Being asked to present a toast is both a great honor and a very serious responsibility. Your words need to be meaningful, memorable, and heartfelt. To make your toast epic, it needs humor. To keep the audience happy, it needs to be brief. Keep It Brief We’ve all seen toasts given in movies and on television. They can be succinct, uplifting, and inspiring. Or they can seem to go on forever, with a litany of bad jokes and much more personal information than you care to know. Vanessa Van Edwards, author of “Captivate: The Science of Succeeding With People” said to keep it punchy. According to Van Edwards, an audience decides if they enjoy the toast or not within the first seven seconds. No Surprises, Please! There certainly are people who can deliver a legendary toast on demand, but most of us need to prepare in advance. Consider the event …