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Summary: Wedding toasts should be about five minutes in length. Get tips on writing a great wedding toast from a communications and public speaking expert in this free instructional video.
Tracy Goodwin has a master’s in corporate communication and 10 years experience in professional speaking. Recipient of numerous public speaking awards and is a college professor of...read more
"All right, not let's talk about some things that your wedding toast should be. It should be no longer than five minutes. Most wedding toasts are--three minutes is a really good mark. And you want to write it and you want to practice it and time it, because you might think it's under five minutes and it's way over five minutes or vice versa. So, should be about five minutes or less. Make sure that it is warm and genuine and sincere. You don't--and what I mean by that is you don't want to just be talking like you're giving a speech. Let the love and care you have for these people shine through. Let your genuine happiness drive your delivery of the speech. Make it very personal. Bring a personal event, talk as if you know these people, which you--I mean, I'm sure you would, but make it very personal. And keep everything brief. You don't want to go on and on about any particular part of the wedding speech. Keep everything about the same length. And a real important thing about wedding speeches is it is great to use humor, but if you're not funny, don't. Just don't do it."
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