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" Fail to prepare will always lead to prepare to fail"
When you have been asked to give a wedding speech, it does not matter if you are the best man. the father of the bride, or even the groom himself. Humor will always go down very well with your guests.
But being funny is not enough, even though everyone looks forward to humorous readings at a wedding ceremony, you need to put a small amount of planning in place to ensure you deliver a knockout speech.
Here are 3 top tips to keep you on track and focused, this will give you confidence and a blueprint to make sure everyone is laughing and thirsty for more
- Do not use bad language.
- Avoid alcohol before your speech.
- Always plan your beginning, middle, and the end of your speech.
Never use bad language or profanity at a wedding reception, you do not need to be crass to be funny, and remember there could be young children or grand parents in the audience, so keep the weird and dirty jokes out of your speech – yes they go down well on the stag night but what you need today is something a bit more traditional, even funny wedding poetry will go down a storm
It is best to try and avoid alcohol before your speech if possible, the last thing you need is to be slurring your words because you have knocked back a few bees or chasers to give you some Dutch courage, there is no need if you plan what you want to say, by staying on track it will help you release your creativity and come up some really funny jokes and stories about the bride and groom.
when you plan a speech, you need to write a few bullet points on a 3 x 5 card, never read your speech word for word, as it sounds so boring and parrot like, you need some small points that will remind you of a funny story about someone or a situation, or joke, and then when you follow the bullet points you can look your audience in the eyes and deliver some great one liners. you need a good opening a humorous middle and a cracking finish, and by using a 3 x 5 card this can easily be achieved.
So there are 3 tips to start you off at your next wedding ceremony, and if you follow the blueprint you will be giving many humorous readings – so knock em dead.
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Source by Kenny Edwards