Your friend's wedding is a sacred event. A special moment that 50% of the time lasts the rest of their life. So your speech should be something that burns itself into all of the guests minds, leaving them forever changed. You have sat through a service and a dinner now is your 15 minutes of fame.

Here's How:

1. The best way to loosen up before your speech is to have a couple of drinks. Let the people know that you had a couple it makes you seem more personable and genuine.
2. Don't bother introducing yourself, if people don't know you at the wedding it is because they aren't that close to your friend. Start the toast off by commenting on the extended ceremony you just sat through.
3. Don't plan to hard, no on wants to hear a well rehearsed speech. Make up the wedding toast as you go along, you're very good at thinking on your feet. Just stream of consciousness your thoughts about the couple. What have people you know said about the couple? What occurs to you about their union?
4. Identify and articulate positive physical qualities about the bride as you start to slur the wedding toast. If you want to briefly walk down memory lane in your toast, it's ideal to choose a memory that involves both the bride and the groom -- especially if it involves a hot tub. Was there anything unique in the way they met? Was it at a bar? These can be entertaining.
5. The most important aspect of a wedding toast is being comprehensive -- that way you have more opportunities to say something funny about your friend. Since someone is probably taping the event you should tell some jokes.
6. Tell everyone how the previous girlfriends, boyfriends, or spouses measure up to the current one in the wedding toast. Make some jokes about the honeymoon.
7. End the wedding toast when you can't think of anything else to say.
8. Finally, ask the assembled group to join you in the wedding toast, lift your Champagne glass and let everyone know the wedding toast is complete by adding your favorite down-the-hatch phrase.

If you follow all of these guidelines you will deliver a toast that no one will ever forgive you for. It may very well garauntee that you never have to attend a wedding again.

Tips:

1. Be concise, try to keep it under 2 minutes
2. Keep it clean
3. Practice beforehand
4. Share your favorite things about both bride and groom