How are you when speaking in front of an audience? Are you comfortable and articulate-or do you find yourself stumbling all over yourself when you open your mouth in front of people? I have many friends who have had almost crippling public speaking anxiety. The good news is it can be overcome. Yes, you do not have to spend sleepless nights anymore worrying about each time you need to face people. Here are great public speaking tips you can use to help you in the future.
1. More often than not, we will have ample time to prepare before giving a speech. Gather every bit of material you can on the topic needed and study like crazy. You don't need to incorporate every trivia you got, but you must make sure that you know as much as you can about what you are speaking about. When you are confident on your expertise or knowledge of something, it will significantly ease the anxiety you are feeling.
Even if you have prepared well, don't aim to deliver it verbatim-speak from your heart. An excellent public speaker knows his material so well and is passionate about it that he can veer away from the speech and still effectively put his point across.
2. If you are giving a power point presentation, do not give a boring bullet point presentation. Make it interesting. Incorporate compelling visuals, images, videos or sound bites. You will lose people's attention fast if you use slides and just read the bullet points. A short and concise presentation with suitable illustrations is the best.
3. For some of us, it doesn't matter how prepared we are and how great our presentation is, public speaking anxiety will still find its way to the pit of our stomach. The peak of this anxiety is a minute before the speech so take deep breaths and relaxation exercises before this happens. Rehearse the speech in your mind and visualize your audience positively responding to your speech.
4. When you face the sea of faces, it's always a good thing to find a friendly face that can encourage you throughout the talk. If you don't find any look for people, no matter how few, who are interested and focus on them during the down times of the speech. If you have at least one person who is helped by you, your whole presentation has been worth it.
5. If you want a successful talk, then engage your audience. Make your stories relatable or ask questions intermittently. Allow them to participate and make it seem like you are all friends simply having a good time. This not only dispels your own nervousness but the more positive the experience you leave your audience, the better they will remember what you have said.
Everybody has something to say-everybody. You might think you are the shyest person in the planet but there are people waiting to hear what you have in your heart. Use these great public speaking tips and make a difference today!
1. More often than not, we will have ample time to prepare before giving a speech. Gather every bit of material you can on the topic needed and study like crazy. You don't need to incorporate every trivia you got, but you must make sure that you know as much as you can about what you are speaking about. When you are confident on your expertise or knowledge of something, it will significantly ease the anxiety you are feeling.
Even if you have prepared well, don't aim to deliver it verbatim-speak from your heart. An excellent public speaker knows his material so well and is passionate about it that he can veer away from the speech and still effectively put his point across.
2. If you are giving a power point presentation, do not give a boring bullet point presentation. Make it interesting. Incorporate compelling visuals, images, videos or sound bites. You will lose people's attention fast if you use slides and just read the bullet points. A short and concise presentation with suitable illustrations is the best.
3. For some of us, it doesn't matter how prepared we are and how great our presentation is, public speaking anxiety will still find its way to the pit of our stomach. The peak of this anxiety is a minute before the speech so take deep breaths and relaxation exercises before this happens. Rehearse the speech in your mind and visualize your audience positively responding to your speech.
4. When you face the sea of faces, it's always a good thing to find a friendly face that can encourage you throughout the talk. If you don't find any look for people, no matter how few, who are interested and focus on them during the down times of the speech. If you have at least one person who is helped by you, your whole presentation has been worth it.
5. If you want a successful talk, then engage your audience. Make your stories relatable or ask questions intermittently. Allow them to participate and make it seem like you are all friends simply having a good time. This not only dispels your own nervousness but the more positive the experience you leave your audience, the better they will remember what you have said.
Everybody has something to say-everybody. You might think you are the shyest person in the planet but there are people waiting to hear what you have in your heart. Use these great public speaking tips and make a difference today!
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