Just when we wrote a piece on how to write a best man toast last week website Asylum comes up with a compilation of the worst best man speech videos. This is some really embarrassing stuff and can get really uncomfortable even for those watching the videos. But there’s also a lot to learn from the mistakes of others. With a little bit of preparation and negative examples like these it is easy not to fall in the same traps and instead prepare a really professional best man toast.

The Nervous Nelly

Here’s what to do if you don’t want to be this poor guy: It is obvious but you must prepare your speech in advance. The usual urge of nervous speakers is to put off preparation until the very last minute. Do not leave anything to chance. You have to know exactly how to start your speech and how to end it. You got to have given that speech inprivacy at least once.

The Family Planner

This guy starts off his best man toast pretty well. Some racy jokes, a decent premise but at around 2:40 he destroys everything with a joke about abortion.

The first rule for best jokes man is to always clean. It doesn’t matter how much you think the groom would appreciate crude jokes. Simply LEAVE THEM OUT.

The Comedian

Here’s a really funny best man toast. Everybody laughs…except the bride.

And that is just the beginning. There are tons of wedding jokes that virtually never fail to make any speech a sure-fire winner. With a little bit of preparation and the right jokes no best man has to be nervous or afraid to offend anyone. After all it is not that hard to write a good best man toast.

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So how do you write a great best man toast? It has to be well structured of course. How do you make a speech well structured? Here are three things to consider and follow.

The Introduction

Every speech needs an introduction. Don’t start with the middle of your speech. If you do, you miss out on warming the audience and at the same time your speech seems terribly unprepared.

Keep your introduction brief, concise and a little fun. Short and concise will do but you’ll earn extra points for jokes. If you opt for an intro without the entertaining part don’t beat around the bush. Before you know it people will be bored, you lose their attention and your best man toast will flop.

The Body

Here you should put your advice and suggestions for the couple, opinions on them as people and such. Here you can decide to be serious or interject a joke or two. In this part, never be afraid to put on a serious face, as is the point where everyone wants to hear what the best man really thinks about this marriage.

When you talk about the bride and groom make them look good. Making them sweet and romantic, even if they are not, was not hurt anybody.

The Summary

Wrapping up your best man toast must be clean and fast. Giving out your best wishes for the couple is a must. One easy way to say your congratulations is to tell them how much confidence you have that their marriage will last for a lifetime. Very lastly, you must propose a toast, so that everyone can raise their glasses.

That is just the tip of the iceberg though. Click here to get more tips on how to write a best man toast.

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