Giving a speech can be daunting, so when it comes to wedding speeches, the keyword is preparation, preparation, preparation. On the day of the wedding, the speech must be prepared enough that you are able to appear off the cuff and spontaneous-only then will the audience believe that it is as heartfelt and sincere as you meant it to be. Practice, practice and more practice. The best speakers are those who practice what they have to say. They may look like they’ve been giving wedding speeches all their lives. The fact remains that to look spontaneous, fluent and a great orator you have to...

Prepare your wedding speech well in advance, and be sure that the speech is memorized and can be recited passionately.

You're standing in front of the crowd, and it's your day to shine, you look up, and all the sets of eyes are on you, waiting, expecting you to spew words of wisdom. It's too much...you freeze, and your mind goes blank, and all the carefully crafted phrases you planned to say flew out of your head. Uh oh.

That is a situation most of us have been in-and most certainly a situation we want to avoid. Giving a speech can be daunting, so when it comes to wedding speeches, the...