Wedding planning
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Give Your Wedding Guests Permission to Irish Exit
You can love your guests and still want the last hour of your wedding back. Set the expectation before the dance floor fills up.
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Speeches, first dances, guest etiquette and the details that help a celebration flow. Practical advice from the people behind the music and the microphone.
Wedding planning
Your Wedding Speech Needs a Point. And an Ending.
My advice: aim for about three minutes. One good story, something kind about the couple, a toast, and a graceful landing.
Wedding music
Your First Dance Is Not an Audition
Choose a song you love, agree on the version and length, and give yourselves permission to look like yourselves.
Corporate events
Your Company Party Is Not Another Meeting
Have something to say. Say it clearly. Then give the people you invited a chance to enjoy being there.
Behind the microphone
Paul Grassi is a Top Notch wedding MC and the author of Working-ish. He brings experience in live events, television and film to practical advice about the people, timing and small details that shape a celebration.
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