The Dreaded Wedding Speech And How To Beat It
Your palms are sweaty, knees weak, arms are heavy…Are you Eminem, not quite. You have just been asked to say a speech at a wedding. It does not matter who’s wedding this is. The fear comes from saying the speech itself in front of people. Any number of people can scare anyone. There are even those of you who would rather die than to actually stand in front of a crowd and say a few words. We have come up with a few tips that may help with a speech at a wedding or public speaking in general.
For starters you need to be prepared. If you think that JFK just winged that speech about what you can do for your country you are kidding yourself. Preparation is 80% of the battle. You need to be ready with ample time before hand to come out on top. Now to be fair you will have at the very least months to prepare for a wedding speech. If you are told that you will be speaking within minutes you can freak out, or just say no thanks. no preparation will lead to run on sentences and just general blah, blah, blah that no one will appreciate. Do not try to picture anyone naked as your grandmother may be in attendance and you will save yourself hours of therapy. Trust me on this one.
Try to be funny but not SNL funny, they are on at 11:30 pm for a reason. You need to know that there may be a four year old sitting in that room that does not need to learn right then and there her first special four letter word. If you are the best man remember that not everyone need to know about that trip to Las Vegas. Their slogan is popular for a reason. It is ok to be emotional during your speech. There is a good reason you were asked to speak and it is most likely that out of all the people in the world you may be their best friend. You have known this person forever and it is ok to shed a tear. Tears are antifreeze for your soul and you need to let them out once and awhile. Just not during the Walking Dead, that’s the only time it is not cool.
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