Celebration Speech

EulogyBest Man/ Maid of Honor

Award Presentation

Short, brief, and favorable to the person who is being honored.

No negativity or criticism

Should highlight and celebrate only the positive in the person

Should inform and inspire

Connect with the audience through stories that are easy to understand

Adapt your language to fit the person and occasion

CELEBRATE!

What’s included?

Does

Can be a celebrity, fictional character, or public figure

Brief timeline of their life

Accomplishments

Include stories, quotes, short poems, song lyrics

No family members or friends

How they died

Graphic details

Criticism or negativity towards the person

Don’ts

Eulogy

A speech that praises someone who dies

What’s included?

Does Introduce yourself & how you

know the couple

Funny stories How you met How you met the spouse Favorite memory

Virtues of marriage

Thank the host(s) of the wedding

Humiliate the couple Awkward stories Reveal secrets Bringing up past

relationships

Tell how wrong the couple are for one another

Talk about how marriages don’t last

Don’ts

A speech given at a wedding that praises the couple

Best Man Maid of Honor

What’s included?

Does

Can be a celebrity, fictional character, or public figure

Criteria to win the award

Praise contributions or achievements

Previous winners

Announce winner at the end

Make the speech about you

Announce who the winner is at the beginning

Say the wrong name or pronounce it wrong

Don’ts

A speech that praises someone who has won an award

Best Man Maid of Honor

Awards Speech

Should include

Introduction of who you are and your relationship to the person/award

Beginning, middle, end

Flow from one idea to the next

Rough draft

Within 3-5 minute time limit

Notecard for reference

Obvious time and thought put into what you are saying