How can one be a good public speaker?

Question

That is speaking off the cuff without preparation.

Answer 1

Lots of practice. Read the news daily, read books and magazines to expand your knowledge. Remember 10 good jokes, remember 10 diverse quotes from famous people (try Woody Allen, Bob Hope etc). Practice speaking to strangers at parties, work etc.

Answer 2

10 Tips For Successful Public Speaking

Feeling some nervousness before giving a speech is natural and healthy. It shows you care about doing well. But, too much nervousness can be detrimental. Here's how you can control your nervousness and make effective, memorable presentations:

1. Know the room. Be familiar with the place in which you will speak. Arrive early, walk around the speaking area and practice using the microphone and any visual aids.

2. Know the audience. Greet some of the audience as they arrive. It's easier to speak to a group of friends than to a group of strangers.

3. Know your material. If you're not familiar with your material or are uncomfortable with it, your nervousness will increase. Practice your speech and revise it if necessary.

4. Relax. Ease tension by doing exercises.

5. Visualize yourself giving your speech. Imagine yourself speaking, your voice loud, clear, and assured. When you visualize yourself as successful, you will be successful.

6. Realize that people want you to succeed. Audiences want you to be interesting, stimulating, informative, and entertaining. They don't want you to fail.



7. Don't apologize. If you mention your nervousness or apologize for any problems you think you have with your speech, you may be calling the audience's attention to something they hadn't noticed. Keep silent.

8. Concentrate on the message -- not the medium. Focus your attention away from your own anxieties, and outwardly toward your message and your audience. Your nervousness will dissipate.

9. Turn nervousness into positive energy. Harness your nervous energy and transform it into vitality and enthusiasm.

10. Gain experience. Experience builds confidence, which is the key to effective speaking.

Answer 3

Know your material. Have real passion and enthusiasm for your subject, at least for the few minutes you are speaking about it. Approach the subject as though you feel that it is personally important to you that every person in your listening audience needs to know what you are telling them.

I was a shy, stumbling and dreadful public speaker until someone made that suggestion to me. I am now a shy, more confident and quite good public speaker (or so I am told).

That, and lots of practice.

Answer 4

three ways

1. by lots of practice

2. more important--knowing your subject well enough to be comfortable with it.

3. have either (a) Q cards (cards telling you what to talk about and keeping you on track) or (b) being soooo familiar with your presentation that you have (basically) memorized your Q cards.

This allows you to accomplish two things which are extremely important to any speaker (1)getting all the information imparted that you intended and (2) imparting this information in the time allotted.

I used to put my wrist watch on the podium to let me know if I was on time--behind--ahead or what.
Next--is it just a lecture (presentation) or is there to be a Q&A part.

IF IT IS TO BE A Q&A THEN YOU NEED TO MAKE A STATEMENT "I will take/answer questions for the next ? minutes" or "I can take a few questions". the Q&A section is when it will get away from you. You still have your watch on the podium (or you have a clock you can see if your moving about) and you anounce that you can take one more question.

Answer 5

To be a good public speaker, you need to speak words in correct pronunciation and a strong, big voice is needed so that people are able to hear the words you speak. A good practice is the best way for you to have a good performance. I know these things since i am an orator.

Answer 6

By just having lots to talk about. And by making lots of bad, awkward speeches. Those are the ones that are the funniest, and give you lots of good stories to use in future speeches.

Answer 7

know what you are talking about, have your information check and correct, talk clear and loud enough for the people in the back to hear you....show confidence and be honest

Answer 8

picture everybody you are speaking to naked. Now seriously, it just takes practice i guess.

Answer 9

took me years of practice

Answer 10

d-d-d-don't s-s-s-stutter and, um, like, don't use a lot of, um, awkward pauses and, like, stuff like that.

Also, don't talk unless you know what you want to say.