Public Speaking Classes

The Art of Public Speaking
Our Public Speaking training classes are designed for both the inexperienced presenter or as a refresher for more experienced members of your company or organization. Our public speaking classes are offered in most major US cities and across Canada. Our public speaking skills training classes are small which will give the Public Speaking Class Participants up to 10 Video Taped practice exercises as well as hours of instructor face to face interaction.

Our public speaking training classes (and our one day public speaking class) will eliminate any fear which is caused by lack of experience or nervousness due to inexperience in public speaking and will dramatically improve each participants speaking skills whether they are persuading, educating, or informing their audience. Our highly interactive classes focus on professional business communication including proper preparation, structure, delivery, and strategy, the correct use of visual aids, and handling questions & answers. Contact us today by phone at 713-627-7700 or via email: service@publicspeakingtraining.net

Public Speaking Training Class: The Secret To Public Speaking

Have you ever wondered if there was a secret to public speaking? Did you wonder if there was something that effective public speakers all seem to know, but you don't? Do you think that this secret is some multi-page technique that takes hours to explain and years to practice and perfect? Did you ever think that people with good public speaking skills were born and not made?

If you answered 'yes' to one or more of these questions, then let me reassure you that there is only ONE thing that separates good public speakers from bad ones and it is not a complicated formula or technique that can only be explained by people with university degrees. Actually the secret to public speaking is so obvious you will be kicking yourself because it is so easy.

Are you ready to discover the secret of all good public speakers?

The secret is: All Good Public Speakers Act Confidently

Think about it. When you observe a poor public speaker, I can almost guarantee that they are not acting confidently - they are doing the opposite, they look nervous! However, good public speakers always look calm and in control and "they make it look so easy!" In short they are acting confidently.

Note that I am using the word "act". I can assure you that most public speakers feel some degree of nerves before they present a public speaking speech - the more important the public speaking speech, the more nerves they will have. However, most of them agree that the more public speaking speeches they do, the more relaxed they become before doing a public speaking speech and because they are "acting" confidently, they feel confident and can start to relax and enjoy themselves.

On a personal level, even though I have spoken on numerous occasions, I am always petrified before I do a public speaking speech. I have cold sweats, my stomach churns, I cannot eat beforehand and my body is shaking all over! However, the moment that I walk to a lectern and present my opening paragraph, the nerves begin to disappear and I start to enjoy myself. Sure, I still get nervous during a public speaking speech, especially after I realize that I have made an error, but once I get back into the groove, the nerves are under control.

When I tell people that I am petrified before doing a public speaking speech, the usual reply is that I don't show it. That is because I have learned to cover my nerves and to present with confident.

So the multi-million dollar question is, how can you act confidently? Before answering that question, let's look at the opposite view, how do people act nervously when doing public speaking? A few things that most nervous public speakers do are:

Fidget

Mumble

Read their notes

Make no eye contact with the audience

Rush their public speaking speech

Stutter

Repeat themselves

Not interested in their topic

Umm and Arrgh excessively

So if these are what nervous public speakers do, then it is obvious that if you want to be a confident public speaker, you have to do the opposite! So here are a few things that most confident public speakers do. They

Interact with their audience

Speak clearly and audibly

Laugh

Only use their notes occasionally

Use only appropriate body language

Are able to improvise with ease

Cover up their mistakes

Deal with distractions

Are enthusiastic about their topic

I know from experience that it is not easy to act confidently when you feel like you want to throw up, when your hands are shaking madly and you are sweating excessively, but it is essential that you take control of your emotions and/or hide them. If you take all of these nervous reactions onto the stage, you are guaranteed to mess up your public speaking speech. If the audience thinks you are nervous, and you are acting nervously, then your audience is just going to tune out and ignore you.

Here are a couple of practical ways that help you to act confidently.

Do a thorough preparation

Practice, Practice, Practice

Relax

Try not to think about your public speaking speech beforehand.

Take a few deep breaths

Believe that you can do it!

Don't think negatively before or during your public speaking speech, think positively.

And most importantly, if you feel sick, don't eat!

Like anything, you are not going to perfect this 'confidence' technique the first time. However, like everything in life, if you practice again and again, you will improve and learn to present your public speaking speech with confidence. On a positive note, remember when you do learn to "act confidently", you are on your way to becoming a good public speaker.

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