In this blog post, we will be going over some of the key components of writing the groom wedding speech. Although most men dread speaking in public,the groom wedding speech is actually one of the easier speeches of the evening. The reason why say this is because in the groom wedding speech most of the time is actually spent on showing appreciation and gratitude for the people who put the wedding together. In other words you end up spending a lot of time thanking your parents and the bride’s parents for contributing to the wedding festivities.
Nonetheless I would like to offer some tips to help relieve some of the anxiety associated with wedding speeches. First of all, we’ll want to remember that the groom wedding speech is only about five or 6 min. in length. The biggest mistake that most grooms make in their speech is that they go over the suggested time and end up speaking for 10 or 15 min. What you usually hear at weddings are a groom that simply rambles on and on without any core or spine to their stories. After the first two or 3 min. the audience is usually yawning and thinking about when the DJ is going to start playing music again so they can hit up the free bar. The most important thing to remember is to keep your speech short and sweet.
The second major tip that I can offer for the groom wedding speech is to is to try and deliver one interesting story about your bride that portrays her in a positive light. In other words, you want to tell a story that shows why the bride is special to you. For example, I recently helped one man with his groom speech. After a quick consultation I learned that the bride spent an entire year in Africa where she was a nurse in the underserved community in Burkina Faso. We crafted a short story about the bride’s sense of altruism that really impressed the groom when he met her. This altruism was a key defining characteristic of the bride that made her special and unique. Rather than trying to tell the audience three or four stories about the bride I suggested to the groom that he only focus on this one story in Africa.
The final tip that I would like to offer relates to the delivery of your groom wedding speech. After all, your content can be of professional caliber but if you deliver the speech in an amateur or nervous fashion you can actually ruin wonderful content. Rather than delving into the details about how to deliver your groom wedding speech in a professional manner I think that most people should focus on simply rehearsing their speech in front of the mirror at least 10 times prior to actually delivering it on the wedding day. You would be surprised at how many men actually decide to wing it on their wedding day! The most common thing that I see is that a guy will whip together a wedding speech on the morning of the wedding while there are 1 million other responsibilities that need to be attended to. Believe it or not, most men do not even practice their wedding speech. If you can simply adhere to the rule of practicing your wedding speech in front of the mirror or in front of a trusted friend, you will be absolutely astonished at how you will be able to deliver the speech without any anxiety. You will be able to deliver any type of groom wedding speech whether it be funny, poignant or even romantic and always impress the audience.
