mastering public speaking can be tricky. No let me re-phrase that…public speaking can be difficult.
Have youever been asked to publicly speak?
Frightening isn’t it?
Analysis shows that public speaking is the public’s number one fear.
We panic, we sweat and we shake with fear.
Why?
Because we are going to be ‘on-show’.
Everyone is going to be looking at us, might be even judging our performance. So our public speaking performance has got to be good, it has got to be the best it can be, otherwise your reputation is highly damaged and you might look a fool.
That’s why we panic. That’s the reason why we get scared and that’s why it is the world’s number one fear.
I have been thru it myself.
Ihave felt that anxiety. I felt completely stressed out. I have been soaking in sweat just before going onto the stage and publicly speaking.
But that was over twenty-five years back and since that time I sought advice from the best…NLP gurus Paul McKenna and Dr. Richard Bandler and the World Champ of Public Speaking…Darren LaCroix.
mastering public speaking includes a few key activities which will help you are making a big impact with your audience and help scale back your fear.
Preparation - you must be properly prepared.
You cannot scrimp on this step. You cannot ‘wing it’.
Ensure that you have enough material and content and that what you are talking about is worth knowing. Once you have completed all of your research for your topic familiarize yourself with the material. A real easy test you can do to test whether you have a proper understanding on your subject is ask yourself this question : “Could you hold a QA session after your speech and confidently answer their questions”?
What’s your answer?
So lets assume you have completed your research and written the majority of your speech.
Now how are you going to start and close the presentation?
You have to be sure that you know just how youare going to start and how you will close. I don’t suggest that you write out your entire speech, but it can help if you write down these two areas.
Tell stories!
Audiences like to hear ‘real life’ stories. What stories can you add to your speech? Maybe you are presenting about your latest invention and you can recall a time when you made so many mistakes, youjust wanted to give up.
Stories permit your audience to discover a little more about you and helps them relate to your subject and remember it.
When you present…speak, don’t read.
Do your best to communicate about your topic in a conversational manner, as if you are simply chatting to somebody in a coffee shop. But make efforts to speak up so most are able to hear you. Imagine talking with the furthest person away from you.
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