BEST MANS SPEECH

A wedding speech is not small potatoes.

Even the most confident people, well versed in public speaking, have a problem when asked to speak extemporally. They know that the really good speeches are rehearsed and prepared thoroughly prior to the event. To make a best mans speech without this preparation could be a social gaffe of serious proportion.

Your responsibility is to deliver the best mans speech. Remember this when you are organizing the bachelor party; the best mans speech is the one expected to entertain the guests and maybe roast the groom – if that is your wont, but it is THE speech of the entire ceremony and reception. Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise.

Remember that if the wedding is compared to a stage play, you would be one of the main characters. People are attending because a wedding is entertaining – an occasion; and you need to learn your lines. So remember that you have been invited by a close friend to be both contributor and player to entertain any amount of friends or relatives attending one of the most important social events the bridal couple will ever hold sway over.

Neither are the best mans other duties to be sneezed at; other duties include:

• Helping to organize the wedding and the reception.
• Assist and advise the groom by seeing to his appearance and sobriety – if you are one of the best men who tries to get the groom inebriated at every opportunity – watch out. The karma police will get you.
• Orchestration of the wedding and reception in tandem with a master of ceremonies – if one is available – or by yourself if not.
• Make sure the guests are happy and being taken care of – heck, its your mates interests at heart here. This duty also encompasses keeping an eye on the other players in the bridal party and helpers cast.
• Attend to any guests who are over-indulging and getting out of hand.

Best man duties are not for sissies!

Making a good best mans speech gets you respect from the audience and makes all your ancillary tasks just that much easier. So your best mans speech should be peppered with plenty of the requiredpersonal, pithy, insightful, witty and meaningful throwaways, stories and one-liners that make such a speech memorable.

Even a journeyman speaker would struggle; to someone who’s unused to public speech delivery (never mind the composition and authoring of such an important speech) its enough to give you the willies.

If this sounds familiar and you are not intent on a speech making course to craft a best mans speech, we have a new contributor line-up in our review section and they provide great help in the form of about twenty pre-written speeches with advice on delivery. These are in a very user-friendly format and will give you something to use immediately.

Their book tells you everything you need to know about being an incomparable Best Man – as well as what’s going to be expected of you, how to quell stage-fright and overactive nerves and some bright ideas for handling emergency situations that may crop up.