Wedding Speech Story

You’ve isolated that one special thing about the bride or the groom or both.

Now I want you to find a story that makes that point come alive.

Now don’t get creative here.

Just recount an actual experience you had with the bride or the groom or the couple.

This really is not complicated folks.

If you want to make the point that the groom is just the most loyal guy in the world.

Talk about that time your freshman year when you got too drunk and he had to hold your head up somewhere in the restroom to keep you from getting even worse shape and hurting yourself.

And he missed his own date.

If that’s the sort of example you have very important though if you’re going to talk about someone being drunk or crazy or waking up somewhere they shouldn’t talk about your cell.

Don’t talk about the bride of the groom.

Many people especially after one or two of these they just feel too free to say wildly embarrassing things at wedding speeches.

Keep in mind many of these speeches may be video recorded.

This is something the bride and groom may want to show their children their grandchildren 50 years from now.

Nobody wants to hear about grandma or grandpa being a big slut.

Ok so focus on making yourself the butt of the jokes.

If you’re going to use humor make it gentle humor.

Use good taste for these wedding speeches especially when future in-laws are in the room.

It’s OK to have fun.

Humor is good but it shouldn’t be attacking biting humor.

If you want to audition to be a roast masters for Comedy Central’s next roast fine.

Don’t do it at the wedding speech.

Find a story that illustrates the person’s character in a positive way and recount it.

Talk about where you were what you were feeling what you said to the bride and groom what they said back how they were feeling how this problem was resolved how it somehow all worked out in the end that’s what will make people feel good about the couple they’ll also feel good about you the speaker too and you know what this is so much easier than giving someone the whole long laundry list of this person’s history and everything they’ve ever accomplished.

This isn’t the time for it.

Now a story might take a minute.

It might take eight minutes.

I wouldn’t worry about the time.

If you focus on just one trait one story the time will probably take care of itself.

Because keep in mind the audience isn’t there to hear you give speeches.

People would like for the speeches to be good but they want to get to the bar.

They want to get to the dance floor.

They want to hear the band.

If it’s a bachelorette party or bachelor party they want to get on to other festivities so don’t go on too long.

Now don’t go the other way and speak so quickly because you want to hurry and finish.

Don’t be one of these people.

Well I know we will have to sit down.

I want to hurry and finish this only get there.

Don’t speak quickly don’t tell people you’re nervous.

Don’t say that you want to speak quickly so you can finish.

Just tell the story.

Make us feel good about this bride.

This groom this couple for the family members who are perhaps distant family members aunts uncles grandparents who might not really be that close to the bride and groom.

Give them a window into who this person is.

That’s what will make for a great wedding speech.

So that’s your homework.

Now think of a story that will magnify the one trait you think is most positive about this bride or groom.