7 Tips on Public Speaking
These 7 tips on public speaking will help you conquer fear of public speaking and get rid of that nagging public speaking anxiety that so many of us have.I used to be terrified of public speaking--now it's natural and fun!Dry mouth, fast heart, sweaty palms, blank mind--yeah I've been there! It's easy to fear public speaking. But I was never just content with overcoming fear.
I wanted to be a great speaker. What I needed was a way of calming down and applying simple techniques and strategies, to talk like a pro.
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4 Steps to Effective Public SpeakingWhen I'd learned to relax (more of that later), I learned and applied the following four steps to effective public speaking:- Reassure your audience - they need to know you know your stuff and you are human!
- Hook them by being interesting and relevant. Tell them why what you are saying is relevant to them.
- Inspire them by giving them information and ways of seeing that are new and applicable.
- Leave them on a high by telling a story them encapsulates your central message.
How do you become confident enough to apply the four steps?Here's some tips on the art of public speaking. Some are practical. Some will help you with the way you think about your public presentations. And some will actually help you start to change the way you feel about presenting before a group.
Conquer Fear of Public Speaking
7 Tips on Public Speaking SurvivalTip One Breath your way to calm. When you breathe out, you relax. That's why people sigh when they're stressed.Breathing in without breathing out, causes hyperventilation and worsens anxiety. Just before your speech take five minutes breathing in to the count of seven and out to the count of eleven (quick count-not seconds!). On the out breath hold it a second before breathing in again. This will produce quick and lasting calm. Remember extending the out breath calms you down. Tip Two You have a responsibility as the presenter but relax...you don't carry all the responsibility. Presenting is a team effort. Audiences are responsible for politeness, extending their attention, and attempting to learn. It's not all you-it's a meeting of two halves. Never mind how they judge you. How do you judge them? Tip Three Use metaphor and stories. We all experience life metaphorically. The most technical, logical person spends at least two hours a night dreaming! Talk details, if necessary, but present patterns with metaphors. Folk from age 4 to 104, love stories. Use ‘em.Tip four Captivate attention by using words that evoke all the senses. Describe how things look, sound, feel, smell and taste. Paint pictures and sensations in their minds with your words. Tip Five Vary your voice tonality and speed of delivery. Keep your audience alert and engaged. Convey energy when need be, and slow down when you need to 'draw them in close.' You are the conductor to their orchestra. And, in addition, pepper your talk with humor. Your willingness to be funny shows personal confidence, and confidence is contagious. Tip Six Tell them what they are going to get. Tell them what you plan to tell them. And then tell them what you told them. Sell your sizzle!Tip Seven Watch and learn from other great speakers until compelling, relaxed speaking is a part of you.Rehearse positively. You need to rehearse how you’re going to feel, as well as what you are going to present. Don't think about your forthcoming presentation whilst feeling nervous, as this creates an instinctive association between fear and presenting. This natural negative self-hypnosis is very common with nervous speakers. Hypnotically rehearse your speech whilst feeling relaxed. This produces the right 'blueprint' in your mind. In fact when you do this enough times it actually becomes hard to be nervous! All great speakers know how to use great self-hypnotic rehearsal. Hypnosis changes attitudes and can bring emotion under control. Use the above tips on public speaking, along with a good self-hypnosis program, and you will become a great speaker! I used hypnosis, to change my instincts around public speaking. Now I just can't get nervous whether it's 50 or 500 people. The world needs great communicators. Go for it! Cure your fear of public speaking at HypnosisDownloads.com Article by Mark Tyrrell of Hypnosis Downloads.com.
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