Giving a best man speech is a time of mixed emotions. On the one hand you will no doubt be touched and happy to be giving a speech at the wedding of a close friend, and at the same time you will probably revel in the chance to embarrass your mate and make them cringe. On the flip side though, giving a speech in front of an audience of people you don’t know, and having such a key role in your mate’s big day, is a rather nerve wracking experience and one that can leave you potentially frozen with fear.
So how do you give a speech that will win over your audience, get them laughing with you and please the groom when you’re not a natural at this sort of thing? Read on for some tips…
Use an Aid
You may consider this as ‘cheating’, but if you’re nervous of giving the speech in front of an audience, then a good option is always to try and use an aid to help you deliver your speech. For instance if you want to take some of the focus off of you and you want to practically guarantee that your audience will be laughing, then you could try using a slideshow of photos of your mate in compromising situations. Don’t embarrass him completely of course – you are meant to be a friend after all – but a few compromising pictures can be good material that everyone in the audience will appreciate and mean less talking for you.
That’s a great example of an aid, a ventriloquist dummy is not.
Be Flexible

Another tip is to keep your speech flexible and to adlib on occasion. Don’t write a strict speech and stick to it, because that will detach you from it emotionally and make the delivery much more robotic. Instead, come up with a structure and some key lines that you can remember, and then build a speech around that naturally as though you were talking to a friend. The result is much more natural and engaging.
Be Heartfelt

If you’ve seen Wedding Crashers, then you’ll remember Owen Wilson’s advice to Rachel McAdam’s that she should speak from the heart. As long as people see that you are genuinely happy for your friend, and that you love them and their partner, then you will get the whole audience on your side and they will be much more forgiving. Don’t be afraid to get a bit soppy.
Use Common Ground
Another good source of material is to think what lots of people at the wedding will have in common. Of course the bride and groom is one subject, but alternatively you might talk about the wedding itself: about the wedding limo or about the cake. Likewise, it may be that lots of visitors have come from abroad and that they’re fish out of water. This is a great source of material and again something that a large portion of the audience will be able to relate to.
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Today’s featured writer, John Adams, is a party planner. He lends his creativity and sense of style to every wedding he plans for. He is given credit for bringing wedding limousine in Toronto back in fashion.


































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