Best Maid of Honour Speeches

With your role as Maid of Honour comes great priviledge and also great responsibility. By now you will probably have assisted the bride with many aspects of the wedding, the bachelorette party and the rehearsal dinner. You know that on the day of the wedding you will also have many duties including helping the bride get dressed, arranging the brides veil, holding the bouquet during the ceremony, acting as witness to the marriage, greeting guests etc. Many of these duties will effectively be that as facilitator to the bride. You want her to sail off into the sunset with the man of her dreams and a smile on her face!




However, you will also be required to give a speech. You want to ensure that your speech is one of the most memorable Maid of Honour speeches, as a tribute to your friend. In this regard, I urge you to adopt the 3 P's strategy to ensure your success.

1) Plan

2) Personalize

3) Practice

I will discuss each of theses elements in more detail to ensure that you receive a standing ovation for your maid of honour speech or you can find more help with your maid of honour speech here!

Your friend has chosen you as her maid of honour because you have a close relationship. You may have grown up together or maybe you met at college or at work. Either way, you know each other well and your speech should reflect this . You want to impart to those present at the reception a sense of your friendship and most importantly you want to tell everbody what a wonderful person the bride is. To do this effectively, you need to personalize your maid of honour speech.

You should ensure that the speech is not a mechanical list of greetings and thank you's. Tell people how you met the bride, what the brides most endearing qualities are, how happy you are that she has found the happiness she deserves.

Think of a couple of anecdotes that will support the ideas you want to express. Just make sure they are appropriate! Choose stories that will evoke a smile and leave out the ones that will cause the bride to flush with embarassment. Does the bride have a favorite saying or expression that everybody can relate to?

Think about the bride and your relationship, edit it a little (!) and you will have the makings of one the the most amazing maid of honour speeches! The applause will be the icing on the cake!

Okay, I am not going to beat about the bush here you need to practice, practice, practice.

When you have written your speech, read over it a couple of times to familiarize yourself with it. Then move on to saying it out loud.

Say it in front of a mirror, in front of your mom, in the middle of the nearest forest where no-one can hear you. It doesn't matter where but make sure you say it out loud. Get your timing right - not too fast or too slow. Get used to saying the words. Rewrite any tongue twisters you find along the way!

You are going to deliver a fantastic Maid of Honor speech. Think of how much you will enjoy the wedding day if you are well prepared and well practiced!

In your mind you are captivating your audience, they are laughing, crying and applauding simultaneously. In reality, you couldn't be any more stessed out if you were to deliver an acceptance speech at the Oscars or give an address to the United Nations.

Remember your friend chose you to be her maid of honour for a reason - you are her best friend and she loves you. So give yourself a break and relax a little.

If you need a little more reassurance why not check out my favourite maid of honour speeches site (complete with speech samples, over 100 toasts, quotes and jokes and guides to help you organize the bridal shower, bachelorette party and much more!

When we have to do something we are not used to doing, it can be nerve wrecking. Add the pressure of the importance of a wedding day into the mix and it can be really daunting. Sometimes it is good, just to reach out and get some advice from a professional so that we have the confidence that we are doing the right thing. Now I know that the minute we think professional we think "lots of moolah - no thanks!" I am with you I have to say, BUT when it comes to main of honour speeches, you can get really great, professional advice for a lot less that you think. I couldn't believe that it was possible to avoid all that stress for less money than I would spend on a few magazines. I have given you the details below of the professional service that can help you avoid the nerves and make your friend really proud. I only hope that you are proud of yourself too!!

- MAID OF HONOUR WEDDING SPEECHES -

The Maid of Honour is an integral part of the wedding - the Bride's mainstay. And, as somebody who knows the Bride better than anybody else present (even, arguably, the Groom!), it falls to you, as the Maid of Honor, to ensure that the wedding day is as perfect as it can possibly be.

This responsibility isn't just limited to the big day itself: it entails a huge number of things. For example, you're expected to help the bride with all the pre-wedding jobs too, like deciding on venues and themes, shopping for the bridal gown and bridesmaids' dresses (and giving sincere feedback on all of them!), arranging and attending all the pre-wedding parties, and in general making sure the bride doesn't get too stressed and is coping OK with all the demands on her.

And that's not even counting the wedding day itself! The Maid of Honour typically has a myriad of responsibilities on the wedding day (from decorating the venue to welcoming the groom's mom and dad to making sure that all the reception guests are enjoying themselves), but in general, the one that causes the most universal distress is The Speech.

Yes, the Maid of Honour is one of the lucky few who are duty-bound to make a speech on the day of the wedding.

Traditionally, this speech lasts somewhere between three and five minutes, which doesn't necessarily sound like all that much - until you think about having to fill that time, as the sole focus of a great deal of people (frequently more than one hundred), with words that are witty, warm, meaningful, eloquent, touching and personal, and - hopefully! - funny.

Phew!

In short, there's a lot to know, a lot to learn, and a lot to deal with when you're the Maid of Honour - and this is where Maid of Honour Speeches - Your Complete 'How To' Guide comes in.

This book really does live up to the title: it's the ultimate resource for the Maid of Honour, comprising detailed information on the speech making process itself (writing, preparing, delivering), and all the information that's pertinent to the role of the Maid of Honour herself - ensuring that you can rise to any occasion on the big day.

WHAT'S INCLUDED?

Let's take a look at specifically what's included in this book:

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Over twenty top-quality, professionally-written speeches for you to mix and match to your specific, individual requirements (so you can quickly and easily piece together a fantastic speech from the professionally-written samples on hand )
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A complete, detailed, user-friendly guide to writing a great speech for the special occasion - formatted specifically for the Maid of Honour!
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A complete etiquette for the Maid of Honour, which includes all the details necessary for you to be the best friend possible to the Bride on her wedding day
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Proven, tried-and-true speech-writing tips: for those Maids of Honour who want to go all-out and write their own speech from scratch, you get a complete how-to guide (did I mention it's written by professional speech-makers?)
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Practical tips and advice on professional speech-delivery:how to make yourself look and sound great
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Loads of jokes and one-liners to ensure that your speech is memorable for all the right reasons

THE ESPECIALLY GOOD PARTS

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Here's what you get:

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MAID OF HONOUR WEDDING SPEECHES : IN A NUTSHELL

A guy called Dan put together this package to cover all the bases: he's included all the information necessary to be a fantastic Maid of Honour, and has somehow managed to do it in a user-friendly, easy-read format: you can read the whole thing in one night, and be preparing your speech the very next day.

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