Wedding Speech Making

Speaking in front of a crowd can be a nerve-wracking experience at the best of times, but making a wedding speech takes public speaking anxiety to another level. There’s the added challenge of being engaging with just the right balance of content, sentiment, sincerity and fun.

But don’t think you’ll just have a few drinks and the words will come tripping off the tongue. This strategy almost never works, and you don’t want to say something you’ll regret.

If you’re a member of a wedding party tasked with speech duty, our Wedding Speech Making course will show you how to make a speech that matches the occasion, your role, and your personality. Believe it or not, you can enjoy planning and delivering your speech! And if you’d like to involve children in your wedding ceremony or reception speeches, there are many ways to do so. Children might amaze you at how fabulously they step up and perform their roles!

We teach this course via webinar and tailor the sessions to your specific role in the wedding, i.e. bride or groom, maid of honour or bridesmaids, best man or groomsmen, parent of the bride or groom, etc. You can schedule up to three hours of private, one-to-one coaching via Skype or Zoom. Use your sessions with us to draft the content of your speech, or write your wedding vows, and to rehearse your delivery.

In addition to coaching, the online course curriculum provides access to a variety of wedding-specific resources, ideas, and tips to offer inspiration as you write and deliver this all-important speech.

We conduct this course in association with our sister site, The Occasional Speaker.

Topics we’ll cover

• Structuring the order of speech-making to suit your unique wedding format
• Coordinating who says and does what to ensure content stays fresh
• Overcoming nerves and anxiety
• Using the microphone and delivering your speech with style
• Coming up with creative content ideas
• Using props and balancing humour

You can review the full curriculum below for more details.

Interested in a group booking?

We can even arrange a custom group session (face-to-face or online) for your entire bridal party of speech-makers.

Want to complement your learning?

Check out these other courses we developed to help you succeed:

• Assert Yourself! (Assertiveness Skills)
• Be Seen and Be Heard: Build Your Self-Confidence
• Positive Language for Positive Results
• Special Occasion Speech Making
• Speech Makeover: An Introduction to Elocution

Have questions?

Contact us. We would love to chat and help you get started!