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Apr
12
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Eric Hartwell asked:
The 3 most common wedding speeches fall under the headings of the bride’s father’s speech, the bridegroom’s speech, and, last of all, the best man’s speech.
The toastmaster should call upon the bride’s father to propose a blessing of “health and happiness to the bride and groom.” Try to make it heartfelt and genuine because crudeness is inappropriate. A little humor, however, is fitting. The toastmaster is often the best man but could also be someone that has been especially employed for the position. Professional toastmasters are available for an appropriate fee and can take a lot of the pressure off the occasion. . The bride’s father will have his blessing preceded by welcome messages to the groom’s parents, all relatives, and all the guests. Finally, he’ll utter some words off in appreciation and admiration of his precious daughter and bless her and her new husband their future marriage.
The groom will typically reply with a speech of thanksgiving to his own parents for their contributions to his character, health, and current success. He will gives thanks to the gift-bearers and mention those that couldn’t attend due to illness. In other words, he’ll be conciliatory and considerate to all members of the group. He could even toast the bridesmaids and thank them with a small gift as a token of thanksgiving.
The best man will then arise, usually on behalf of the bridesmaids, to give a heartfelt, funny, and light-hearted speech about the groom. This is a familiar scene in movies whereupon the best jokes, anecdotes, and stories are brought up. This is a critical point in the selection of a best man.
Obviously, giving a speech at a wedding is prefaced with an acknowledgement of your role and the person or people you’ll be giving the speech to … here are some good tips for preparing and delivering an excellent speech to a lot of people for the first time …
Write down your notes a week and half ahead of time.
Rehearse for at least a week so that you won’t need to fully rely on your notes.
Thank the parents for donating time and gifts for the wedding arrangements.
Relax.
Leave them wanting a little more.
Be brief, frank, honest, and nice.
Compliment the whole group. Compliments always win smiles.
Keep your toast less than 5 minutes to avoid lots of yawning.
Leave out racy, inappropriate, crude, vulgar, or embarrassing jokes unless no one would be offended or annoyed.
Let your guard down and be natural.
Practice your speech in front of others.
Let your personality grab the attention of those in the audience. Be yourself and let it just flow out.
Interject quotes and jokes from books or the internet to complement your speech.
Sincerity is better than anything. Even if you mess up a line, your sincerity will more than compensate.
This is a not a test, essay, or exam - enjoy it.
Focus on friends in the room and deliver your speech to them personally. That will make it easier than reaching out to the whole audience.
Alcohol will probably make you less capable, off-center, or a little tipsy, and it might disrupt the speech’s content. Stay sober.
Follow the instructions outlined above if you have to learn how to make a speech at a wedding. And try to make sure that someone gets it on video at least.
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The 3 most common wedding speeches fall under the headings of the bride’s father’s speech, the bridegroom’s speech, and, last of all, the best man’s speech.
The toastmaster should call upon the bride’s father to propose a blessing of “health and happiness to the bride and groom.” Try to make it heartfelt and genuine because crudeness is inappropriate. A little humor, however, is fitting. The toastmaster is often the best man but could also be someone that has been especially employed for the position. Professional toastmasters are available for an appropriate fee and can take a lot of the pressure off the occasion. . The bride’s father will have his blessing preceded by welcome messages to the groom’s parents, all relatives, and all the guests. Finally, he’ll utter some words off in appreciation and admiration of his precious daughter and bless her and her new husband their future marriage.
The groom will typically reply with a speech of thanksgiving to his own parents for their contributions to his character, health, and current success. He will gives thanks to the gift-bearers and mention those that couldn’t attend due to illness. In other words, he’ll be conciliatory and considerate to all members of the group. He could even toast the bridesmaids and thank them with a small gift as a token of thanksgiving.
The best man will then arise, usually on behalf of the bridesmaids, to give a heartfelt, funny, and light-hearted speech about the groom. This is a familiar scene in movies whereupon the best jokes, anecdotes, and stories are brought up. This is a critical point in the selection of a best man.
Obviously, giving a speech at a wedding is prefaced with an acknowledgement of your role and the person or people you’ll be giving the speech to … here are some good tips for preparing and delivering an excellent speech to a lot of people for the first time …
Write down your notes a week and half ahead of time.
Rehearse for at least a week so that you won’t need to fully rely on your notes.
Thank the parents for donating time and gifts for the wedding arrangements.
Relax.
Leave them wanting a little more.
Be brief, frank, honest, and nice.
Compliment the whole group. Compliments always win smiles.
Keep your toast less than 5 minutes to avoid lots of yawning.
Leave out racy, inappropriate, crude, vulgar, or embarrassing jokes unless no one would be offended or annoyed.
Let your guard down and be natural.
Practice your speech in front of others.
Let your personality grab the attention of those in the audience. Be yourself and let it just flow out.
Interject quotes and jokes from books or the internet to complement your speech.
Sincerity is better than anything. Even if you mess up a line, your sincerity will more than compensate.
This is a not a test, essay, or exam - enjoy it.
Focus on friends in the room and deliver your speech to them personally. That will make it easier than reaching out to the whole audience.
Alcohol will probably make you less capable, off-center, or a little tipsy, and it might disrupt the speech’s content. Stay sober.
Follow the instructions outlined above if you have to learn how to make a speech at a wedding. And try to make sure that someone gets it on video at least.
Create a video blog
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Apr
11
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BestManSecrets asked:
A very funny Best Man speech by Tommy delivered at Susan and Dominic’s wedding.
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Apr
10
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Apr
03
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L Chan asked:
Making a speech or speaking to a group of people was probably something you’ve tried to avoid many times in your past. For example, while you attended school, you probably had teachers that would ask the students questions. You prayed that the teacher wouldn’t pick you to answer or speak.
You try hard to stay in control, even though you can feel your heart pumping rapidly. As you speak, you can’t help yourself from stuttering. You notice you are repeating yourself or you give the answer quickly. Once your moment is over, you still feel a bit shaky.
Fast forward back to now the groom chose you as his best man and the best man traditionally gives a speech. You feel a bit anxious because you’re the main speaker at the reception, and guests expect the best man speech to be funny and memorable.
Is there a way to conquer your anxiety over speaking to an audience without taking a tranquilizer?
There’s no easy way to defeat your fear of speaking in public. The way to overcome your fears is to face them. It might be a clich, but it’s true. With practice, you’ll become more at ease and soon you’ll wonder what you were all worried about. In fact, you might learn to enjoy talking to an audience and you might want to do it even more.
However, before you make that best man speech, you might not have many opportunities to practice speaking to an audience. The second best solution is to practice in your “mind’s eye.” Visualize yourself making your speech and doing it well. If you can’t concentrate on that image, then you’ll need to practice in front of a friend or relative who will give you constructive feedback.
Get all your speech writing done well in advance. You’ll feel better and more relaxed as the big day nears. To reduce your anxiety and help your memory, you can bring along notes to glance at while you speak.
Get to know as much of the people in the wedding party and the guests as possible. When you are familiar with the people in the audience, then you will be more at ease when you deliver your speech.
As you speak to the audience, stay focused on the groom and the bride. Don’t let stray thoughts about how you are doing distract you from delivering your message.
Being the best man and giving the best man speech and wedding toast is an experience you’ll look back upon with pride. Your feelings of anxiety will disappear once you finish your speech and what will replace it is a feeling of exhilaration.
Copyright (c) 2006 by Leroy Chan
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Making a speech or speaking to a group of people was probably something you’ve tried to avoid many times in your past. For example, while you attended school, you probably had teachers that would ask the students questions. You prayed that the teacher wouldn’t pick you to answer or speak.
You try hard to stay in control, even though you can feel your heart pumping rapidly. As you speak, you can’t help yourself from stuttering. You notice you are repeating yourself or you give the answer quickly. Once your moment is over, you still feel a bit shaky.
Fast forward back to now the groom chose you as his best man and the best man traditionally gives a speech. You feel a bit anxious because you’re the main speaker at the reception, and guests expect the best man speech to be funny and memorable.
Is there a way to conquer your anxiety over speaking to an audience without taking a tranquilizer?
There’s no easy way to defeat your fear of speaking in public. The way to overcome your fears is to face them. It might be a clich, but it’s true. With practice, you’ll become more at ease and soon you’ll wonder what you were all worried about. In fact, you might learn to enjoy talking to an audience and you might want to do it even more.
However, before you make that best man speech, you might not have many opportunities to practice speaking to an audience. The second best solution is to practice in your “mind’s eye.” Visualize yourself making your speech and doing it well. If you can’t concentrate on that image, then you’ll need to practice in front of a friend or relative who will give you constructive feedback.
Get all your speech writing done well in advance. You’ll feel better and more relaxed as the big day nears. To reduce your anxiety and help your memory, you can bring along notes to glance at while you speak.
Get to know as much of the people in the wedding party and the guests as possible. When you are familiar with the people in the audience, then you will be more at ease when you deliver your speech.
As you speak to the audience, stay focused on the groom and the bride. Don’t let stray thoughts about how you are doing distract you from delivering your message.
Being the best man and giving the best man speech and wedding toast is an experience you’ll look back upon with pride. Your feelings of anxiety will disappear once you finish your speech and what will replace it is a feeling of exhilaration.
Copyright (c) 2006 by Leroy Chan
Kansieo.com
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Apr
02
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James William Smith asked:
Politicians give speeches to rally support from voters. Some have a gift for oratory. Many politicians do not. In 2008, it’s election season in America and the speeches come at us from every side of the political spectrum. We can see excerpts from candidates’ speeches on television commercials, in debates and, on the nightly news.
The fact is that there are many different types of political speeches. There is the standard candidate “stump” speech, a speech used in every venue that a candidate visits in the course of his campaign day. There is the convention speech where a candidate will give a major address at a party’s political convention. There is the inaugural address that a newly elected President gives to begin his/her term in office. There is the State of the Union address that a President gives to Congress each year. There are speeches after surprise events like 9/11 and Pearl Harbor. There are speeches after world events and natural disasters. Indeed there have been hundreds of thousands of political speeches given by countless politicians over the last hundred years in America.
The reality is that of all these political speeches there are very few that we can remember. There are still fewer that made a difference and had any meaningful impact. That is why given our perspective of historical hindsight that we must acknowledge a truly great political speech, a speech that was given with remarkable courage at the time, a speech with historical significance delivered with passion, moral conscience, and delivered with perfect cadence and a speech that would mark a significant turning point in American society. The ” I Have a Dream” speech of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is the speech which fills all this criteria and more.
Dr. Martin Luther King gave the famous speech on August 28, 1963. The speech was delivered to over two hundred thousand civil rights supporters during the March on Washington on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. It would be a defining moment for the civil rights movement, a movement which represented an American cultural revolution with ammunition that consisted only of extraordinary words.
King’s address was given to advocate racial harmony. It referenced the Bible, Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address and the Declaration of Independence. It was a call to history, moral conscience, and justice. In Dr. King’s words in 1963, “I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal. I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will they be able to sit down together at a table of brotherhood.”
Later in the speech his analogy of a “promissory note” was perfect for our capitalist society. King said, “In a sense we’ve come to our nation’s capital to cash a check. When the architects of our republic wrote the magnificent words of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, they were signing a promissory note to which every American was to fall heir. This note was a promise that all men, yes, black men as well as white men, would be guaranteed the unalienable rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. It is obvious today that America has defaulted on this promissory note, insofar as her citizens of color are concerned. Instead of honoring this sacred obligation, America has given the Negro people a bad check, a check which has come back marked ‘insufficient funds.’”
Indeed, his speech now seems like a long time ago, but only less than five decades have passed into history. The transformation of American society in that short span of time has been remarkable. The America of 1963 was certainly a much different place than it is now. Racial discrimination and segregation were the order of the day. Voting rights for black Americans was compromised at every turn. In fact, Martin Luther King was arrested about twenty times and assaulted at least four times prior to 1963.
Society would begin to change after that speech on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. One year later, the Civil Rights Act of 1964 would outlaw segregation in United States schools and public places. It would prohibit discrimination in schools, hiring ,and housing. In 1965, Congress passed the Voting Rights Act which effectively eliminated various states’ practices of disenfranchising black voters.
Dr. King would be named Time Man of the Year in 1963. He would be awarded five honorary degrees. In 1964, at the age of thirty-five, Martin Luther King, Jr., would become the youngest man to receive the Nobel Peace Prize.
There certainly have been great political speeches in America in the last one hundred years. Franklin Roosevelt delivered two with his First Inaugural Address and his Pearl Harbor Address. John Kennedy’s Inaugural Address and Ronald Reagan’s Shuttle Disaster speech were a couple of more great speeches. I am sure you can think of others, that I may have not mentioned here.
However, when one considers the history of the time and the political change that would follow, the (Dr. Martin Luther King) “I Have a Dream” speech would be my choice for best political speech of the last century in America. If your choice lies elsewhere, then we can agree to disagree.
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Politicians give speeches to rally support from voters. Some have a gift for oratory. Many politicians do not. In 2008, it’s election season in America and the speeches come at us from every side of the political spectrum. We can see excerpts from candidates’ speeches on television commercials, in debates and, on the nightly news.
The fact is that there are many different types of political speeches. There is the standard candidate “stump” speech, a speech used in every venue that a candidate visits in the course of his campaign day. There is the convention speech where a candidate will give a major address at a party’s political convention. There is the inaugural address that a newly elected President gives to begin his/her term in office. There is the State of the Union address that a President gives to Congress each year. There are speeches after surprise events like 9/11 and Pearl Harbor. There are speeches after world events and natural disasters. Indeed there have been hundreds of thousands of political speeches given by countless politicians over the last hundred years in America.
The reality is that of all these political speeches there are very few that we can remember. There are still fewer that made a difference and had any meaningful impact. That is why given our perspective of historical hindsight that we must acknowledge a truly great political speech, a speech that was given with remarkable courage at the time, a speech with historical significance delivered with passion, moral conscience, and delivered with perfect cadence and a speech that would mark a significant turning point in American society. The ” I Have a Dream” speech of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is the speech which fills all this criteria and more.
Dr. Martin Luther King gave the famous speech on August 28, 1963. The speech was delivered to over two hundred thousand civil rights supporters during the March on Washington on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. It would be a defining moment for the civil rights movement, a movement which represented an American cultural revolution with ammunition that consisted only of extraordinary words.
King’s address was given to advocate racial harmony. It referenced the Bible, Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address and the Declaration of Independence. It was a call to history, moral conscience, and justice. In Dr. King’s words in 1963, “I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal. I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will they be able to sit down together at a table of brotherhood.”
Later in the speech his analogy of a “promissory note” was perfect for our capitalist society. King said, “In a sense we’ve come to our nation’s capital to cash a check. When the architects of our republic wrote the magnificent words of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, they were signing a promissory note to which every American was to fall heir. This note was a promise that all men, yes, black men as well as white men, would be guaranteed the unalienable rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. It is obvious today that America has defaulted on this promissory note, insofar as her citizens of color are concerned. Instead of honoring this sacred obligation, America has given the Negro people a bad check, a check which has come back marked ‘insufficient funds.’”
Indeed, his speech now seems like a long time ago, but only less than five decades have passed into history. The transformation of American society in that short span of time has been remarkable. The America of 1963 was certainly a much different place than it is now. Racial discrimination and segregation were the order of the day. Voting rights for black Americans was compromised at every turn. In fact, Martin Luther King was arrested about twenty times and assaulted at least four times prior to 1963.
Society would begin to change after that speech on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. One year later, the Civil Rights Act of 1964 would outlaw segregation in United States schools and public places. It would prohibit discrimination in schools, hiring ,and housing. In 1965, Congress passed the Voting Rights Act which effectively eliminated various states’ practices of disenfranchising black voters.
Dr. King would be named Time Man of the Year in 1963. He would be awarded five honorary degrees. In 1964, at the age of thirty-five, Martin Luther King, Jr., would become the youngest man to receive the Nobel Peace Prize.
There certainly have been great political speeches in America in the last one hundred years. Franklin Roosevelt delivered two with his First Inaugural Address and his Pearl Harbor Address. John Kennedy’s Inaugural Address and Ronald Reagan’s Shuttle Disaster speech were a couple of more great speeches. I am sure you can think of others, that I may have not mentioned here.
However, when one considers the history of the time and the political change that would follow, the (Dr. Martin Luther King) “I Have a Dream” speech would be my choice for best political speech of the last century in America. If your choice lies elsewhere, then we can agree to disagree.
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Apr
02
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tkendric asked:
A wedding speech should express the same sentiments whether it’s a formal function being held in the Ritz or a family affair in the bride or the groom’s home. At a more formal function the father of the bride, the father of the groom and the best man usually speak. A wedding speech may be your moment to toast the couple in style, but generally there will be at least two toasts offered, so don’t feel like you have to fill lots of time. The reception will have lots of activity already planned, and you don’t want to be remembered as the guy who gave that incredibly long-winded, boring speech, do you? A wedding speech spoken by Bride or Groom following their wedding vows personalizes a marriage ceremony. Written out or straight from the heart, a wedding speech expresses your love and commitment to one another.
Speak from the Heart – If it means something to you, it will mean something to the audience. Don’t be afraid to get a little mushy. Speaking about the groom, the best man is allowed to get to some mild teasing but themes like drinking or ex girlfriends are not permissible. The best man should by no means represent the groom as a drunkard, loser, or a playboy.
Personalize your speech by mentioning the names of every person in the wedding party and saying one nice thing about each of them. People love to be complimented and this works well, especially focus on the bride and groom. Personal stories help connect with an audience. From your deep well of life reflect on three events that demonstrate how much your care for and love your wife.
Humor is a great way to cut through the sentimental while offering the bride and groom your best. So, how can you add the funny to your wedding speech? Humor is always a good way to get the party in good spirits and not only that, it will help ease the best man’s anxiety. If the best man sees his audience laughing he will pick up on their positive vibes and become in good spirits himself, which will only allow him to deliver his speech better.
Prepare yourself well by writing out your speech and practicing often. The best way to practice a wedding speech is to read it aloud in front of the mirror until you feel comfortable with the words. Speak clearly and slowly. Although you can have a small card to remember your points for the wedding speech, it looks rather put-on and takes away the essential charm of the emotions. Speak from your heart about the couple, touch on their strong characteristics, and mention the changes you’ve seen since the couple has met and you’ll be well on your way to delivering a memorable speech! If you get stuck, just look at the couple and tell them why you respect them or share some fond memories and then offer a toast. Speak a bit more loudly when you get to the anecdotal parts. Then, near the end, turn up your voice full volume.
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A wedding speech should express the same sentiments whether it’s a formal function being held in the Ritz or a family affair in the bride or the groom’s home. At a more formal function the father of the bride, the father of the groom and the best man usually speak. A wedding speech may be your moment to toast the couple in style, but generally there will be at least two toasts offered, so don’t feel like you have to fill lots of time. The reception will have lots of activity already planned, and you don’t want to be remembered as the guy who gave that incredibly long-winded, boring speech, do you? A wedding speech spoken by Bride or Groom following their wedding vows personalizes a marriage ceremony. Written out or straight from the heart, a wedding speech expresses your love and commitment to one another.
Speak from the Heart – If it means something to you, it will mean something to the audience. Don’t be afraid to get a little mushy. Speaking about the groom, the best man is allowed to get to some mild teasing but themes like drinking or ex girlfriends are not permissible. The best man should by no means represent the groom as a drunkard, loser, or a playboy.
Personalize your speech by mentioning the names of every person in the wedding party and saying one nice thing about each of them. People love to be complimented and this works well, especially focus on the bride and groom. Personal stories help connect with an audience. From your deep well of life reflect on three events that demonstrate how much your care for and love your wife.
Humor is a great way to cut through the sentimental while offering the bride and groom your best. So, how can you add the funny to your wedding speech? Humor is always a good way to get the party in good spirits and not only that, it will help ease the best man’s anxiety. If the best man sees his audience laughing he will pick up on their positive vibes and become in good spirits himself, which will only allow him to deliver his speech better.
Prepare yourself well by writing out your speech and practicing often. The best way to practice a wedding speech is to read it aloud in front of the mirror until you feel comfortable with the words. Speak clearly and slowly. Although you can have a small card to remember your points for the wedding speech, it looks rather put-on and takes away the essential charm of the emotions. Speak from your heart about the couple, touch on their strong characteristics, and mention the changes you’ve seen since the couple has met and you’ll be well on your way to delivering a memorable speech! If you get stuck, just look at the couple and tell them why you respect them or share some fond memories and then offer a toast. Speak a bit more loudly when you get to the anecdotal parts. Then, near the end, turn up your voice full volume.
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