Motivational Public Speaking

Addressing huge crowds or minuscule gatherings comprising of known people or total strangers makes one tensed and the tendency to think that this scare about standing on the podium and delivering a lecture will perennially haunt you. Here are seven wonderful and highly practical pointers for delivering an effective speech. When carefully studied and practiced these pointers will assist you to be an efficient orator and deliver absorbing talks on any subject.

First and foremost understand that tension can’t be avoided and can be vanquished. Fear of addressing a gathering is quite common and this actually assists one to strive to achieve. The nervousness you feel is a kind of body reaction that helps sharpen impulses and improve responses. Tension is a difficulty only when one delves into it too much rather than concentrating on the address. If you are not sure and think negative thoughts your nervousness will only heighten. Be confident that your talk will be will received and appreciated and everything will be fine.

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1> Determine to enjoy
Talking is enjoyable. Sharing, revealing one self, reciting your story, communicating a message can be a lot of fun. If you are one of those people who don’t like to speak too much, you can discover several other methodologies you employ for self expression and enjoy the same.

Inquire within and search your soul to find out if it is going to be any use to you if you want to make public speaking a fun activity. You will get a lot of ideas such as demonstrating a skill, sharing a joke, having a game, dance, singing etc to make your talk fun.
2> Analyze and be sure about your knowledge base
To address a gathering you don’t need to be an omniscient. It is funny but there are several people out there who feel very nervous if they are not completely knowledgeable about their subject. Their fear stems from the worry that if a listener raises a query and they can’t clarify and more scared if someone in the audience corrects them.
Remember that you just have to know what you know. If a member of the audience asks you a question and you have no clue about its answer then admit it. Or even better ask other members of the audience if anyone knows the answer or simply tell him you will find it and get it back later.

3> Visualize committing blunders in advance.
An error can be the most popular part of our presentation. Mistakes help you network with the listeners better because they allow you to connect with your audience as a human being. The moment you admit to committing an error your get down from the preaching and omniscient position. You will connect to your audience well because from then onwards you are like them.

The best way is to invite those moments, interact with them with glee rather than being nervous.
Employ them, revel in them. They are just the formula and soon you could make something great happen….

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It is a common feeling for most of us. The thought of addressing a gathering makes our heart rates shoot up, weakens our knees, and dries up our throats. When you are supposed to deliver a talk, do you think if you will get through unscathed. Given below are five revolutionary ideas to help you gain composure and exude originality when you are addressing a gathering.

1> First and foremost make a mental resolve not to make a big deal of public speaking.
Before you start, resolve not to bother about what the audience may think of you. Is that possible? Is it possible to give up the craving to impress your audience? Worry more about the content of your speech, your rationale, and not bother about anything else. This is a serious development, but you have to make up your mind whether to worry more about your own comforts and message or the objective or to bother about the momentary, vacillating, feelings passing through superficially in the brains of the listeners.

2> Being ready is more important than being trained. It is the an oft repeated word in public speaking training sessions, every trainer will advise you to train and retrain. Did you realize that overdoing training you run the risk of getting skeptical about your abilities and result in more apprehensions? Isn’t too much practice same as deciding in the mind that you are failure if you can’t get this right. Rather I’d suggest being prepared. Understand what you want to talk about. Get your ideas in order; streamline tales, data and incidents. Practice talking but don’t commit your speech to heart. It will not make you gain faith in yourself but will make you feel scared and apprehensive. Most importantly it will make you look like a recitation machine.

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Assured presence

Your stage appearance is very important if you want to be a successful speaker. Walk to the stage which exudes self-assurance, head held high, chest up and smile on the face. You may be tensed inside but who cares. Exude confidence and people will take you seriously and you will also starting feeling that way.

Intensity

If you want to be a persuasive speaker you will have to add the vital ingredient of passion to your speeches. Talk about those topics in which you are naturally interested in. While delivering a talk you must exude a vibrancy which should spread to your listeners. Concentrate on the topic and the value your talk will add to your listeners and you will achieve this soon. The more intense your speech is, the more number of your audience will take action as you would advise them to.

Evaluation and retraining

Take time and evaluate your past speeches. Videotape them and look at them critically, you will notice your mistakes and can work towards correcting them. You will also appreciate that your self-assurance is growing speech after speech. The motivation will be greater and your determination to succeed will get enhanced.

Attaining Flawlessness

Speaking to an audience and delivering a perfect presentation are two different things. Perfection can be achieved only by continuously analyzing and correcting your mistakes and then also upgrading your speaking skills by learning new techniques from other public speakers. Numerous resources are easily available for your help. Public speaking clubs, professional training organizations, books, magazine articles, internet etc are very useful.

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Simple speeches need effective planning

Split your speech into three basic parts ‘prologue-main-ending’. In the first phase inform your listeners about the subject you are going to speak about. Delve into the subject and make necessary points, limit them to three or four straight forward thoughts. Too many points will confuse your audience. At the end just reiterate what you have already spoken and persuade them to take action.

Enjoy your task

If you enter the stage with the impression that public speaking is traumatic, it will be like that. But in reality if you want to you can make your speech a happy and pleasing experience. Public speaking gives you the chance to share the wisdom you have gained over years. Initially you will be scared and may not get this pleasurable feeling. But once you master the basic public speaking skills by addressing few groups you will being to feel satisfied with your work and start enjoying your speaking assignments.

Dynamic stage presence

Remember that until and unless you speak and impress upon your audience the value of your thoughts and plans you will remain inconspicuous. If you want to make your presence felt you must express your innate personality by talking and expressing your thoughts, ideas and feelings. Your audience will relate better to you when you share your invisible parts, i.e. your feelings, attitudes, dreams, aspirations, fears and aims. By doing so you are inviting your audience to come closer to you and empathize with you better.

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Getting Ready

First and foremost before thinking of delivering a speech, think of getting ready for a talk. Thorough research of your topic is vital. Some speakers spend about an hour preparing for every minute of their speech. Think about this and work in the same way to achieve success.

Rehearsal

Rehearsing and mastering speaking techniques is the next step to achieve success as a speaker. Constant training and guidance is vital to become a successful public speaker. Don’t worry about appearing an idiot, clumsy or tensed during your rehearsals, but don’t avoid practicing in a bid to appear confident. Remember more you rehearse the better you are going to get. Nobody is born perfect, it is only constant training and upgradation that you can become a perfect speaker. Just grab all the chances you come across and start speaking. Sign up with a speaking club, and you will gain renewed confidence when you see others in your position and together you will be able to arrive at solutions.

Resolve

Your resolve to acquire the necessary oratory sills will decide how soon you will become one. Promise yourself that you will keep trying no matter how stupid you appeared in your latest talk. Just keep trying and never give up. The more you try the more you will improve.

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This is the third and final part of the series “Conquering the scare of addressing audiences”. If you already haven’t please ensure you read the First and the second part.

When should I speak? First or last? I get nervous easily.
It is best to speak first if you are the nervous type.
If you are the one who will become nervous on stage, you should go in the middle of the group of speeches.

If you are thorough about your subject and are confident about your preparation then you do it last. The audience will remember you because your message is the final.

How do I maintain a consistent eye contact when I am nervous?
Concentrate on one individual in the crowd and make eye contact. Pan your vision occasionally and look at other people in the room.

How to gesture effectively so I don’t look stressed? Is it good to keep my hands to my sides?
Don’t preach to your audience, talk with them, getting there takes time, have necessary patience. Don’t think about your hands.

If you have a habit of placing your hands in your pockets, avoid it. Listeners get distracted by this posture

What if I am clumsy and my cue cards drop down?
Simple, pick them up and flip to the appropriate card and continue with your speech.

It is best to annotate or number your cards. If you find this uncomfortable use colored cards.

Make a mental sequence for your talk and follow it to the letter. Just keep the main topics in your mind.

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Please ensure you read Part 1. Part two follows as a continuation to part one.

Is formal training necessary to be a good public speaker?
Numerous institutions offer courses and if your profession requires frequent public speaking it is better you take up a part time course.

The courses mainly serve to make you comfortable in front of groups and on the podium. Helps to learn from peers as the students will be like you interested to become effective orators.

How to avoid nervousness and stage fear?
The only way is to be well trained but even the best speakers get nervous sometimes. If it happens just look at your notes and switch to your next point and continue your speech.

Pause and inhale deeply and smile and continue to the next point of your message.

How do I avoid shivering before I start a speech?
Avoid consumption of coffee or alcohol before delivering a speech. Have a glass of juice or even plain water. Concentrate on the message you are going to deliver.

Don’t bother about how you are going to talk, but what you are going to talk.

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Yet again I’ve compiled a three part posts which addresses how to conquer the scare of addressing audience.

This piece is aimed at the entrepreneur, student, professional, club member, in fact anyone and everyone who will be faced with the prospect of having to address a group. This has been written in a question and answer format to help easy understanding.

Is it possible to be calm while delivering a talk? How do I achieve this?
Breathing deeply just before standing in front of the lectern relaxes the body and lowers blood pressure. This helps clears your mind too. Another way is to imagine that you are speaking in front of your bathroom mirror. Prepare well so that you are at ease with the subject of your presentation. This will boost your confidence a great deal.
Please advise some of the sure shot speech preparation methods?
As a rehearsal measure, deliver mock talks to an understanding audience such as your friends, family etc.
Keep adequate chits of paper with important phrases/ points of your talk.
Use visual aids such as placards to illustrate and drum up important points.
Use different color text/ markers to emphasize on the main topics of your talk.
Get comfortable with the auditorium where you are scheduled to talk.
What are the best ways to rehearse a speech?
Talking in front of a mirror is good. This way you could observe your gestures, facial expressions and practice eye contact.
Reminisce the main phrases or the entire speech in your mind.
Imagine you are in front of a large group and deliver the talk in your bedroom
Rehearsing in front of your family and friends is helpful.

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Myth #3: By committing the entire speech to your heart through constant rehearsals you will negate anxiety.

This myth is totally self-defeating and could lead to public speaking disasters. Yes it is important that one should rehearse and train and get comfortable with the topic of talk, venue and the idea of addressing a gathering, but memorizing is definitely not the way. By practicing too much you are actually negating your capacity to speak and giving credit to practice. And in a scenario where you are expected to deliver an impromptu speech you will fail.

When you rehearse too extensively, your natural speaking style will be lost, you will sound like repeating something that has been committed to your heart. Your speech will be boring and mechanical.

Remember that these are just myths and you should overcome them if you wish to be a successful orator.

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