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Public Speaking Skills Training: How To Conquer Your Fears About Public Speaking Training
Everyone gets stage fright. Even the most talented people get nervous. So don't think you are the only one shivering in your boots! We all have felt the same feelings about public speaking at some point in our lives; including me. In the very near future, I am expected to be a leader and trainer for the company I work for, so I could use a few helpful tips right along with you.
One of the first steps to get over our stage fright was told to me by my life coach, Annamay Sims. She said that if you are consumed by fear, you are making the whole event about yourself and not the audience who is in attendance. Your message is about them, not you! So, get over yourself!
Remember the attendees are there to be entertained and want to learn something from you,. They already think of you as a leader. Think of them as your "fans." They've taken the time and made the effort to be in attendance because they want to see you. They want to hear what you have to say and certainly, want you to succeed in arousing their attention.
Believe it or not, the members in those first few front rows are nervous too. You are close enough to look directly into their eyes, and we all know this makes us uncomfortable. We avert our attention to something else instead of maintaining eye contact and being singled out. What you as the speaker can do to make both yourself and the audience more comfortable is to look at their foreheads or out over the tops of their heads completely, not singling out any one individual with direct eye contact.
Try and relate with your audience. Get to know something about them because if you can find just a little bit of something about them, they can personally relate to you presentation even more. They will loosen up and become comfortable, when you engage them, and so will you. If you are good at jokes, tell one and that will definitely lighten up the mood of the crowd. It's also a good gauge to see if they are really listening to you by judging their reaction, or worse, their non-reaction.
If you are like me, I concentrate on what I want or need to say to the point of psyching myself out. I'm so afraid I will forget what I'm supposed to be saying. I make the event more difficult than what it needs to be. The key here is to slow down, and you won't forget your direction. Always have in mind what your next point will be. Make sure you know your material as thoroughly as possible, so practice, practice, practice!! I practice in front of the mirror so I see myself as my audience will. If you need to use cue cards, which I like to do, just write down the bullet points to remind you of your main topics. DO NOT write down your whole speech word for word. Not only does this make the audience think you have come unprepared and unrehearsed. What would you do if you lost your place trying to read all that?
Last but not least, while relating to your attendees, be passionate about what you are saying, even if it is a boring speech. Passion and enthusiasm are contagious. If you get the audience to believe in you and what you are saying, the momentum builds and they are enthusiastic too.
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Subject: Public Speaking Skills Training