Need Help Crafting an Engaging Opening Speech for Our Strategic Workshop

Dear members, I am the recently elected chairman of a political organization branch. We are planning to hold a strategic planning workshop, and I have been requested to give an opening speech during the workshop. Therefore, I am writing to request your help in drafting a format for the message that I will be presenting next week during the workshop.

Thank you.

Thank you, Sairam. I believe I need to deliver a comprehensive speech. You may already know that we are the oldest political party in Uganda and the second oldest in Africa, following the ANC of South Africa. For your information, the Democratic Party boasts the third-largest parliamentary group in Uganda's parliament. Recently, the D.P. has become entangled in factionalism, and there is, of course, some dissent within the party.

It may not be possible to prepare the whole speech without knowing:
1. The time duration of the speech
2. The agenda of the meeting
3. The specific points to be covered.

Regards,
R. Sairam

I have been given 15 minutes to deliver a speech, and the whole agenda is to develop a strategic plan for the party in the next 5 years. We will need to analyze our strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats. And of course, to create a comprehensive plan on how we are going to prepare in order to secure the majority of elective positions in the next election.

Regards,
Kamya Kasozi

This totally seems to be your area of planning, and it may not be possible for any outsider to write the speech in vagueness.

Regards,
R. Sairam