Speeches & Toasts

A good wedding toast runs 2 to 3 minutes and uses one specific story that lands. Step-by-step structure, what to cut, and delivery tips from the room.

Five wedding toast examples that work in a real reception room, with commentary on what makes each one land and how to adapt it for your speech.

The best wedding speeches share three qualities that most forget. Real examples from the reception room, with a breakdown of what makes each one land.

The best Irish wedding toasts go beyond ‘May the road rise up.’ Real examples, funny and heartfelt, and how to deliver them so they actually land.

Short wedding speeches can hit harder than long ones. Three examples under 90 seconds, plus the structure that makes a brief toast actually land.

Traditional wedding speech order runs father, best man, groom, then MOH. Here is the exact sequence to follow, plus the best time to schedule them.

Five maid of honor speech examples across different tones and relationships, plus a breakdown of exactly what makes each one work for the whole room.

Writing a maid of honor speech for your sister? Here is how to use shared history, the structure that works, and a full example you can adapt.

The best MOH speech for your best friend starts with one story, not a list. Here is the structure, what to avoid, and a full example you can adapt.

Four steps to writing a maid of honor speech that lands: find the one story, build the structure, write how you talk, then practice out loud.