Making Your Wedding Anniversary Speech Perfect

When it comes to a wedding anniversary speech, or any kind of public speaking, it can be a nerve wracking experience. These specific tips are designed to help put your nerves at bay by helping you to prepare thoroughly. These tips are specifically for making a speech. If you want help writing your speech, then check out these tips.

First of all, think of your audience and occasion.

Everyone around you is happy, they've had a couple of glasses of champagne, they're relaxed and awaiting your speech.

They are a primed, captive audience and best of all they're your closest friends and family. As far as audiences go, they couldn't be better.

They'll laugh at all your jokes and hang on every word you say.

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Before the big day, make sure you practice your speech over and over again. Reading from the prompts won't sound natural, so try to remember as much of your speech as possible and only use the prompt cards as prompts. Also as you practice your wedding anniversary speech, you'll become more confident and relaxed.

When practicing your speech, time yourself. If the speech is too long, then trim it back. Audiences are only good for so long and everyone gets distracted or bored, so don't go overboard with the content.

Timing is everything. Where there is a joke in your speech allow a short pause. If you pause after something funny, then your audience will laugh (whether it was funny or not). I'm not sure why, but it works.

Think about allowing for pauses between different sections in your speech. Use this time to take a breath, look around and relax. It will help you engage your audience and give you a moment to compose yourself. From the audience's perspective, you'll also look more confident.

When practicing your speech, visualise yourself giving a successful speech repeatedly before the big day.

Before the speech, try to avoid too much alcohol. No one wants to see a drunk person making a speech. Your timing will be off and you may slur your words. Not a pretty sight.

If you're still a little nervous before the speech, take some big deep breaths and concentrate on feeling relaxed. If your preparation has been thorough and you've practiced lots, then your wedding anniversary speech should flow.

When toasting the couple or person, always look them in the eyes and include some complementary remarks.

Combine all these wedding anniversary speech tips and you should be on to a winner.

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