Tips, hints and checklists for a perfect wedding speech
Whatever your role, here’s a collection of useful information to help you deliver a great wedding speech
From how to stay calm on the day to what to include in your speech... If you’ve got to write a wedding speech and you’re not sure where to start, here’s a great place to pick up some advice on writing and delivering a great wedding speech.
You’ll find everything you need, from hints on how to research your speech to basic information like who speaks when. Plus there’s a whole host of sample material to help you start well, come on strong in the middle, and finish on a high, all broken down into different roles.
Good luck!
General Wedding Speech Guide
- About the bride
- Who speaks and when
- Lines that are sentimental
- Who says what
- Great lines about the groom
- 20 top tips for making a great speech
- Coping with nerves
- End on a high!
- After you’ve written the speech
- Handling props and equipment
- Making a strong start
- Giving your speech a meaty middle
- Choosing the right material
- Researching your speech
- Getting your delivery right
- Speech games
- Great lines for your best man’s speech
- Wedding speech No-Nos
- Great lines about the bride
- Lines to get a laugh
- Lines to kick off with
- Ten tips for a top performance
- How to make people laugh with a wedding speech
- How to work jokes into your wedding speech
- Lines that work – and lines that don’t…
- Other speakers
- The bride’s speech: Where to start
- Sample material: For the stand-in speaker
- Stand-in speaker: Where to start
- Making a wedding toast
- Who traditionally says what




