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Give a toast people remember for the right reasons.
A course for the wedding speech, the retirement toast, the words at a birthday or a farewell. It covers finding the one thing worth saying, shaping it so it is warm and short, and delivering it without reading from your phone.
Open Cadence on the App Store, type the sentence when it asks what you want to learn, and answer a few setup questions. Free to start. Android testers can request early access.
Type this when Cadence asks what you want to learn
I have to give a toast or a short speech at an event and I want it to land. Help me find the one thing to say, shape it so it is warm and short, and deliver it without reading.
Change any word so it fits your situation. The course is built from what you type and a few setup questions.
- Best for
- Communication
- Prerequisites
- None. Bring the situation you have.
- Course length
- 7 to 30 lessons, sized to your goal
- Lesson pace
- About 10 minutes a day
- Format
- Read it, or play the audio
- Access
- Available on the App Store, with early features and Android testing access
Before the course is built
Setup asks about your situation first.
Lesson 1 opens on the moment you describe, and the examples use your role. For this request, expect questions like these.
- What is the occasion, and how long do you have?
- Do you know the person well, or are you speaking on behalf of others?
- What worries you most: what to say, going on too long, or getting emotional?
Right for now
If any of this sounds familiar, start here.
You have too much to say
Twenty years of material and four minutes.
You are afraid of crying or freezing
The feelings are real and you would like to get through it.
Course arc
Where the course goes, in order.
Cadence writes the lessons for you, so the exact path follows your answers. This is the ground a course built from this sentence covers.
01 / 06What an occasion speech is for
Honouring, connecting the room, and getting out of the way.
The one thing
Finding the specific truth that beats a list of virtues.
A shape
Opening, one or two stories, the point, the raise of the glass.
Specific over general
The detail that makes a story theirs, and the clichés to cut.
Delivery
Notes, pace, eye contact and what to do when your voice goes.
Rehearsal
Practising enough to be free, not enough to sound recited.
What changes
What you will be able to do, and what you will stop believing.
You will be able to
Find the one thing
Choose a single true idea about the person and build everything around it.
Shape it short
Write two to four minutes that feel complete.
Deliver it as yourself
Speak from a few notes, hold the emotion, and land the ending.
Ideas this course corrects
A good speech needs jokes
It needs one true thing. Warmth lands harder than humour, and a small laugh is enough.
Longer shows you care
Shorter shows you prepared. The room remembers the feeling, not the length.
Course questions
What to know before you start.
Is this a fixed course?
No. Cadence builds the course when you type the sentence and answer a few setup questions, so the lessons follow your situation. This page describes what a course built from this request covers. You see the whole path before Lesson 1.
Who is this course for?
A course for the wedding speech, the retirement toast, the words at a birthday or a farewell. It covers finding the one thing worth saying, shaping it so it is warm and short, and delivering it without reading from your phone. It sits under Communication in the Work & ambitions part of the library.
Do I need any prior experience?
No. Setup asks what you already know and where you want to use it, and the course starts from there. Bring a real situation if you have one; the examples are built around it.
How long does it take?
Courses run 7 to 30 lessons of about 10 minutes, sized to what you asked for. One lesson a day is the intended pace, and you can go faster. Lessons can be read or played as audio.
Does this course award a certificate or degree?
No. Cadence is for practical self-learning and does not award accredited degrees or professional certification.
Start today
Type it, answer a few questions, open Lesson 1.
The sentence to type
I have to give a toast or a short speech at an event and I want it to land. Help me find the one thing to say, shape it so it is warm and short, and deliver it without reading.
Open Cadence on the App Store, type the sentence when it asks what you want to learn, and answer a few setup questions. Free to start. Android testers can request early access.