Wedding Toasts: What Not To Do

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Wedding toasts should not be done when you are drunk. Get tips on what not to do during a wedding toast from a communications and public speaking expert in this free instructional video.

By: Tracy Goodwin

Source: Expert Village

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"Ok. Now, I want to talk to you briefly about some don't's. What you don't want to do while delivering your wedding speech. Now, the first one is definitely the hardest one. But, don't be drunk. Ok. Because, you don't have a clue what might come out of your mouth if you're drunk. Alright. So, don't get drunk until after the wedding toast. Ok? Alright. Don't talk about ex-girlfriends, ex-boyfriends, ex-wives, ex-husbands, we don't want to bring them up right now. We'll deal with them later. If the couple has secretly told you some future plans, like well we're going to move away or we're going to have a child or whatever it is don't announce that. Unless, they have told you you can. You don't want to announce the secrets during the wedding toast. Alright. Focus on them. Don't talk about how crumby your marriage is or how great your marriage is. Focus on the couple. Talk about their marriage. Another thing that might be kind of hard for you is, keep it clean. Remember, there might be children in the room. There might be parents and grandparents. There might be who knows who in the room. So, try to keep it reasonably clean. Ok? And, last I mentioned this before. But, you want to rehearse. Ok. It's ok to have a note card. But, you don't want to be staring down reading it the whole time. So, rehearse and you'll be great. You'll be prepared and you will let your genuine warmth and love for the couple shine through. Now, let's take a look at a wedding speech."

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Expert Village: Tracy Goodwin

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