A graduation speech worth the moment.
Whether you are a parent at the graduation party, a teacher saying a few words or a friend raising a glass, tell us about the graduate and the road that got them here. We turn it into a speech that is proud, personal and hopeful, without a single "the future is yours".
What a graduation speech needs
- The specific moments: the all-nighter, the subject they almost dropped, the one teacher who saw it.
- Pride without embarrassment: the graduate is in the room, and so are their friends.
- One piece of advice, if any, and it has to be yours.
- Clichés cut: no "journey", no "the world is your oyster".
- A toast to the graduate, and to what comes next.
In ninth grade, Maya came home with a C in chemistry and announced she was "just not a science person." Then she taped the periodic table to the back of the bathroom door. For four years, every one of us learned the noble gases while brushing our teeth.
Tomorrow she starts a degree in biochemistry. So, Maya: we are proud of the grades. But we are prouder of the girl who decided she was a science person after all, and then did the work to prove it.
An invented example, drafted with AI assistance.
How it works
Answer a few questions
Who it is for, how you know them, and two or three stories. About ten minutes. No account needed.
See a free preview
The plan for the speech, its opening lines, and three questions that dig out the detail that makes it land.
Get your speech in a minute
Pay once and watch it being written. Revise it as often as you need, then print cue cards or rehearse with read-aloud.
A parent, a teacher and a friend all speaking?
One order for 3 people speaking at the same graduation party or dinner, for example a parent, a teacher or mentor and a friend. You fill in your speech now; each speaker adds their own details later through their own link, and the speeches are coordinated so no story or piece of advice is repeated.
$69 for 3 coordinated speeches, instead of $29 each. Every speech has its own 10 revisions. On the form, choose the occasion and then “Graduation speech pack: 3 speeches for $69”.
Questions
How long should a graduation speech be?
Two to three minutes at a party, three to five at a dinner. If you are giving a commencement-style speech at school, choose a longer length.
Can a teacher use it at school?
Yes. Choose "Teacher or mentor" and tell us about the class or the student. Keep names and details within what your school allows you to share.
Can it mention someone who could not be there?
Yes. Add them under "Anything that must be in it?" and we write a short, warm mention.
Can I print it?
Yes, as cue cards, a large-print script or a keepsake print to give the graduate afterwards.