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Photographic Tribute

Funeral Planning: Producing a Photographic Tribute
By Trish Anderson

Planning a funeral can be complicated and wrought with emotion. Anger, despair, depression, confusion combine into a turbulent cocktail in the mind through which some fairly important decisions need to be made. What type of funeral? Religious or non-religious? Which funeral director? Which cemetery? These are just a few of the considerations involved.



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What I'm going to look at today is one part of all that, a tiny part to be sure, but at the same time, something that can help ease some of the emotional strain of the upcoming funeral.

A photographic tribute in the form of a single, double-sided A4 program that guests can take home with them not only helps the healing process of the immediate family, but reaches out to friends and other family with fond memories and emotive words.

The program can be entirely put together by the family or an outside person such as a close friend can be inveigled into production. Whoever does it, whether close or paid designer, the end product will be something to treasure.

Find the right photographs

Go through the photo albums and boxes for images that depict your loved one doing the things that made them happy, the things that made them "them". A contemplative moment or two is always nice to include as well as photos that include close family and/or friends, beloved pets, favourite cars or boats. Choose photographs also that cover the range of the deceased's life, a mix of black and white, and colour shows the passage of time clearly and adds interest to the layout.

The photographs will need to be of reasonably good quality, not blurry or overexposed, faces in the light rather than shadowed, but if the most emotive ones are damaged in some way, then keep them aside. A clever graphic artist [or digitally artistic contact] might be able to perform a miracle or two.

Keep layout simple yet varied. If the images are different shapes and sizes than you could turn some at opposite angles and have large near small. If they are similar sizes then use a pattern that flows and still allows differentiation between the images. You want a seamless and unjarring final layout. A block of images all the same size will draw the eye and detract from the other photos. Layout is important, so double-check before having the program printed.

Background

An appropriate background will link the photographs and should also be an image or pattern of something that brings the deceased to mind. For instance, for an avid fisherman, a simple image of water or an empty beach. For someone who had regularly enjoyed the great outdoors a transparent image of trees or an oft-used walking track. The background image should not over-take [visually] the photographs but be an adjunct to them, a suitable setting for the memories the pictures evoke.

Cover

The cover can be a repetition of the inside background or your most evocative image enlarged [it will definitely need to be of good quality to avoid graininess and pixelation]. Choose a pleasant, easy-to-read font and a colour that stands out from the background for name and years of life on the front. On the back cover, include a few lines of a poem, a quote or song.

Words

Although I have called this project a program, it isn't really. It is a piece of memorabilia that you can share with family and friends, a visual reminder of what the deceased person's life meant to everyone they were connected with. Of course, you could include it as part of an overall program, especially if the funeral is a formal affair with certain religious procedures to follow, but that would take up far more than this one article.

The words I'm referring to should, as will the images, bring the deceased back to mind. It doesn't have to be complicated or great literature. Choose either your loved one's favourite song or poem, or a piece that evokes that person's memory. It may be a song that can also be played during the funeral, therefore, strengthening the connection and the recollection of the day as sad yet fond; a fitting tribute and farewell to someone cared for. Keep it reasonably short however so that you can keep the font large enough to be easily read.

This photographic "program" will trigger the healing process in the family, through the collection of photographs, discussion of happy times and sharing of amusing stories. Guests at the funeral can hold the program in their hands and look at the pictures while listening to speakers or music and, in so doing, also remember happy times with the deceased.

A funeral is a time for letting go and saying goodbye, for remembering and understanding. It is a celebration of a life lived and of connections made, of stories and images that enable that person to live on in the hearts and minds of those that loved them. Your visual program allows bridges to be crossed, happier times to be recalled and memories to be strengthened. You and your guests will leave the funeral, program in hand, ready to move on knowing that you [and they] still have a physical connection to a loved one and friend now gone.

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Trish is a freelance writer with desktop publishing [including photographic tributes], promotional material, content sourcing, location and information research, fiction critique and web group management skills tucked firmly into her workbelt. To find out about rates and other services, or to read more of her articles, visit Trish at http://beginningsmiddlesends.blogspot.com/ or send an email to wordcatcher@hotmail.com.

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Easy Speech Writing

Tips For Easy Speech Writing
By George Chilton

I have been standing up in front of audiences for a very long time, but don't let that fool you; I still get really nervous when I do it! I find myself ruing the day that I said 'yes' to giving that speech, or the day I agreed to perform that magic show, but once I'm engaged with the audience there is no greater feeling and the nerves disappear ("just like that").




I've dealt with audiences of over 500 people, won competitions, and both written speeches for people and given them myself. But, despite that little flicker of terror we all get when we hear the words 'public speaking', there really is no magic to it. Even the most nervous person can feel confident in front of an audience, and I would like to share some of my experience with you.

Everyone has to give a speech at some point in their lives and most people don't want to. Speeches can be nerve-wracking, potentially embarrassing experiences - and, as public speaking sends little shivers of terror careening down our spines, we often try to avoid giving them. But we don't have to! I'm going to share a few trade-secrets with you. Soon you'll be giving that killer speech and you'll have that professional edge you need.

Of course, all rules are made to be broken, but these guidelines are only meant to be structural aids. I want to help you be as original and engaging as you can be, but if you want to do it your own way then remember (to paraphrase Robert Mckee);



The beginner learns the rules

The student learns to break the rules

The artist masters the form.



How to write a speech

Some people say that speech writing is an art-form, and that may be true, but every successful speech has a recipe that includes several key ingredients:


Timing
Structure
Length
And in order to get these right you need both to plan, prepare and to practice.

Planning Why are you giving a speech?

You need to remember that every speech you give has a purpose and every speech tells a story.

You should never underestimate your audience; they are an intelligent body of people, and a group makes its mind up very quickly. No matter what genre of speech you are attempting you need to keep your story simple, entertaining and easy to follow.

You need to grab their attention and keep it. A good speech will have people on the edge of their seats; it will affect your listener and it can change their perceptions. Remember, a powerful speech has rhetoric; a brilliant one has the audience.

Prepare before you start

Think about what you need to say before you start writing; know your audience and gauge the tone.

An ill-judged tone of voice will put you on the wrong foot. Public-speakers need to be acutely aware of audience expectation. Not to be too obvious, but a send-off speech at a retirement party will be quite different from an oration at a funeral. In both cases you need to lift your audience, but you wouldn't want to start telling embarrassing tales about the chap in the coffin next to you. But it is always up to you to judge, and that can be the hardest thing.

You need to ask yourself what you need to achieve. Are you presenting facts and figures? Do you need to persuade your audience - or are they on your side?

What kind of speech is it?

Debating I experienced some powerful public speaking quite recently. I was in the audience watching three speakers debate the Natfhe strike action affecting University lecturers, students and management.

One speaker presented himself as a neutral party. I cannot for the life of me remember or work out why he was there, another had my support and the other I was quite hostile to.

By the end of the debate I had changed my position completely. The neutral party disappeared into the background, but my initial hostility was turned around by powerful words, an excellent series of points and emotive language. One speaker lost my support; - he gave a planned, but ill-judged speech. He came across as being manipulative, uncaring, and as a genuinely bad-egg.

I am quite sure that this is not the case, but it was a lesson for me - never underestimate the audience, facts and figures do not speak for themselves and the audience, if properly worked, can be changed.

For the professional debater;

List each point or anecdote and use spider-charts to cover extra ideas you may have.

Rank them; choose your strongest points, leave your weaker ones.

Now you can start to structure.

The structure of a speech will depend on your purpose. Here I provide an example for a debate/speech. A send-off speech, best-man speech, speech of thanks, a funeral oration, and so on, will need to be treated very differently.

Each point you have on your spider-diagram has a logical place, list each point chronologically and write your speech accordingly. Keep your points in your intended order; the speech will seem more powerful if it follows a logical progression.

Here's what your plan might look like;

Five minute speech:


1. Introduce yourself and your position on the topic

2. Outrageous statement - highlight your opponents major flaw.

3. Engage with your audience; address them directly with rhetorical question.

4. Present the facts.

5. Compare your points with your adversary, highlight your strength and their weakness

6. Round up.


You also need to gauge the length. Don't write too much! As a rule of thumb each page should last two minutes.

You are constantly forming an impression on your audience. Repetition can be a very effective tool, but it can also be very dull and impede the progression of your argument. If you repeat yourself make sure you have a reason.

Practice giving the speech

The better you know your speech the better it will be received. Never, ever, ever read direct from the page. And if you suffer from horrible nerves there are several ways to kill them, but by far the most effective is to adopt a 'mask'. You are not being judged personally - and you will find it easier if you are an 'actor' playing the part of yourself. The moment you disengage with the inhibition that holds you back you will find yourself speaking with flair, you audience will enjoy it and so will you.

It's up to you to plan, prepare and practice and, if you do, you will succeed. Good luck!

George Chilton is an experienced Advertising and SEO copywriter at Herds of Words. He has fourteen years experience as a magician and public speaker and can be contacted at george@herdsofwords.co.uk.

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