Tips on Giving Speeches and Toasts at Weddings
People will Enjoy and Remember
You are probably asking yourself what motivated a
professional speaker to write a report on speaking tips and toasts at wedding
receptions. I guess it is the result of
attending receptions that I felt could use a bit of help in this department.
Wedding receptions are a wonderful part of our lives. They
allow us to come together to meet friends and celebrate new beginnings with
their families. When I was younger it
was the weddings of close friends that we attended. Now we are going to the weddings of our
friends’ children. The great circle of life continues. For the most part they
are enjoyable experiences, but the receptions are frequently experiences of
frustration and a little tension.
I am sure that you, like me, have sat through receptions
that made you say, ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!!!
The speeches went on forever and were often painful to listen to.
With this in mind I offer you my suggestions to help improve
the quality of the talks and the toasts at you wedding.
Speech Preparation Outline
2. List the 3 or 4
key points you want to get across. Don’t
list too many. You don’t have all night.
3. List one or two well-chosen
stories to illustrate your key points. Practice the stories so you can tell
them well and effectively without relying too heavily on your notes.
How to Deliver a Dynamite Speech
* Prepare your speech thoroughly and practice before you deliver it.
* Always look at the audience when speaking. Don’t look down
at your notes.
* Don’t read your talk. Give it. You can use cards with key points and story
clues to assist you.
* Speak clearly. Don’t mumble.
* Act as if you were born to deliver this speech. Remember
the “Act as If” principle. If you act
the way you want to be you will become the way you act. So if you act confidently when speaking you
will become confident.
* Smile. Look as if you are really enjoying yourself and
that delivering this speech is not only an honor but a pleasure as well.
* Use proper grammar.
Have someone go over your speech with you beforehand. There is nothing worse than hearing someone
giving a speech and using something like “Billy and me didn’t do nothing...”
* Be yourself, of course, but be your best self.
* Avoid sarcastic humor in your speech. You are not there to
hurt or insult others.
* Affirm and compliment the bride and groom throughout your
talk.
* Avoid getting laughs by telling those present how much you
and the groom can drink or how often you have seen one another throw up after a
night of partying.
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