“There are three things to aim at in public speaking: first, to get into your subject, then to get your subject into yourself, and lastly, to get your subject into the heart of your audience” – Alexander Gregg
I have listed the following public speaking techniques, that should help you overcome fear and anxiety. It would help you deliver a speech without feeling nervous. I have found great success in these techniques!
- Smile. This will help you ease your mind and make you feel comfortable in your surroundings.
- Take deep breaths. This is an oft repeated tip but it always helps you start. Avoid taking deep breaths in between, as it might sound weird.
- Tell yourself there is nothing to worry about. The words to live by are, “Don’t worry, be happy”. What is the worst that is going to happen after all?
- Loosen your muscles and relax. Being stiff on stage will make everyone think you are nervous.
- Have a good sense of humor. If you mess up, have a good joke to back it up, makes you seem like you are under control.
- Keep an OPEN mind. This relaxes you and just makes you feel better.
- Practice. This isn’t for everyone, but it helps most people. If your speech is well rehearsed it will be fine. Also try to deliver as many public speeches as you can (for eg. at Toastmasters), it will surely help you gain confidence!
- Feel free to move around. (this one is more for a classroom, not a business setting for the most part) When you move, it makes you seem like you are happy, but don’t be robotic with the movements.
- Keep good eye contact, this might not help you, but it will help the audience like you. If you have trouble with this, pretend that someone did something funny.
- Try to include the audience. Many times people think you can’t include the audience, but you can. This makes you seem like your not the only one talking, because you aren’t.
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Hello
Thanks for giving these suggestions for who are in fear to speak in public. Actually some times i also feared while speaking with others in a group.
I want to know many of these type of suggestions from you.
Thank you
Thanks for providing v.imp.,public speaking and communication techniques.Keep it up, many of us would be able to get benefit.
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Ehtisham
thanks for all the clue to overcome the fear..but will like to get some more on this……
as whatever you have explained i hav always gone through whenever i face the situation.
it a useful tips those who prusuing public relation
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That helps a lot for the many like me. Can you keep it up.
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This tips very helpful me and others, plz continue
Very valid points of PUBLIC SPEAKING.I would like to add that body posture is also important.Contol excessive hand or body movements,this distracts the listeners and diverts from the the actulal matter one wants to convey.
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GROUND RULES FOR EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION
A dmit your fears.
P ush yourself into communicative situations.
P ractice makes one perfect.
L eave your mouth cavity loose while speaking.
Y es! I can do it attitude should prevail.
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thak you very much to provie such tip at public communication this will help everybody to improve thrir confidence & speech
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This is Awesome points. These points will help the people who like to speak in crowd. of course this helps to me!
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Karthik.
Hi,
Thanks for such nice tricks and Ideas.
Thanks a lot I follow this steps..
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Thank u for giving these type of ideas for public speaking
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Good, n keep it up..
Hi thank you for thes infomation, its very helpfull to me because am one people who don’t realy know how to speak in the public,
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Thanks a lot giving this valuable tips.i will practice it…thank you so much…!
This is wonderful. All articles in this series are very useful for not only Public Speaking but also for Good English Reading for the foreign students.. Thanks a lot for a very good work offered.
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