The kind of Speech ever married couple needs to have.

Here are five essential tips to consider when writing your best man speech:

1. Make sure that your best man speech is prepared several weeks before the day of the wedding.

2. Practice reading your speech a few times before finally performing it at the wedding reception. Read right through to a couple of friends before the big day.

3. Keep it to around five minutes in length.

4. Be careful not to offend anyone in your speech.

5. Make a copy of your speech in case you lose the original.

At a wedding the best man speech is a time-honoured tradition when he can tell all those wonderful and funny stories, even bring a tear to the best man’s eye, but it can also be a frightful experience especially if the best man really does not like speaking in public.

However, giving the speech is probably the easy part, delivering the speech is more of a talent and one of the best ways to learn about the delivering is by watching others ‘perform’. But there really is no need to fret, it’s a skill that can easily be learnt.

The best man speech is the perfect way to put the icing on the cake for the bride and groom on their wedding day and to share with everyone present how you came to be friends.

The speech can be made more interesting by adding some inspirational quotes or a short story and should also carry a message of congratulations.

Remember that the wedding day is a family occasion, so keep any humour or one-liners clean, also keeping any dubious language out of your speech is a good idea, remember a lot of weddings these days are video taped, you don’t want to look a prat for all time!

Give yourself at least one month to start slowly preparing by writing down notes on what you want to cover in your speech.

You owe it to the bride and groom, their families, and yourself, to present the best speech you possibly can.

Length of the best man speech is another important consideration. The ideal speech should be between two and seven minutes. Keep the speech short and sweet, and to the point, don’t waffle on.

A sense of humour and the ability, or at least the nerve, to get up in front of a room full of people and give a speech loud and clear is your objective.

Make sure if you are going to drink alcohol to take it easy until after the best man speech is over and you are not in the spotlight, it will be obvious if you get too drunk, you’ll slur your words or sway around.

People remember only a few things about a wedding; the way the bride looks, the ceremony and lastly the wedding speeches. The best man speech is a tradition at every wedding, and like all traditions, it has developed a set of rules and standards that are expected of anyone giving the speech.

If you aren’t naturally a funny man, then you can find some funny speeches or quotes in books, the Internet, friends and family.

If the standard of your jokes are along the lines of: ‘The wedding was a moving affair, so much so, even the wedding cake was in tiers’ then you probably won’t reach the required standard on your own!

Most people can’t deliver a successful speech without some help and assistance and one of the best places to get it these days is online, and, for a very modest fee Dan Stevens, author of ‘Best Man Speeches’ can help.

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Choosing your Best Man requires careful consideration.

The Best Man has a variety of very important responsibilities and should be chosen according to who is most likely to be able to successfully complete the tasks and help the wedding go smoothly and not who is the most fun to be with.

Responsibilities of the Best Man

The Best Man is the most important man in the wedding next to the groom.  It is his job to make sure the groom stays in line.  The Best Man duties are numerous and a few of them are:

Making sure the groom arrives at the church or wedding ceremony venue in good time.

Taking charge of the wedding rings—this includes watching after and instructing the ring bearer, if there is one.

Acting as a formal witness to the signing of the marriage certificate, after the ceremony.

Giving a humorous speech at the wedding reception.

Helping with honeymoon arrangements.

Ensuring the bride and groom leave the wedding reception on time for their honeymoon.

And that is just to name a few!  The Best Man needs to be responsible and trustworthy.  When choosing your Best Man, ask yourself if you would trust this man with a million pounds or your life.  If not, you should consider another option.

Choosing the Best Man should not be the bride’s choice alone.

Of course, if your Bride-to-be has her say she may want you to choose a best man that looks the nicest with her Maid of Honor, but simply explain to her all the things the Best Man is responsible for and she will quickly come around to your way of thinking.  Besides, this is one of the few things the Groom is responsible for choosing.  A wedding is possibly the most important event of a woman’s life (before having children, of course) and she will want everything to be perfect, just like you!

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Ok its not for me–its for my husband!
I don’t really want to subscribe to anything or pay for anyone to write it for me because we don’t go to that many weddings! It would be a waste. Was there something at your wedding that you thought was great in your Best Man’s speech? Any help appreciated. Don’t want anything crude as the grandparents will be there! *L*