| 10 Tips For Public Speaking |
 - Research your Topic and know your subject well. Use personal stories and conversational language to help you remember it.
- Concentrate on what you want to say and on getting it across to yor audience rather than your own anxieties.
- Realise that people want you to succeed they want to hear you give an interesting, stimulating, entertaining speech and are certainly not wishing you to fail.
- Visualise yourself giving a successful speech and listen to the audience clapping it will help your confidence.
- Get to know your audience. In advance it may help you to write your speech. On the night itll help you to feel that you are among people who want you to succeed.
- Get to know the Room.. Beforehand go up to the Podium or Stage and make sure you are comfortable with it. Have you space for visual aids. Where will you put your notes etc.
- Practice practice and more practice until you are comfortable with your speech and with your speaking voice.
- Write your speech, or the main points of it on a set of small cards and have them with you. Know that no matter what you may forget they are there if you need them.
- Relax Nevous Energy can be tapped and used as enthusiasm in your speech.
- Gain experience of public speaking wherever and whenever you can so that you become comfortable in front of a crowd and with your own voice.
And the greatest tip of all join a Toastmasters Club !! |
