This is not about you, this is about them. Instead of making a presentation, you will be making a personal statement or tribute. You still can't depend on the space invasion, and during a speech more attention is being directed at you, not the honoree of a toast. There is another book for just this time. Andrew Frothingham wrote the book, Last Minute Speeches and Toasts , also published by Career Press , to help those who are asked to deliver a speech at the last minute.
Many people do their best speaking when they have less time to prepare.
Your grammar doesn't have to be perfect. He covers how to choose and use quotes and then provides hundreds of quotes, jokes or toasts to slip into your speech or use as inspiration. Don't panic if things go wrong Close your speech with a bang, then sit down. His five killer opening strategies and six last minute resources are inventive and easy to use. You really could scan this book quickly and come up with just the right words when called upon to come to the rescue at the last minute.