Wedding Speeches – the Best Man Speech

December 16th, 2009 | by admin |

“Its your turn, the master of ceremonies gives you the nod and announces that it is time for the best man speech!, you arise nervously from your chair, clear you throat and think to yourself… “I hope this goes well”

Making a best man speech can be a stressful process, its one of the pivotal events of the night and all eyes and ears will be turned and tuned toward you.

Putting together a wedding speech of any type is not an easy process. Getting the right blend of humor, emotion and wit just right is a daunting task. Get it wrong (as many do) and people will be cringing to themselves for years to come… “remember when so and so made that awful best man speech!”. However get it right and you will be the envy of your friends and admired by all the attendees at the wedding ceremony.

Here are a few quick tips to ensure your best man wedding speech is a success

  • If you nervous don’t make it too long, in fact don’t make it too long period, you don’t want a bored, yawning audience waiting for you to get off.
  • Having said that don’t make it too short, try not to make a “blink and you will miss it” speech.
  • Include humor, its a great ice breaker, most people will be wanting you to do well and will gladly help you out by laughing, this breaks the tension and you will settle into your task quickly.
  • Don’t be crude, as funny as it may be to your male friends, the audience (and the brides family for that matter) DO NOT want to know the details of drinking exploits or ex-girlfriends.
  • Take your time speak clearly, don’t rush and mumble.
  • Smile, don’t take it so seriously, if you stumble on your words, just smile and laugh it off, the audience will laugh with you, not at you.

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Writing a speech is a daunting task, maybe you should consider getting a professionally written one for the day so you don’t let the wedding party down. Speech writing guides contain many different and quality examples which can be edited and combined to form a fantastic unique speech. They are available for extremely cheap prices via digital download, best of all even if its the night before the wedding, you can have the guide downloaded and your best man wedding speech up and running in 20 minutes, allowing you to get a good nights sleep and enjoy the next day, safe in the knowledge that your speech is destined to be received warmly.

I personally have put together a wedding ceremony guide for making the perfect best man wedding speech you can take a look at it here The best Man Speech.

Hoping you have a wonderful day!

Gloria Bond
http://www.articlesbase.com/weddings-articles/wedding-speeches-the-best-man-speech-678321.html

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  1. 6 Responses to “Wedding Speeches – the Best Man Speech”

  2. By Roberto L. on Jan 7, 2010 | Reply

    Can someone give me some best man wedding speeches and tips?
    I was chosen by the groom to be the best man. I need to make a best man wedding speech. But I am feeling that I have no ideas to include in my best man wedding speech. Can anyone give me some good tips please?

  3. By Relheok on Jan 7, 2010 | Reply

    The best man at the wedding is usually the groom’s best friend. That said, you should just act natural. Wish the two of them a lovely relationship, bring up an old memory that involves the groom and his bride, try to be light and humorous. Don’t be all serious unless the groom has no sense of humor, and I hope he does since he’s getting married. :-)
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  4. By eve on Jan 7, 2010 | Reply

    WOW! congratulations! Sorry, I don’t know much about weddings but I have heard people try jokes and talk about their good memories/childhood memories of their friend that is being married (choose a specific memory and make sure it doesn’t include any sort of embarrassment of others). Talk about how happy you are for the groom and bride??
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  5. By Marvin D. on Jan 7, 2010 | Reply

    I guess you are feeling the responsibility of delivering good best man wedding speeches. Try not to get so nervous. It has been a great honor that you have been chosen by the groom as the best man for this special moment for the couple. Feel confident as you know the groom better than anyone else. Besides the best man wedding speech you also have to coordinate the wedding and reception so that everything runs smoothly.
    Try to plan in advance as to have time to create a quality speech.
    As you begin your best man wedding speech, it is important to introduce yourself first and then thank the bride and groom’s parents for inviting everyone to the wedding.
    Include some jokes. You can find many on-line wedding jokes as to gain the guests attention. Try to keep all your jokes ‘PG’ rated.
    Tell a story about how you got to know the couple. Try to show through your stories, what kind of person the groom is. Try to mention good qualities.
    Say why the newly weds are a perfect match and finally it would be time to toast. You can conclude your best man wedding speech by offering them a word of advice for the future. Wish them luck and ask everyone to raise their glass and congratulate them on the new life they are about to begin together.

    A friend of mine wanted to make best man wedding speeches and he found this link very useful: http://hubpages.com/hub/Giving-the-Best-Wedding-Speech
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  6. By rosie on Jan 7, 2010 | Reply

    http://www.catalogs.com/info/weddings-invitations/free-best-man-speeches.html

    This should help you out a bit just add in your own funny stories.
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  7. By Shannon on Jan 7, 2010 | Reply

    Doesn’t have to be long, just find something good to say about his new wife, something you admire about their relationship, one funny memory of the groom….
    here are more tips:http://weddings.weddingchannel.com/wedding-planning-ideas/groom-advice-tips.aspx
    References :
    http://www.weddingchannel.com

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