A retirement party is a time to express feelings about retirees,

their accomplishments, and what they meant to the organization, and to their colleagues. After a long career, a retirement party is meant to summarize accomplishments, remember memorable moments, and celebrate personal connections.

A retirement party should also be fun, so introducing a little humor doesn't hurt. No one has to be a comedian, but it can help everyone to relax if a little humor is used.

When trying to come up with a retirement speech, the humor part of it can be very challenging to come up with. Delivering a little humor in a retirement speech is an excellent way to break the ice and get the crowd to relax. Retirement jokes can be found all over the internet, making it simple to find some stock material that can get the crowd chuckling a little. The best kind of humor, however, can be found when it applies to the personal experiences of the retiree.

Look back through the career of a retiree, and find the funny moments. Talk to colleagues about incidents they may have experienced with the retiree. The best way to use humor in a retirement speech is to create a smooth introduction, leading into a more serious subject. A joke or two can act as a great intro for a memorable moment, when the retiree may have shown great character.

Times that were very trying during the career of the retiree can be a funny way to segway into a commentary on their character. Discussing a difficult circumstance the retiree found him or herself in can be humorous, but it can also be a way to show their character. Having the audience laughing, and then drawing them in with a memorable commentary, is a great speech technique.

Retirement jokes are a favorite on the internet. While these are usually pretty canned feeling, they can be a nice way to loosen up the audience. Again, nobody has to be a comedian at a retirement party. Retirement jokes are simply meant to establish a rapport with the audience and get them to perhaps chuckle a little. If you go with some one liners from the internet, only use a few here and there. Any more and a speech will begin to sound excessively canned.

Evan