Thursday, September 15, 2011

How I Prepared for My Best Man Speech

Recently I was checking for videos related to best man speeches on Youtube and other video sharing sites. I was looking for videos of real best men giving their best man wedding speeches as well as how-to videos where I can get some tips and information on best man speeches. Actually a few couple of weeks ago my best friend Andy got married and he expectedly chose me as his best man. I was lost when I first tried to script a best man speech but once i did some research things got considerably better. Eventually I managed to write and more importantly was able to give a pretty good best man speech thanks to the sample speeches and the videos I watched. As I mentioned earlier, I would like to recommend you one particular video on best man speeches that I stumbled onto when I was searching for tips on how to create best man speeches lately on Youtube. In fact I am going to embed it her for you. Watch the video and let me know your opinion.

I hope you have at least managed to pick up a few points from the video you just watched. But there's more that you can do with your speech. for more details on wedding speeches and toasts please check WeddingSpeechEssentials.com

Friday, August 12, 2011

Talking About Best Man Toasts

You need to grab the attention of your audience from the word go if you want to succeed with your best man toast. A well planned and prepared best man speech is always going to do far better than an off the cuff speech. If you are afraid of speaking in public you need to think positive since best man toasts are nothing but sharing your feelings with your friend, is bride, his family and friends. It's not the same way you speak at a seminar or conference. The secret to making good best man toasts is to be comfortable in whatever you plan to say. If you are clueless regarding what you are going to speak about it is going to be really difficult to come up with a good toast. Make a draft of your speech first. While writing your speech always remember that you need to deliver it which might be harder than writing it. Here the key is to keep your best man toast short from the very first stage. With these couple of tips you can expect to put together a much enhanced performance with your best man toast.

Monday, July 25, 2011

How Father of The Bride Sample Speeches Can Help You

Speaking for the bride I decided to look up father of the bride sample speeches on the computer because my biggest fear was looking foolish. I watched uncertain fathers sending their little girls out into the world. I could hear the Years fly by like minutes as pig tails gave way to beauty. I wrote my father of the bride speech many times changing it, to get the words just right. I used the father of the bride sample speeches I had found avoiding any errors I hoped. The day of the wedding as I stood, I realized I had written this speech for myself about my fears and the bitter sweet sorrow of losing my little girl. I realized the only opinion that mattered on this day was hers. I looked down at her like I did when she was little when she was doing some crazy scary thing that she was so proud of, and I did my job. I did what she expected and deserved I told her simply that I was proud of her and I loved her, and that while many things after today would change, that never would. I was pretty worried about giving father of the bride speeches initially but eventually I amnaged to pull off a good one, that's what everybody said to me later.

Monday, July 11, 2011

Tips For Best Man Speeches for Older Brother

It's time to celebrate as your older brother gets married to her long time fiancée. Congrats to your brother and you for being chosen as the best man. it's a big opportunity for you to show your feelings towards your brother as well as your family and hopefully you are excited because of it. Most likely as you will require to make a speech at the wedding, allow me to offer you a couple of advises. While preparing for best man speeches for older brother you need to consider a few things. First off design your speech taking into account the gap of your age in mind. If you're born a good number of years apart then you might be inclined to avoid those absolute funny pranks which can be more appropriate for friends. But if there isn't any significant difference in age you may consider including a few of those jokes in the speech. Humor can make your your speech more lively and hence you will be able to make the audience to pay attention to what you say throughout your speech.

Monday, May 16, 2011

Funny Best Man Wedding Speeches Tips

I have heard many best man give a speech at the wedding dinner rehearsal. The best speeches are a nice balance between funny and sentimental. The speech should give an insight into a memory that few people have heard of until this day. In my opinion, the story should be slightly embarrassing for slight comic effect! For example, a fun anecdote about a funny run in with cops or perhaps the dopey way the groom talked about the bride for the first time. The key to funny best man wedding speeches is just to relax. The abundance of joy and liquor present at a wedding dinner rehearsal are the pivotal ingredients for an enjoyable best man toast!

The best way to get ideas for writing really funny best man speeches would be to download sample best man speeches and other materials and start reading them. I have just suggested you a good resource for downloading speech samples as well as templates but there are several others as well.

While giving speeches that you expect your audience to laugh, you need to focus on the content and also the delivery. If you think the anecdote or a story you are thinking of sharing about the groom is funny then it will probably be funny. But you must make sure to bring it up in an appropriate part of your speech.

Thursday, May 5, 2011

Ideas For Meaningful Maid of Honor Speeches


Giving maid of honor speeches can be scary and a little nerve wracking but there are ways to make it a bit easier. I suggest to anyone who has the job of giving a maid of honor speech is to sit and think about your relationship with the bride before you start writing anything.

Being the bride's sister or best friend, you might be asked to play the role of the maid of honor. In that case giving a speech would be one of your key duties. So, once you know your sister (or friend) is getting married soon enough you would anticipate that you might need to give a speech as the bride's sister long before you're even asked.

Most of the times there is a fairly long history between the bride and the maid of honor and maid of honor speeches should be written around it. Think about some of the funniest times you have shared. Also try to recall times that were sentimental or meaningful. Jot these ideas down and start putting them into paragraph form. Be sure to consider the audience as well. Some things, even though they might be very funny, wouldn't be considered appropriate to talk about in front of the bride's grandmother.

It's also nice idea to add something about the groom in your speech. If you feel nervous speaking in front of a crowd, just focus in on the bride and give the speech as if it's just the two of you in the room. Delivering the maid of honor speech is in fact an honor. Just relax and be thankful for the chance to say those special words to your friend on her big day.