There are a lot of great moments in life, but nothing is quite as amazing as a wedding. If you’re a stepfather, you may be called into speak at the wedding, and a speech should always be ready. You should work on it as soon as a wedding date is set, and don’t mention anything. When someone asks you to get a speech ready, you’ll be ready to talk. But until then, consider a few pointers on how to write the speech and what you need to remember when speaking.
The Introduction Starts Everything
The first thing that you are going to need to do is simple, you are going to introduction yourself. Seriously, just introduce who you are and why you’re there. You will be able to launch into other things once you have context for the crowd to hear you with. Once you do this, you’ll be able to gain the upper hand and focus on the bigger picture of what you need to do in order to write.
Talk About The Past
A great way to move forward from the introduction is to look into the past. Talk about a story where you and the groom bonded. Talk about how he’s grown up, and you’ve been able to learn from him. The goal here is to not only paint yourself as a good parent, but also the groom as a good son. This is an important aspect of what your goal is overall. Make sure that you stay focused on this overall. You’ll find that if you talk about the past here, you can introduce new ideas overall. IT’s a positive thing to work with, and something that you will no doubt want to explore.
Closing Things Up
The next step in this speech process is to make sure that you are going to close things up fast. You don’t’ want to ramble, or talk too much. When you get to this point, make sure that you simply thank the bride and groom, talk about how love is grand, and give them a good quote from someone famous. Or give them some advice from your own marriage. By simply giving them a little bit of praise and some advice, you’ll have done your job and will be able to toast later with ease.
Editing and Rewriting
Do not wait for the last minute here. Make sure that you take your time writing this ahead of time, and eventually write things out on a piece of paper. Once you have written things out, you can easily move forward with the right phrasing, editing, and more. Editing and rewriting is not a complicated thing, you just need to get the 3 major points mentioned above down on paper.
Once you have things written down, read them out loud. Think about how long you’re going to talk, and then edit things overall. The more you edit, the more you can add, and more. It’s a positive thing to work through. Just make sure that you get comfortable with the bigger picture overall. Keep things brief and you’ll have a lot of applause.