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Wedding Speech Tips

In this article we will reveal a few key tips to writing and performing a killer wedding speech that becomes one of the most memorable parts of the whole wedding.

First tip: One of the best ways to improve your wedding speech through practice is to record yourself making the speech and listen back to it.

You’ll learn exactly how your own speech comes across, and find all the areas you need to work on to improve. (Most people hate the sound of their own recorded voice, so don’t worry about that part!)

The next tip is another important one to remember on the big day.

Try to keep eye contact with your audience. Resist the urge to stare at your notes (or worse still, read directly from them).

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One of the best ways to improve your speech is to focus most of your time on the opening and the closing.

If you have a good, strong opening, you’ll make a good first impression and make the rest of the speech easier to get through. A strong closing will give people a good memory of your wedding speech (and dwell less on the few mistakes you may make… but not if you practice!)

Our next tip is a crucial one, and is often forgotten by many people who are planning to make a wedding speech. What’s this crucial tip? It’s the fact that you should AVOID alcohol if at all possible until after the speech.

I know, I know. You want to have a few drinks to calm the nerves. And if you are very nervous, maybe it will help. But for the majority of people, we recommend you stay clear of the alcohol until after the wedding speech.

Why? Because you need to be sharp. You may feel more relaxed if you’ve had a few drinks before the speech… but you speech will most likely suffer… and you’ll find yourself cringing when you watch yourself back on video!

On to the next tip. Keep your wedding speech short. Around 5 minutes is usually plenty of time to say everything you want to, without it dragging on. You don’t want to become boring. It’s usually harder to write a shorter speech than a longer one. There’s a reason for this. It’s because shorter is better.

Make sure you plan your wedding speech beforehand. No trying to wing it, okay? I think it was Mark Twain who said it takes him 3 weeks to prepare a good impromptu speech. Take this to heart.

Our next tip will help you if you’re stuck for interesting things to say. If this is the case, we have two words to say to you.

Personal Stories.

Using good, interesting (and not long-winded) personal stories will help your wedding speech connect with your audience and see you in a warm light.

Whatever kind of wedding speech you’re performing, stories will always go down well – as long as they don’t drag on, and they stick to the important parts (and embellish the funny parts).