nervous public`speaker?

Question

any help would be appreciated

Answer 1

If I were you, I'd probably go and attend some public speaking classes. I know at my High School, they offer a small variety of different public speaking/writing classes where you practice public speaking and are with mostly kids/people who are just like you, so there is nothing to fear. You then go and make a speech to the school, sometimes, if you want, or at least to bigger crowds, like another class or something. I think you should talk to your counselor or someone you know from the school (adult) and ask if there is anything like this, I'm sure they could help you a bunch!

If you are out of school, though, I would look into ToastMaster
http://www.toastmasters.org/
They are really helpful and will help you a lot more than you think. And don't think it's weird going or anything, it's just a bunch of people like you :)


If you just want some quick help:

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. A Toastmasters club can provide the experience you need.

Answer 2

1)Practice, practice, practice - Do the work and prepare you speech before the event and then practice it in front of a mirror. Concentrate on your tempo and enunciation. Do not talk in a monotone. Practice until you can deliver the speech without any mistakes and you require only glances at your notes.

2)Stand and Deliver - Relax and keep telling yourself the you will do fine. You should be very comfortable with your speech by now. Right before you begin, take a deep breath and assure yourself that you will do fine. Take another deep breath and then begin. You should maintain eye contact with your audience as much as possible...a good trick is not to look them directly in the eyes but right over their heads to the back wall. Look right, look left, look middle. Hand gestures can be used to keep audience attention and drive home your message. Good Luck!

Answer 3

The biggest thing is making sure you are prepared. If you are adequately prepared, before you make your presentation make sure you eat a light meal (nothing too heavy and don't go hungry). As you are getting ready to begin speaking, take a few deep breathes and try to relax, gather your thoughts and then begin.

These have helped me to make a successful presentation.

Answer 4

I really don't care what people say about me, so I just say to myself...."Its only a couple of minutes and its over with it....I dont even know these people very good, its not like Im gonna know them my entire life or something.....i need to be a leader to myself and dont care what others think about me because Im here for one reason and thats what I try to say in my mind to myself....or jsut try hand movemetns toa ct like u've got confidence. GOOD LUCK with whatever ur doing!!!!!!

Answer 5

nervous well i have a class like that, it is scary all u have to do is just get comfortable with ur crowd... make them laugh even if its lame they laugh all the time... but if theyre stuck up then they ll just look at u, but dont pay attention to anybody just pretend theyre ur friends or put on sunglasses and pretend no one sees u or picture everyone in their underwear!!! jk but yeh get comfortable

Answer 6

Have your doctor prescribe a beta blocker to you - this is how Barbara Streisand deals with this problem. It can dramatically change how you respond to these types of situations and it is not uncommon.

Answer 7

take a class...at a community college. you just have to keep practicing and know ur'e as good as any of them.

Answer 8

practice in front of a mirror or with sumbody