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Wedding Speech Tips

Wedding Speech Help Guide for the Best Man, Father Bride and Groom from the UK

Help and Guidance for giving a good wedding speech at a traditional UK wedding

If you are lucky enough to be chosen as the best man for a wedding, it becomes your duty to deliver the speech to the best of your ability. We hope this advice will help you reach your potential and show you how to give a good best mans speech.

We hope this brief guide will give you some significant advice on making a great wedding speech:

  • Start early, your preparation should begin as soon as you know you are going to be the best man at a wedding.

  • Buy several good books to help you with writing your speech, take note of important tips and advice on making a speech.

  • Searching the internet for useful websites offering guidelines on speech writing.

  • Put pen to paper and begin writing your speech - here is a list of what to include in your speech according to traditional wedding etiquette guidelines:


    • Introduction
      • Compliment the bridesmaids.

      • Thank the parents of the bride.

    • Middle
      • Include some (appropriate) anecdotes about the groom.

      • Think about your audience, the age range and accommodate.

      • Give a sincere congratulation to the bride and groom, leading into the toast.

    • Ending
      • Toast the bride and groom.

      • Handover to the Groom for his speech.

  • Practice delivering your speech to a close friend or partner and get some useful feedback.

  • Practice a bit more.

  • I think you get it, practice is very important.

  • Don't try to deliver "the speech of all best man speeches" you'll put too much pressure on yourself. Just deliver a speech that you feel comfortable with and that fits the wedding.

  • Enjoy your speech and your audience will too. - Good Luck!


Quick Tips

  • Speak clearly so the entire audience can hear you.
  • Project your voice around the room.
  • Pretend you're speaking to the back of the room.
  • Don't speak too quickly.
  • Smile.
  • Try not to 'um' and 'er'.
  • Don't nervously fiddle with anything.