460- Writing Entertaining Wedding Speeches with Heidi Ellert-McDermott

Bridechilla- Wedding Planning Podcast

Evergreen Podcasts

Arts, Fashion & Beauty

4.8 • 625 Ratings

🗓️ 23 June 2025

⏱️ 80 minutes

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Looking for advice on writing (or helping someone else write) a wedding speech that will keep your guests engaged? Heidi Ellert-McDermott of Speechy is here with Leah to help you! Heidi and Leah talk about dealing with family dynamics, writing heartfelt and real speeches, and handling people who just assume they’re giving a speech at your wedding. Plus, you'll get tips to keep things running smoothly during speeches on the big day. Find Speechy online at https://www.speechy.com/ and on social media: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/speechyspeeches/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@speechyspeeches Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/speechyspeeches Find Bridechilla online: - Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@thebridechilla - Instagram: https://instagram.com/bridechilla - Station: http://station.page/bridechilla - Facebook: http://facebook.com/theBridechilla/ - Website: http://thebridechilla.com Bridechilla is a production of Evergreen Podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Let's get this wedding party started and embrace your inner bride chilla.
0:12.9	What's up, Chillas? Today we are with Heidi Ellert McDermott, who is the founder of Speachie,
0:18.9	and we are going to get all of the advice you need to know about
0:22.9	speeches, because we all know we need advice in that area because it's such a tricky topic.
0:29.7	Heidi, I am so excited to have you here with us today.
0:32.9	Oh, thank you for having me on. Really great to chat to you.
0:36.3	And so something that you, Alicia,
0:40.7	the founder of Bridechilla and I all have in common, as we all have backgrounds in TV production
0:47.5	and live entertainment. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, I think that's why we're good at wanting to communicate with people and connect with people.
0:57.7	And hopefully, that means that I'm quite good at my job.
1:01.6	Fingers crossed.
1:02.4	Do you apply a lot of what you've done in your TV background with speechy?
1:09.0	Absolutely.
1:10.0	I mean, that's basically the reason why I founded it is I'd
1:15.3	been working in telly for about 12 years and I got round finally to getting married. Sumpurman was
1:23.9	finally willing to do it.
1:35.1	Yeah, for our wedding, it was quite small, but I really wanted the epicenter to have a lot of heart, a lot of fun.
1:37.3	And I knew that speeches was one of the ways that we could do it because, yeah, in my TV production background, I knew how to write in a way that hopefully
1:50.8	got people connected, engaged, excited, and I knew that's what I wanted to get out of my
2:00.4	speeches.
2:03.1	I didn't want it to be a cut and paste formulaic tick box occasion. And when I came around to thinking about my wedding, I knew I wanted
2:14.5	to give a speech and my husband wanted to give a speech, but he literally had
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