There are many types of special occasion talks. Many of these are delivered at celebratory events including:

• Weddings : Toast tips can be found at http://weddingspeeches.wedthemes.com/wedding-toast-tips.htm
• Toasts at a special meal : Learn to say "cheers" in different languages, http://weddingspeeches.wedthemes.com/free-wedding-toasts-cultural.htm
• Sports banquets
• Retirement parties
• End of contract deliveries
• Commencement
• Birth of a child
• Religious celebration : Read a homily by Rev. Andrew Greeley, http://www.agreeley.com/homilies.html
• Awards presentations
• Acceptance speeches : Check Patricia Flipp's suggestions, http://www.fripp.com/art.accept_award.html

Other special occasion talks are delivered during difficult moments including:

• Eulogies : Read and listen to Senator Edward Kennedy's eulogy of his brother Robert, http://www.cs.umb.edu/jfklibrary/e060868.htm
• Disasters : Read and listen to President Ronald Reagan's address to the nation on the Challenger disaster, http://www.reaganfoundation.org/reagan/speeches/challenger.asp

Still, other special occasion talks may be for specific purposes including:

• Introduction of a speaker
• After-dinner talk
• Prayer/invocation/benediction
• Convocation at a conference
• Entertainment talk