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How to Write a Best Man Speech
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Your Best Man Speech Ask these 10 questions to captivate your audience
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A blueprint for the perfect Best Man Speech, based on the 10 questions that THGM Writing Services asks its clients before writing their Best Man Speeches.
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Top Tips
• Make it personal.• Make it humorous.• Make it inspiring.• Speak from the heart.• Address the groom…and the bride.• Own your speech.
10 Questions
• These are the questions we ask the best Man before writing his speech.
• If you need help writing your best man speech, Click Here!
Question #1
• “How do you know the groom?”• Where did you meet?• What have you done together?• What does he mean to you, and you
to him?• Stories, stories, stories.
Question #2
• “How well do you know the groom’s family?”
• Try to include them in the speech, if appropriate.
Question #3
• “How well do you know the bride and her family?”
• Important to honor the bride in your speech.
• Have the couple already done something together worthy of mention?
Question #4
• “Are there other people you really should mention in the speech?”
• Were there other people who hung out with the two of you?
• Is there someone who would be deeply offended to be left out?
Question #5
• “What personal anecdotes that you really want to mention?”
• Become a storyteller.• It’s OK to tease the groom.• It’s not OK to tease the groom; it’s
not OK to get him in real trouble.• Include the funny side, the touching
side, the impressive side.
Question #6
• “How is the groom’s life about to change?”
• Does marriage mean kids?• Will he be moving to a new town?• What’s in store for the new couple?
Question #7
• “Are there any cultural or family sensitivities you should avoid?”
• Think grandparents.• Consider ethnicity, religion and
family feuds.
Question #8
• “What personal advice do you wish to share with the couple?”
• Give advice from experience, if you can.
• Be tactful, both to the bride and to the groom.
Question #9
• “What is your comfort level with humor? What style of humor?”
• The speech should feel natural to deliver.
• Are you better with dry humor? With puns?
Question #10
• “Anything else I should know?” • What else do you want to include?• Is there something special about the
groom? The wedding? The couple?
10 Questions
• These are the questions we ask the best Man before writing his speech.
• If you need help writing your best man speech, Click Here!
