Here are 30+ Techniques About Killing It With Public Speaking. This big guide to Public speaking covers everything, from prepping to practicing, and from handling the audience to handling yourself on the stage, all step by step. My favorite bits from this very useful guide:
Also see this Youtube video on ''Tricks to sound confident while speaking'
1. The magnificent seven:
- Understand the purpose of your speech
- Know your audience: their interests, attention span ( 5 W –Who? What? When? Where? Why? 1 H)
- Keep your message clear and concise (Keep it Simple (The ‘KISS’ principle)
- Be prepared: get information on the topic
- Be vivid (unforgettable delivery - give examples, upbeat body language, talk slow, use variety of tone of voice, use visual aides) - Can you deliver a joke?,
- Build on your strengths: Some people have a great voice, some are great with presenting the facts (using metaphors, proverbs), some just wing it
- Detailed information is best given in Print; Speeches should deliver concepts and motivate.
2. Have a great opening, which fills people with excitement and anticipation.
3. Effective relaxation techniques: Meditating before speech; deep breathing exercises, or medicine such as Inderal (United States) that fend off hyperventilation. Or, slow everything down. Control your nerves by deep breathing and talking slowly. Apart from simple deep breathing in private (even before a stressful meting), you can relax by making faces in the washroom mirror - this reduces tension effectively.
Feeling upset? Close to tears? Breathe, Breathe, Breathe.
Repeat the 'Nothing lasts for ever' mantra.
Also see this Youtube video on ''Tricks to sound confident while speaking'
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