a special cell for student counseling as well.

You will not only learn but you will also be guided along your path to a brighter future. I encourage all students to participate in extracurricular activities, build networking skills, and interact with their seniors and learn from them. Finally, I would like you to know we all are here to help you out, and by the end of your curriculum, you will come out to be a better version of yourselves.

I would like to conclude my speech with these words: ‘A bright future is nothing more than a combination of determination, optimism, and self-assurance.’

Good morning students, staff, and parents. I hope you are all doing well and are ready to embark on a new academic journey. Today, I am here to welcome all of our students to the new academic session.

As we start this new school year, I want to remind everyone of the importance of education. Education is not only about acquiring knowledge and skills, but it also prepares us for life. The lessons you learn in the classroom will serve you well in the future, whether you go on to higher education or enter the workforce.

As you begin this new academic session, I encourage you to approach your studies with a growth mindset. This means that you believe that your abilities can be developed through hard work and perseverance. Remember that failure is not the end, but rather an opportunity to learn and grow.

To support your academic success, we have an outstanding faculty and staff who are dedicated to providing you with the best education possible. They will work with you to help you reach your full potential and achieve your goals. I also encourage you to take advantage of the resources available to you, such as our library, technology center, and after-school programs.

One of my top priorities as your principal is to ensure that our students receive a high-quality education. This means providing them with engaging and challenging learning experiences, as well as the support they need to succeed. To achieve this, we will be working closely with our faculty and staff to implement effective teaching strategies and support programs.

In addition to academic success, we also place a strong emphasis on building character. Our school values of respect, responsibility, and excellence serve as a guide for how we interact with others and approach our work. I encourage you to embody these values in your daily lives and to be good role models for your peers.

One of the highlights of our school is the vibrant and inclusive school community. I encourage you to get involved in our school's clubs, organizations, and sports teams. Participating in extracurricular activities is a great way to meet new friends, develop new skills, and have fun.

Finally, I want to stress the importance of communication and collaboration. Whether you are working with classmates on a group project or talking with your teachers about your progress, communication and collaboration are key to your success. I encourage you to reach out to your teachers and classmates for support and to work together to achieve your goals.

In conclusion, I am excited to welcome all of you to the new academic session and look forward to working with you to achieve your full potential. Remember that education is a journey, not a destination, and that with hard work, perseverance, and a growth mindset, you can achieve anything you set your mind to.

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Data are collected and examined to respond to questions, evaluate hypotheses or contradict theories. It is a tool for analyzing, transforming, modeling, and arranging data with useful knowledge, to assist in decision-making and methods, encompassing various strategies, and is used in different fields of business, research, and social science.

Geothermal Engineer

Individuals who opt for a career as geothermal engineers are the professionals involved in the processing of geothermal energy. The responsibilities of geothermal engineers may vary depending on the workplace location. Those who work in fields design facilities to process and distribute geothermal energy. They oversee the functioning of machinery used in the field.

Database Architect

If you are intrigued by the programming world and are interested in developing communications networks then a career as database architect may be a good option for you. Data architect roles and responsibilities include building design models for data communication networks. Wide Area Networks (WANs), local area networks (LANs), and intranets are included in the database networks. It is expected that database architects will have in-depth knowledge of a company's business to develop a network to fulfil the requirements of the organisation. Stay tuned as we look at the larger picture and give you more information on what is db architecture, why you should pursue database architecture, what to expect from such a degree and what your job opportunities will be after graduation. Here, we will be discussing how to become a data architect. Students can visit NIT Trichy , IIT Kharagpur , JMI New Delhi . 

Remote Sensing Technician

Individuals who opt for a career as a remote sensing technician possess unique personalities. Remote sensing analysts seem to be rational human beings, they are strong, independent, persistent, sincere, realistic and resourceful. Some of them are analytical as well, which means they are intelligent, introspective and inquisitive. 

Remote sensing scientists use remote sensing technology to support scientists in fields such as community planning, flight planning or the management of natural resources. Analysing data collected from aircraft, satellites or ground-based platforms using statistical analysis software, image analysis software or Geographic Information Systems (GIS) is a significant part of their work. Do you want to learn how to become remote sensing technician? There's no need to be concerned; we've devised a simple remote sensing technician career path for you. Scroll through the pages and read.

Budget Analyst

Budget analysis, in a nutshell, entails thoroughly analyzing the details of a financial budget. The budget analysis aims to better understand and manage revenue. Budget analysts assist in the achievement of financial targets, the preservation of profitability, and the pursuit of long-term growth for a business. Budget analysts generally have a bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, economics, or a closely related field. Knowledge of Financial Management is of prime importance in this career.

Underwriter

An underwriter is a person who assesses and evaluates the risk of insurance in his or her field like mortgage, loan, health policy, investment, and so on and so forth. The underwriter career path does involve risks as analysing the risks means finding out if there is a way for the insurance underwriter jobs to recover the money from its clients. If the risk turns out to be too much for the company then in the future it is an underwriter who will be held accountable for it. Therefore, one must carry out his or her job with a lot of attention and diligence.

Finance Executive

Product manager.

A Product Manager is a professional responsible for product planning and marketing. He or she manages the product throughout the Product Life Cycle, gathering and prioritising the product. A product manager job description includes defining the product vision and working closely with team members of other departments to deliver winning products.  

Operations Manager

Individuals in the operations manager jobs are responsible for ensuring the efficiency of each department to acquire its optimal goal. They plan the use of resources and distribution of materials. The operations manager's job description includes managing budgets, negotiating contracts, and performing administrative tasks.

Stock Analyst

Individuals who opt for a career as a stock analyst examine the company's investments makes decisions and keep track of financial securities. The nature of such investments will differ from one business to the next. Individuals in the stock analyst career use data mining to forecast a company's profits and revenues, advise clients on whether to buy or sell, participate in seminars, and discussing financial matters with executives and evaluate annual reports.

A Researcher is a professional who is responsible for collecting data and information by reviewing the literature and conducting experiments and surveys. He or she uses various methodological processes to provide accurate data and information that is utilised by academicians and other industry professionals. Here, we will discuss what is a researcher, the researcher's salary, types of researchers.

Welding Engineer

Welding Engineer Job Description: A Welding Engineer work involves managing welding projects and supervising welding teams. He or she is responsible for reviewing welding procedures, processes and documentation. A career as Welding Engineer involves conducting failure analyses and causes on welding issues. 

Transportation Planner

A career as Transportation Planner requires technical application of science and technology in engineering, particularly the concepts, equipment and technologies involved in the production of products and services. In fields like land use, infrastructure review, ecological standards and street design, he or she considers issues of health, environment and performance. A Transportation Planner assigns resources for implementing and designing programmes. He or she is responsible for assessing needs, preparing plans and forecasts and compliance with regulations.

Environmental Engineer

Individuals who opt for a career as an environmental engineer are construction professionals who utilise the skills and knowledge of biology, soil science, chemistry and the concept of engineering to design and develop projects that serve as solutions to various environmental problems. 

Safety Manager

A Safety Manager is a professional responsible for employee’s safety at work. He or she plans, implements and oversees the company’s employee safety. A Safety Manager ensures compliance and adherence to Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) guidelines.

Conservation Architect

A Conservation Architect is a professional responsible for conserving and restoring buildings or monuments having a historic value. He or she applies techniques to document and stabilise the object’s state without any further damage. A Conservation Architect restores the monuments and heritage buildings to bring them back to their original state.

Structural Engineer

A Structural Engineer designs buildings, bridges, and other related structures. He or she analyzes the structures and makes sure the structures are strong enough to be used by the people. A career as a Structural Engineer requires working in the construction process. It comes under the civil engineering discipline. A Structure Engineer creates structural models with the help of computer-aided design software. 

Highway Engineer

Highway Engineer Job Description:  A Highway Engineer is a civil engineer who specialises in planning and building thousands of miles of roads that support connectivity and allow transportation across the country. He or she ensures that traffic management schemes are effectively planned concerning economic sustainability and successful implementation.

Field Surveyor

Are you searching for a Field Surveyor Job Description? A Field Surveyor is a professional responsible for conducting field surveys for various places or geographical conditions. He or she collects the required data and information as per the instructions given by senior officials. 

Orthotist and Prosthetist

Orthotists and Prosthetists are professionals who provide aid to patients with disabilities. They fix them to artificial limbs (prosthetics) and help them to regain stability. There are times when people lose their limbs in an accident. In some other occasions, they are born without a limb or orthopaedic impairment. Orthotists and prosthetists play a crucial role in their lives with fixing them to assistive devices and provide mobility.

Pathologist

A career in pathology in India is filled with several responsibilities as it is a medical branch and affects human lives. The demand for pathologists has been increasing over the past few years as people are getting more aware of different diseases. Not only that, but an increase in population and lifestyle changes have also contributed to the increase in a pathologist’s demand. The pathology careers provide an extremely huge number of opportunities and if you want to be a part of the medical field you can consider being a pathologist. If you want to know more about a career in pathology in India then continue reading this article.

Veterinary Doctor

Speech therapist, gynaecologist.

Gynaecology can be defined as the study of the female body. The job outlook for gynaecology is excellent since there is evergreen demand for one because of their responsibility of dealing with not only women’s health but also fertility and pregnancy issues. Although most women prefer to have a women obstetrician gynaecologist as their doctor, men also explore a career as a gynaecologist and there are ample amounts of male doctors in the field who are gynaecologists and aid women during delivery and childbirth. 

Audiologist

The audiologist career involves audiology professionals who are responsible to treat hearing loss and proactively preventing the relevant damage. Individuals who opt for a career as an audiologist use various testing strategies with the aim to determine if someone has a normal sensitivity to sounds or not. After the identification of hearing loss, a hearing doctor is required to determine which sections of the hearing are affected, to what extent they are affected, and where the wound causing the hearing loss is found. As soon as the hearing loss is identified, the patients are provided with recommendations for interventions and rehabilitation such as hearing aids, cochlear implants, and appropriate medical referrals. While audiology is a branch of science that studies and researches hearing, balance, and related disorders.

An oncologist is a specialised doctor responsible for providing medical care to patients diagnosed with cancer. He or she uses several therapies to control the cancer and its effect on the human body such as chemotherapy, immunotherapy, radiation therapy and biopsy. An oncologist designs a treatment plan based on a pathology report after diagnosing the type of cancer and where it is spreading inside the body.

Are you searching for an ‘Anatomist job description’? An Anatomist is a research professional who applies the laws of biological science to determine the ability of bodies of various living organisms including animals and humans to regenerate the damaged or destroyed organs. If you want to know what does an anatomist do, then read the entire article, where we will answer all your questions.

For an individual who opts for a career as an actor, the primary responsibility is to completely speak to the character he or she is playing and to persuade the crowd that the character is genuine by connecting with them and bringing them into the story. This applies to significant roles and littler parts, as all roles join to make an effective creation. Here in this article, we will discuss how to become an actor in India, actor exams, actor salary in India, and actor jobs. 

Individuals who opt for a career as acrobats create and direct original routines for themselves, in addition to developing interpretations of existing routines. The work of circus acrobats can be seen in a variety of performance settings, including circus, reality shows, sports events like the Olympics, movies and commercials. Individuals who opt for a career as acrobats must be prepared to face rejections and intermittent periods of work. The creativity of acrobats may extend to other aspects of the performance. For example, acrobats in the circus may work with gym trainers, celebrities or collaborate with other professionals to enhance such performance elements as costume and or maybe at the teaching end of the career.

Video Game Designer

Career as a video game designer is filled with excitement as well as responsibilities. A video game designer is someone who is involved in the process of creating a game from day one. He or she is responsible for fulfilling duties like designing the character of the game, the several levels involved, plot, art and similar other elements. Individuals who opt for a career as a video game designer may also write the codes for the game using different programming languages.

Depending on the video game designer job description and experience they may also have to lead a team and do the early testing of the game in order to suggest changes and find loopholes.

Radio Jockey

Radio Jockey is an exciting, promising career and a great challenge for music lovers. If you are really interested in a career as radio jockey, then it is very important for an RJ to have an automatic, fun, and friendly personality. If you want to get a job done in this field, a strong command of the language and a good voice are always good things. Apart from this, in order to be a good radio jockey, you will also listen to good radio jockeys so that you can understand their style and later make your own by practicing.

A career as radio jockey has a lot to offer to deserving candidates. If you want to know more about a career as radio jockey, and how to become a radio jockey then continue reading the article.

Choreographer

The word “choreography" actually comes from Greek words that mean “dance writing." Individuals who opt for a career as a choreographer create and direct original dances, in addition to developing interpretations of existing dances. A Choreographer dances and utilises his or her creativity in other aspects of dance performance. For example, he or she may work with the music director to select music or collaborate with other famous choreographers to enhance such performance elements as lighting, costume and set design.

Social Media Manager

A career as social media manager involves implementing the company’s or brand’s marketing plan across all social media channels. Social media managers help in building or improving a brand’s or a company’s website traffic, build brand awareness, create and implement marketing and brand strategy. Social media managers are key to important social communication as well.

Photographer

Photography is considered both a science and an art, an artistic means of expression in which the camera replaces the pen. In a career as a photographer, an individual is hired to capture the moments of public and private events, such as press conferences or weddings, or may also work inside a studio, where people go to get their picture clicked. Photography is divided into many streams each generating numerous career opportunities in photography. With the boom in advertising, media, and the fashion industry, photography has emerged as a lucrative and thrilling career option for many Indian youths.

An individual who is pursuing a career as a producer is responsible for managing the business aspects of production. They are involved in each aspect of production from its inception to deception. Famous movie producers review the script, recommend changes and visualise the story. 

They are responsible for overseeing the finance involved in the project and distributing the film for broadcasting on various platforms. A career as a producer is quite fulfilling as well as exhaustive in terms of playing different roles in order for a production to be successful. Famous movie producers are responsible for hiring creative and technical personnel on contract basis.

Copy Writer

In a career as a copywriter, one has to consult with the client and understand the brief well. A career as a copywriter has a lot to offer to deserving candidates. Several new mediums of advertising are opening therefore making it a lucrative career choice. Students can pursue various copywriter courses such as Journalism , Advertising , Marketing Management . Here, we have discussed how to become a freelance copywriter, copywriter career path, how to become a copywriter in India, and copywriting career outlook. 

In a career as a vlogger, one generally works for himself or herself. However, once an individual has gained viewership there are several brands and companies that approach them for paid collaboration. It is one of those fields where an individual can earn well while following his or her passion. 

Ever since internet costs got reduced the viewership for these types of content has increased on a large scale. Therefore, a career as a vlogger has a lot to offer. If you want to know more about the Vlogger eligibility, roles and responsibilities then continue reading the article. 

For publishing books, newspapers, magazines and digital material, editorial and commercial strategies are set by publishers. Individuals in publishing career paths make choices about the markets their businesses will reach and the type of content that their audience will be served. Individuals in book publisher careers collaborate with editorial staff, designers, authors, and freelance contributors who develop and manage the creation of content.

Careers in journalism are filled with excitement as well as responsibilities. One cannot afford to miss out on the details. As it is the small details that provide insights into a story. Depending on those insights a journalist goes about writing a news article. A journalism career can be stressful at times but if you are someone who is passionate about it then it is the right choice for you. If you want to know more about the media field and journalist career then continue reading this article.

Individuals in the editor career path is an unsung hero of the news industry who polishes the language of the news stories provided by stringers, reporters, copywriters and content writers and also news agencies. Individuals who opt for a career as an editor make it more persuasive, concise and clear for readers. In this article, we will discuss the details of the editor's career path such as how to become an editor in India, editor salary in India and editor skills and qualities.

Individuals who opt for a career as a reporter may often be at work on national holidays and festivities. He or she pitches various story ideas and covers news stories in risky situations. Students can pursue a BMC (Bachelor of Mass Communication) , B.M.M. (Bachelor of Mass Media) , or  MAJMC (MA in Journalism and Mass Communication) to become a reporter. While we sit at home reporters travel to locations to collect information that carries a news value.  

Corporate Executive

Are you searching for a Corporate Executive job description? A Corporate Executive role comes with administrative duties. He or she provides support to the leadership of the organisation. A Corporate Executive fulfils the business purpose and ensures its financial stability. In this article, we are going to discuss how to become corporate executive.

Multimedia Specialist

A multimedia specialist is a media professional who creates, audio, videos, graphic image files, computer animations for multimedia applications. He or she is responsible for planning, producing, and maintaining websites and applications. 

Quality Controller

A quality controller plays a crucial role in an organisation. He or she is responsible for performing quality checks on manufactured products. He or she identifies the defects in a product and rejects the product. 

A quality controller records detailed information about products with defects and sends it to the supervisor or plant manager to take necessary actions to improve the production process.

Production Manager

A QA Lead is in charge of the QA Team. The role of QA Lead comes with the responsibility of assessing services and products in order to determine that he or she meets the quality standards. He or she develops, implements and manages test plans. 

Process Development Engineer

The Process Development Engineers design, implement, manufacture, mine, and other production systems using technical knowledge and expertise in the industry. They use computer modeling software to test technologies and machinery. An individual who is opting career as Process Development Engineer is responsible for developing cost-effective and efficient processes. They also monitor the production process and ensure it functions smoothly and efficiently.

AWS Solution Architect

An AWS Solution Architect is someone who specializes in developing and implementing cloud computing systems. He or she has a good understanding of the various aspects of cloud computing and can confidently deploy and manage their systems. He or she troubleshoots the issues and evaluates the risk from the third party. 

Azure Administrator

An Azure Administrator is a professional responsible for implementing, monitoring, and maintaining Azure Solutions. He or she manages cloud infrastructure service instances and various cloud servers as well as sets up public and private cloud systems. 

Computer Programmer

Careers in computer programming primarily refer to the systematic act of writing code and moreover include wider computer science areas. The word 'programmer' or 'coder' has entered into practice with the growing number of newly self-taught tech enthusiasts. Computer programming careers involve the use of designs created by software developers and engineers and transforming them into commands that can be implemented by computers. These commands result in regular usage of social media sites, word-processing applications and browsers.

Information Security Manager

Individuals in the information security manager career path involves in overseeing and controlling all aspects of computer security. The IT security manager job description includes planning and carrying out security measures to protect the business data and information from corruption, theft, unauthorised access, and deliberate attack 

ITSM Manager

Automation test engineer.

An Automation Test Engineer job involves executing automated test scripts. He or she identifies the project’s problems and troubleshoots them. The role involves documenting the defect using management tools. He or she works with the application team in order to resolve any issues arising during the testing process. 

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Welcome Speech for New Students in College

Please be seated, and a very warm welcome to all the freshmen this year. It seems like yesterday I was one of you sitting in those chairs wondering what college has to offer to me, and now I am standing here welcoming you all, time flies children. That’s the thing I want you to keep in mind that there is no time to waste.

Of course a lot of you if not all thinks that college is a place for fun, letting loose which it kind of is but in between this fun do not forget about why are you here which is to learn, to get good education, and to go out in the world with a valuable degree. College years can be the best time of your life if can just remember that the key is ‘’balance’’.

You need to attend all your classes, and be attentive in them during the week, and weekend is your stress reliever, you can have the fun that you imagined then. I can promise you in this place you will learn a lot, you will make a lot of new friends, and you will leave with a valuable degree, and a lot of great memories.

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