For those who write their wedding speeches at the last moment, you’re taking a huge risk.
Your bride and the guests will expect some beautiful words, wedding speeches are to be remembered.
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But wedding speeches are not easy to write.
What do you say? how do you say it? do you use humor?
Wedding speeches are the most import group of words anyone will put together and mouth.. Don’t stuff up your wedding speech.
Some who are about to get married look for help from a number of different directions. Advice from dad, brothers and sisters, perhaps friends, Others gain inspiration from movies, taking notes when the groom from a famous film make his speech.
What about when you’re a guest at a wedding and the groom’s speech is disappointing, poorly delivered, embarrassing, down right offensive or crude, what do you think?
Here are some tips that will help you write your wedding speech.
1. Work out how long your speech will be,
2. Who is your audience?
3. What topics should you avoid?
4. Should you include religion?
5. If your comfortable using humor in your speech, write down things that happen in the lead up to you wedding that were humorous.
6. Make a note of everything you want to say. And bullet point each point with more bullet points. For example, this is what you would write down when you are thanking your wife’s family.
THANK WIFE’S FAMILY
SISTER JULIE Organized flowers – Massive support for wife
BROTHER TOM Helped settle my nerves
MOTHER JULIE Thank you for accepting me into family
FATHER KEVIN Continues to beat me at golf
Continue to make your bullet points, write more than you need and then cut them back later.
7. Think carefully about an ending and then a toast, this is key.
8. Practice
How to deliver your speech
You can use note cards, or simply use your memory, it is YOUR call.
Wedding speeches: The order.
1. Thank your friends
2. Thank everyone who took part in the ceremony
3. Thank your beautiful wife and get emotional
4. Thank your maid of honor
5. Thank your best man
Intertwine a story and some humor between each of the above.
I hope this helps you but if you really want to know more about wedding speeches and how to write them click here for some really great advice on how to deliver a Maid of Honor speech.
Good luck.

