This is not a toast at a wedding where you can make off the cuff remarks, and you should not ad lib a eulogy. Create an outline of your speech, and fill in the information that you gathered about the person. Jot down your ideas by whatever means are most comfortable and familiar to you. Some important information to include in the eulogy is the persons family and other close relationships, their education/career, hobbies or special interests, places the person lived or traveled too, and any special accomplishments they had. Talk with family members, close friends and co-workers to get important information on the deceased. Here are some tips for writing and delivering an eloquent and memorable eulogy.
How can you summarize somebody’s life in a few short minutes, while being both somber and funny at the same time? Writing and delivering a eulogy is a therapeutic tool to help deal with your grief, and being chosen to give a eulogy is an honor and should be treated that way.
Giving a meaningful, moving eulogy can be a nerve-wracking situation for even the most accomplished public speaker, but it need not be.
