Public Speaking

[woody2846]

Hi chaps. Wonder if any of you kind gents could help me out. I'm the best man at a wedding next Saturday.
I have written the speech and am 90% there in terms of knowing it off the top of my head.
I'm bloody nervous to say the least so wondered if there is any helpful tips that the more experienced could pass on.

[woody2846]

Thanks for all the above. I'm not going to have a drink till it's all over. I recorded myself last night and whilst I don't like the sound of my voice , I seemed to be going slow and clear enough.

Think will take the above advice and have some prompters just in case. Funnily enough the nudist beach is the opener ....the classics are the best!

Any more advice? I'm all ears.
Thanks again.

[woody2846]

Speeches are before the grub, thank fk

[woody2846]

Got the dirty deed over with on Saturday. I put prompters on 2 A4 sheets of paper with each part in a differing font, so could regain where I was at a glance.
I also laminated the paper as the speech was done over a mic- if I was shaking then people wouldn't hear the paper rustling.
As far as I can gather the speech went down very well, with a lot of people congratulating me and many hand shakes going on. My mate was pleased I didn't go too far!
All in all I was happy and got merrily drunk after.

Oh and thanks for all the help you guys put forward on here.