If you’re the Best Man at a wedding you’ll be expected to give a Best Man Speech.

Here are three tips to help the Best Man prepare the Best Man Speech:

(1) Start preparing your Best Man Speech early.

Several weeks before the wedding, start gathering information that you will use in your Best Man Speech. If you don’t know the bride very well, now is the time to get information from the groom about her.

(2) Go easy on the jokes.

Sure, a Best Man Speech is usually funny. But you’re not a stand-up comedian. Include appropriate jokes in your Best Man Speech but keep in mind your speech shouldn’t be one joke after another.

(3) Honor the Bride and Groom.

Keep your Best Man Speech clean and don’t embarrass the bride or groom (too much). This is the bride and groom’s special day that they’ll remember for years to come. So don’t spoil it by being crude just to get a laugh.

For more speech tips and advice to help you prepare your Best Man Speech, be sure to request your FREE copy of the Best Man Speech Guide .