Celebration Speech Eulogy Best Man/ Maid of Honor Award Presentation

 Short, brief, and favorable to the person who is being honored.  No negativity or criticism  Should highlight and celebrate only the positive in the person  Should inform and inspire  Connect with the audience through stories that are easy to understand  Adapt your language to fit the person and occasion

What’s included? Does  Can be a celebrity, fictional character, or public figure  Brief timeline of their life  Accomplishments  Include stories, quotes, short poems, song lyrics  No family members or friends  How they died  Graphic details  Criticism or negativity towards the person Don’ts Eulogy A speech that praises someone who dies

What’s included? Does  Introduce yourself & how you know the couple  Funny stories  How you met  How you met the spouse  Favorite memory  Virtues of marriage  Thank the host(s) of the wedding  Humiliate the couple  Awkward stories  Reveal secrets  Bringing up past relationships  Tell how wrong the couple are for one another  Talk about how marriages don’t last Don’ts A speech given at a wedding that praises the couple Best Man Maid of Honor

What’s included? Does  Can be a celebrity, fictional character, or public figure  Criteria to win the award  Praise contributions or achievements  Previous winners  Announce winner at the end  Make the speech about you  Announce who the winner is at the beginning  Say the wrong name or pronounce it wrong Don’ts A speech that praises someone who has won an award Best Man Maid of Honor Awards Speech

Should include  Introduction of who you are and your relationship to the person/award  Beginning, middle, end  Flow from one idea to the next  Rough draft  Within 3-5 minute time limit  Notecard for reference  Obvious time and thought put into what you are saying