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Public Speaking Skills Training: The Art of Teaching Public Speaking Seminars
The art of teaching people how to speak in public is as important as the art of public speaking itself. Successful teachers are usually successful public speakers as well. They have to be, because teaching public speaking involves communicating effectively to groups of people and showing them how to do the same.
Like so many things in life, to be able to share knowledge and skills, you need to have experienced them. If you have never experienced stage fright, how on earth are you going to be able to help other people get over it? If you have the knowledge you can share it, although you may need some training yourself to be able to share it in a meaningful way.
While public speaking teachers all have their own techniques -- frequently based on their own experiences -- there is much common ground that they cover. For example they teach:
• Where and how to find ideas and find content for speeches.
• How to structure speeches.
• How body language affects the presentation.
• The importance of pause, pace and pitch (also known as chunking).
Many teachers also focus on various common problems that students have and show them how to overcome these. Here are some of the most common.
A lack of confidence
This is a chicken and egg scenario because the better a speaker gets, the more confident he or she will become. And the best way to improve is to practice - and then keep on practicing. Teachers may also suggest breathing exercises that help students relax.
A good teacher will also give a lot of encouragement and help the student to feel more positive. This usually helps the novice speaker a lot.
Speaking too fast
When people speak too quickly they become inaudible. Often quick speech is also quieter, which makes it even harder to hear and understand. Students need to learn to slow down, and one of the best ways is with deliberate, deep breathing. Again, practice always helps.
Using body language and gestures
This is all about the way people stand, as well as the way they use their hands, arms, heads and other parts of their body when they speak. The best ways to make students aware of inappropriate body language and distracting gestures is to video them. Also encourage them to practice speeches in the mirror. That is what they used to do before video cameras were invented!
Speeches that bore the audience
This is a real problem and one that definitely adds to stage fright. While most students will argue that they have been given a boring topic to talk about (or apologize for choosing a boring topic), a good public speaker will argue that there is no such thing as a boring topic. It is the speaker that makes it boring, and it is up to the teacher to help the student use techniques to make it interesting.
Some of the best ways to improve the content of what would otherwise be a boring speech is to add topical information and humorous quotes.
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Subject: Public Speaking Skills Training