Hi there if you are in a rush and just want to get a good grooms speech then be sure to check out this reosurce here ( its a great guide. Go through some sample speeches and pick the template that best suits your personality.

Yep its got funny ones but emotional ones too and that’s really want you should be after – a speech that your audience will remember for a long long time to come and its all there for you – no guess work at all ).

Otherwise read on for some good tips and advice on how not to panic when it comes to preparing the groom speech.

Bit of a story for you first. I always knew if I ever got married I’d have the dreaded groom speeches to worry about. I knew that this wasn’t going to be that easy as I had first hand experience of standing up in front of an audience of people I knew ( and that can be the most daunting part ) when I was best man for my brother’s wedding a few years back.

I swore then that if ever decided to *tie the knot* myself I would have the groom speeches well prepared ( yes of course I would have to find a lady that would marry me first but I was lucky and fortunate enough to do so ).

You see even though I did what I thought was a pretty decent job of the best man’s speech ( yes I was sh*tting it so had a few drink to try and relax myself ) I *chringed* when I got a copy of the wedding video afterwards from him as it showed up how unprepared I really was for it.

I actually ended up getting “mauldy drunk” that night and had to be put to bed early so missed the best of the night as celebrations went on well into the wee hours of the morning.

Although I can look back and kind of laugh at it now I still regret not having prepared properly for that best man’s speech so my advice is don’t let the same thing happen to you when planning your wedding speaches as you will regret if for years to come I assure you ( I still do now believe it or not ).

Groom Speeches Planning

When you first start thinking about your groom speech it can seem like a really daunting task. Very few of us guys actaully rellish the ideas of standing up in front of everybody so here it what I did that I hope will help you

1. Don’t try and make your wedding speech funny straigh away ( speech jokes can come later ) and just jot down a few points that come into your head.

2. If you are having problems with that then what I found to be a great help and a good guidence were some speech promts and guides.

3. Don’t worry about the order of the content now – just get something down on paper.

4. Write about how you met, how long you are together, some memorable moments and stuff like that.

5. Even if you just do the above you will be surprised how much stuff you can write down believe me.

Following the above steps allowed me overcome my biggest intitial hurdle and that was not being able to write anything at all for the groom speeches. The above points may seem simple but they are an effective starting point.

Funny speeches are an important part of any wedding and are a great crowd-pleaser but just remember that this doesn’t mean the whole speech has to be funny.

Having been to a fair few weddings myself I was well aware of what happens when the speakers were trying too hard to be funny – they turned out to be a disaster so my advice is don’t try to do that.

If you are completely stuck on ideas for funny speeches there are heaps of place online to find some ideas. Here is a great resource you can use to help you come up with some real good funny speeches be it for the best man, bride speeches, a groom speech or father of the bride ones.

The Secret to Funny Speeches

One of the things I learned from all the weddings I attended and that stuck with me most was the speakers that were the most informal and interacted with their audience most were definitely the funniest. The groom should always feel for example that he is chatting with friends and not giving a presenation in work.

I applied this same formula for my wedding and it worked a treat. Oh one other thing – work the room as best you can. What do I mean by that well don’t just stare out at the same wall for the whole groom speech make eye contact with your friends and even pick one or two out and give them a mention that is always a good thing to do and it keeps the audience interested too.

We all want wedding speaches to be funny but when it comes to your own , funny speeches are not all that easy to come up with. I have been to a fair few weddings in my life of close friends and one thing that really struck me was that my friends that were naturally funny in other situations did not give the best groom speech. This did surprise me and I have seen it now on more than one ocassion.

My thoughts on it are that my friends were trying to ensure that the speach was first an foremost funny and anything after that was a bonus. This I believe is the wrong approach – see why below.

The Secret to Good Speech Jokes

Speech jokes are essential if you want to be a good crowd-pleaser. They ensure that your audience stays attentitve especially through the different speakers. What I found that works great is when you feel you are getting too-emotional ( and you will believe me ) then have a few speech jokes to call on that are personal ( between you & your partner ) that not to many other people know about.  Please just make sure they are respectful -  there is nothing more embarassing to the crowd than talking about something that is too personal between you and your partner.

Believe it or not I was at a wedding where the groom proceeded to talk about an incident that he and his partner had in the bath – Sure it knocked a great laugh from the crowd but it was more of a oohhh rather than hahaha. Please don’t do that as your groom speech will be remembered for all the wrong reasons.

Groom Speeches – The one thing you are going to have to think about and plan if you are going to get married. Now I don’t care what anyone tells you but there ain’t too many of us men folk that can stand up in front of close relatives and friends and give a groom speech for 10 or 15 minutes without first preparing for it – very few if any.

I remeber a few years back that I was best man at my brother’s wedding and I was planking it I can tell you. I wasn’t use to standing up in front of people so I knew I would have to prepare for my best mans speech. The one thing it did for me though was it was the best training that I could ever have for when I would need to give a speech at my own wedding.

Groom Speeches – Some Good Tips

Here are some useful tips for you when you start to plan your own groom speech

1. Don’t plan the funny stuff straight off. That will come later. I found this to be of great benefit.

2. Just jot down some points about how you and your bride to be met, how long you are together, some memorable events etc..

3. Don’t worry at all about the content order at this point – what is important is to get some stuff down on paper – you will be surprised what you can come up with

4. Once you have a skeleton of the groom speech down on paper only then should you consider speech jokes to spice it up a bit. Just make sure that they tie in with an event in your lives and not just a joke for the sake of it.

5. Factor in who else is going to give some speeches as this will allow you set a time limit for your own. For example is there going to be a father of the bride speech ( you can almost assume there will be ) , bride speech ( yep she may want to say something ) or even a maid of honor speech ( yes believe it or not there are quite a few of these nowadays ). You might not think this is important but I would beg to differ. For my own wedding my wife said more than a few words but I know this in advance so I could plan my own one accordingly.

6. Practice, practice, practice. I know you might laugh at me but when I had my speech down in paper I practiced it in front of the mirror a few times. Now I didn’t spend hours doing this but I did find it a help just to hear my own voice and how I sounded – you could of course practice this in front of a family member but for the most part you don’t want anyone to hear the groom speech so that is why I found the mirror option to be a good one.

If you are completly stumped for ideas on what to talk about then click here for some great ideas for groom speeches you can swipe right now.