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I hope you find these tips useful. We write groom speeches for clients around the world. We can read your…

(Please note that this article on public speaking nightmares is relevant all year round, despite the ghoulish videos below!) We…

Our friends at Kleenex set us a challenge:  Is it possible to calculate how to write the perfect wedding speech? As…

So many clients approach us to make their speeches funny, but the key is all about balance. It's an emotional…

The social event of the year.  Apparently, many of Ms Middleton's relatives are distraught to have been left off the…

Theo Eze joined us in April.  He arrived with some excellent references, a strong CV, a sense of humour and…

Every year, millions of people celebrate Burns night: an evening of revelry to honour the life and work of the…

Obituary writing is a fine art.  We are exposed to it each day in the newspapers.  A well-written obituary covers…

Written originally for Hitched.co.uk, this article is for anyone giving a wedding speech! You promised yourself you wouldn’t let this happen. Not after…

What should a headmaster include in a school leaving speech?We recommend that a school leaving speech acknowledges shared experiences, celebrates…

There’s nothing better than some good post-wedding analysis. But what is the juiciest, most anticipated and most memorable part of…

So you’re going to speak at a gay or lesbian wedding.  And you’re stuck. Join the club!  We receive calls…

This short video of a eulogy is given by a granddaughter for her grandmother. It demonstrates how a speech that really matters…

Let's talk about pants. No, not in that sense. Most of us take them for granted. Choosing to go without…

"Ladies and gentlemen. Good evening. I’ve been so nervous about this moment... ...that this is, in fact, the fourth time…

Last weekend some friends attending a wedding locally came to stay. They left early on Saturday afternoon and returned, noisily,…

If you’re preparing a speech for an upcoming retirement bash, you are either retiring, or speaking about someone who is.…

At Great Speech Writing HQ we receive questions about wedding speeches every day of the week. Some crop up more…

Dear David, They say that aside from your own wedding, one of the happiest days of your life is the…

Working in a living, breathing wedding speech hub is great fun. Not least because people from all round the world…

Cruncher, I'm chuffed that you agreed to be my Best Man. From the moment we met on that school rugby…

A wonderful email sent from a thoughtful bride to her fiancé, suggesting just what he should and shouldn't say in his…

At the end of summer, a friend of mine got married.  We met for a drink a couple of weeks…

With BBC re-running the 'wedding' series of 'Him and Her', what better moment for Great Speech Writer Will Noble to…

Love. A four-letter word that seeps ubiquitously into songs, drips magic on the silver screen and shoulders the storyline of…

Thinking about proposing; recently proposed; or just worried about what planning a wedding actually involves?  Big or small, at home or…

The envelope opens. A name is read out. Silence turns into raucous applause. You’ve done it. You’ve won. You can…

Before reading on, if you are short of time and ideas we can help by writing our office party speech…

At the core of everything we do is a belief that each speaker, subject and audience is different. And so…

Ever seen a brilliant speech crucified because of poor delivery? If your delivery isn’t up to scratch, the content will…

Great Speech Writing can give you lots of advice on how to give a memorable Mother-of-the-Bride speech, but how you…

Some people don’t think about writing their Groom, Best Man or Father-of-the-Bride speech until a few weeks, or even days,…

Great Speech Writing HQ is sadly bereft of Lords a Leaping and French Hens this year. There’s not even a…

We contemplated growing moustaches for ‘Movember’ – but we ‘Photoshoped’ Lawrence and the results were just too sinister. So we decided…

You’re right. The Best Man Speech is the hardest of the lot. And it gets a whole lot trickier when…

The Olympics are almost here. You may be losing sleep about Paula Radcliff’s foot or Dwain Chambers’ urine sample, but…

We had a very successful Present with Impact course on Thursday. It was, as ever, good fun, but also fruitful…

So your daughter is about to flee the nest. The date is set and the venue is booked. You’ve been…

One of the most common questions I’m asked by Best Men is what proportion of their speech should be sincere…