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In this article I’m going to give you a few tips I passed on to my brother that
you can take and turn your speech into something memorable.
With these tips, I assure you, you won’t embarrass yourself in front of the
whole wedding party.
Adding a touch of humor to your wedding speech can be great idea. But when it comes to adding humor to your best man wedding speech there are few important things to note. Funny and vulgar are two different things. A lot of people, especially men tend to think that to be funny you have to be vulgar and rude and embarrass the newly weds, this is not true.
My brother recently had the honor of being best man at his best friends wedding and the night before the big day, I think he was more nervous then the groom. My brother has always been an out going guy, but when it came to making a best man speech, he just couldn’t think of what he wanted to say and he was nervous as heck having to stand up in front of all those guests and give a heart felt speech.
Tip
1 Stand
up while speaking
Always, always stand up when giving a best man speech or a toast. Make sure you
have the gatherings attention first before you speak, and the best way to do
that is to stand up and wait for quiet. Standing up is the first rule of any
good public speaking and a wedding is no different.
Tip 2
Plan
what you want to say
Never try and wing the speech. Giving a best man speech needs to be planned and
written down well in advance. My brother started working on giving his best man
speech weeks in advance. Unless you are a really confident public speaker, this
is the best way to make sure you say everything you wanted to say.
Tip 3 Practice
makes perfect!
Practice your speech until you know it off by heart. There is nothing worse then
giving a best man speech and having to look down at your notes constantly.
Fidgeting with paper is a big no no.
Tip 4 Keep
it clean
If you and the best man have known each other for a while and you’ve had some
wild times together, this is not the time to air his dirty laundry. People think
that giving a best man speech gives them the right to embarrass the groom and
upset the bride, this is not the case. Don’t mention the trip to the strip joint
or anything of that sort.
Tip 5 Keep
it short
No one wants to be bored for hours with your
speech. Make it short and to the point and don’t forget to add emotion when
giving your best man speech. The wedding isn’t about you, it’s about the bride
and groom, don’t forget that.
I hope these tips have given you some pointers on what to do
when giving your best man speech. Good luck!
Make sure to check out our Best
Man's Guide
and Free
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