Brian Franklin in The Knot on Engagement Party Speeches
The Knot featured Brian Franklin, founder of Vows & Speeches, as an expert source in its guide to writing an engagement party speech — who should speak, how long it should run, and how to nail it.
“Like a wedding speech, you want to make sure that you go up prepared and rehearsed. Don’t try to wing it — and do not read it off your phone.”
Brian Franklin in The Knot
An engagement party is the opening act for your wedding’s speeches, so the same rules apply: keep it to about two minutes, start with a short story, and go up prepared — never off your phone. Saying it well early also means you can save your best material for the wedding toasts themselves. It’s the same prepared-not-winged approach I talked through with Conan on his podcast.
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