Fear Public Speaking

Fear public speaking? Well, you are not alone.surveys all over the world have shown that the fear of public speaking is the fear that outranks all the other sorts of fears.so you can imagine how people are feeling towards public speaking.for me,reducing the fear of public speaking is not rocket science.the key is without doubt is to be prepared physically and psychologically.in this article,I give simple tips and hints on how to diminish that fear.

I am pretty sure,that most of the people who are having problems standing up before a large number of people have never asked themselves why do we feel afraid.those people are continually looking for a magical formula to banish that fear of public speaking.so far,they haven’t found it,as its simply doesn’t exist.the alternative that left for us is to minimize fear public speaking as possibly as we can.

The followings are techniques and tactics that I personally use to exclude my name from those who fear public speaking.

Look at it this,having such feelings could have many advantages.believe it or leave it.being afraid will be a major effect on the way you prepare.its going to drive you toward preparing,organizing and practicing even better to meet people’s expectations about your performance,so as to avoid any unpleasant scenarios.
More importantly,If everything goes as it’s already planned to,then expect a boost in your self-esteem from the feeling and satisfaction that you will gain out of a great performance.now let us back to reality,read on.

What I want you to do now is to look for an empty room where nobody can reach you.it could the bedroom on your bed,on the floor or even outside your home.lay your back down the floor.close your eyes and take deep breaths.listen to your breaths,your heartbeats and try to match your breaths to your heartbeats so that you listen only to them.continue in this situation for five minutes or so.by now,you should be so relaxed and your brain is ready to paint any picture for you.the ideal thing to do at this particular moment is to use the power of visualization to work for you.what I mean here is to visualize yourself on the stage,talking to people perfectly.look at your face,the way you talk,the way you convince and the way people respond to you.feel it and believe it.try to involve all your five sensations in the visualization process.smell,see,touch and hear as much as you possibly can.at this point,you should have reached your feelings zenith.this strong feelings is what I want you to generate.if you feel that.congratulations,you have gone half-way toward your great performance.what is left depends on how good you prepare and organize your presentation.

Still fear public speaking ? I’m sure that you’re not.aren’t you.well just go and do exactly what I mentioned above.and I promise you that the results will be astonishing as your name will be keep out the list of people whom fear public speaking.

What I mentioned so far will undoubtedly help you to be prepared psychologically during your quest of shrinking the fear public speaking.now the rest of the article is going to tackle the problems that you may have regarding the preparation for such public speaking event.
If you are unprepared for giving a speech then how would you feel? For sure,you would feel afraid and terrified.however,with a plan at hand,you’ll feel secured and protected.won’t you? Let us see……

The day before the public speaking event :
- visit the room and stand on the stage.
- Imagine yourself talking and conversing with members of your audience.
- Find confortable positions

The night before the public speaking event :

- relax
- devide your presentation into three or four pieces then create a mental picture about which goes first,second…
- Eat and sleep early..

The day of speaking :

- Do some yoga exercises.do some physiqual efforts this will certainly increase Oxygen in your blood
- Dress well.the style of your cloths should go hand in hand with the topic of the presentation.
- memorize the major points of your presentation.

During the public speaking event :

- do not think about fear of public speaking.do as much you can to kick this idea out of your mind.rather,focus on the benefits that you will reap as an outcome.
- Breath deeply and steadly.
- Use your body language to strengthen your ideas.
- make eye contact with them as connects you “as a public speaker” to them “as an audience”

Up to this point,I hope that you have enjoyed and learnt something of value.what is written above is the same exact technique that I use to reduce the fear of public speaking and of course to be ready to perform well on the stage.Thank you and good luck !


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The art of public speaking: disarming the audience

Our article today is going to focus on disarming immediate preoccupation of your audience. Now I know that it is a kind of tricky terms but let’s simplify things, one of the most valuable questions to ask yourself before you speak is to figure out whether your audience are willing to trust what you have to say in front of them or not.OKAY now,what is the one thing that my audience is totally skeptical about?
Here are some hints and tips on how to disarm the preoccupation of any audience.


1) Honesty first

You have no alternative than saying the truth and nothing but the truth. People will appreciate your sincerity and reward you with their full attention. What’s more, you are validating the credibility of everything you utter.

2) social proof


Consider sharing testimonials from past programs that worked with you or with costumers and how it has impacted their lives, show the proof that screams loud that what you teach does really work as it worked with others. What you really need to concentrate on is to choose the ideal way to induce your audience, as I said, showing testimonials is one of them, but that doesn’t mean to exclude other ways from your calculations. You may use facts and bona fide statistics to appeal to people’s logic, or will you appeal emotions with successful people who have used what you are teaching? Choose what you see that fits. Of course the recommended approach is to make a combination of the two ways that can guarantee more pleasant outcomes.


3) believe what you say


In order for them to believe on what you say, you have to first believe it, otherwise nobody will give a shit.to make this an achievable task, one should be passionate ,enthusiastic and zealous about the subject matter, release your energy out to the extend that they can sense it.BELIVE in what you are saying and you will see an immediate response which is your first and foremost objective.

In conclusion,make sure that give a greate deal of your energy to work on your final points as studies have revealed are the most remembered ones.so make sure that your audience have imprinted what you tought them in their minds.

The Art Of Public Speaking : The power of pause

I cannot overemphasize the importance of making pauses during your presentations.pauses are one of most important things that generate and produce power to your speechs.If you want to call attention to a particular thought,pause just before its utterance and you will notice its impact on the audience right after you say it.

A pause automatically makes your talk comprehensibly and builds your audience’s relaxation simultaneously.what you say after a pause will have more effect than if no pause had accured. Another benefit that will derive from making pauses is…WAIT A MINUTE, have you ever been watching a recoreded foot-ball match,and throughout this process,someone has just stepped in and let slip the score? What would be your feelings? Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight ….!!! If you know the score beforehand,then there’s no reason to watch it.the fact is :You loose the suspense,aren’t you? well, It’ll bear the same result if no pauses are make during the speech.you have to bear in mind that suspense is what makes your audience alert and vigilant to what next point you are making.so by adding the power of pause to your arsenal,you have in the hands all what it takes to arouse and maintain suspense.

My final thought is: watch out the way you talk and the way you insert pauses,because by doing so you keep them waiting for what is next and therefore,gaining there full attention which is your ultimate goal first and foremost.

Now .................................. Go Ahead :

The Art Of Public Speaking : How to use your Gestures

flailing and gesticulating out of control?get too flashy?too energetic? Chances are the audience that you are talking to has already dismissed you.

Without a shred of doubt,using gestures will add much more credibility to what you are uttering.however, the question that every public speaker should find an answer to is: How expressive should I communicate with others? Anyway,don’t tax yourself by looking for an answer, you will find it in the next lines.

First,as you may encounter, some gifted public speakers use this technique without being timid,the source of their gestures is their intuition.unlike some public speakers who seem naturally unemotional and inexpressive and consequently there arguments are feeble.bear in mind that gestures must be born not built. What does this mean?

Well, we all know that the sole puprpose of gesticulating is to engage the feelings and the minds of the viewers into an advanced level of anderstanding,serving this purpose requires you to properly align your gestures with your ideas.meaning, Gesture Should either be Simultaneous with or Precede the Words--not Follow Them .just imagine that you are overacting your gestures,would your thoughts be the audience’s focus? Of course not.

So, Gestures should be born of the moment ,come out natural and spontaneous without deliberately forced.actually there isn’t much to do, but here’s a little tip.Fisrt, chose a topic that you can comfortably talk about for around three minutes.as you speak, gesture freely and then find ways of bringing your hands and arms to your side.at this moment notice how you feel talking without too much gestures.watch out the adjustement your body tends to make help align your gestures with your thoughts.

The Art Of Public Speaking : watch out your opening

The Opening of your speech is one of the most influential part during the process of impacting your audience.
the first thing to consider is not to begin the introduction with a shopping list of what is going to take place throughout your presentation.the objective behind the introduction is to grab your audience’s mind .to make this an achievable task,you need to open up your conversation with a question that is meant to stimulate their curiosity.alternatively,I highly recommend you to start your presentation with a joke,telling a joke is as you can find in this blog,is extremely effective to build a rapport with your audience and consequently,building a lasting connection between you and them.Equally important,your conclusion must include a statement that summarises the argument of the speech on top of the final conclusions.conclusions as studies have shown remain the most impressive as well as the most memorable part of the speech indeed, so make sure that your presentation includes an impressive introduction and an unforgettable conclusion to guarantee a powerful presentation.