Wedding Speech Tips

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

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.