I am felling nervous at the time of giving speech,Can anybody advice me how can I give a perfect speech?

Question

I am taking a subject name PUBLIC SPEAKING.But every time I am getting nervous at the time of giving speech.I do not understand how can I give a best speech whom all of my friends and teacher like,can anybody help me please?

Answer 1

I am only 19, but have done numerous speaches so far for engineering courses and other classes and even internships.

One thing I like to do is think about how people in the business world respect you for going up there to speak as the majority of people do not have the confidence or the ability to be able to be in front of a crowd and in control.

Keep in mind that you are the one that is in control, you do not need to worry at all.

I have done speaches since 6th grade graduation for numerous activities and probably the easiest thing to do is add a little humor every once in a while unless you are doing a serious presentation.

Throwing in a joke here or there will not only help you relax and ease the stress, it will also release the audience's tension. They will be more likely to pay attention to you if you are interesting and what is more interesting than jokes, right?

DO NOT OVER DO IT THOUGH as after a couple of jokes they will begin to feel that you are not serious about what you are talking about.

My dad owns an appraisal business and does presentations all over the state, and his biggest piece of advice that he has ever given me was to find your happy medium.

That means dress comfortably, don't use words you are not comfortable using in everyday conversation, and maybe even bring a couple of your friends or colleagues to sit in the audience so when you see them you start to feel relaxed because you feel as if you are talking to them.

Through all of my speaches, I have noticed that many of the other speakers tend to get really nervous when they make eye contact with an audience member, even if the audience member is smiling.

One thing I like to do is look behind the last row of people or inbetween the rows of people and look left to right to make it seem as if you are actually speaking to everyone in the audience but you never actually make contact with anyone.

Keep in mind, you will be okay, if you weren't meant for this you wouldn't have been put in this presentation.

Even if this speach doesn't go as you planned, remember, does anything ever go how you planned? Also, everything happens for a reason, just take it as it comes and you will be fine.

Best of luck to you and I hope that it goes well.

Keep me posted how it goes!

And contact me if you want any more information/tips as I would be more than happy to help you!

Answer 2

People often tell me that I am a good public speaker. I would agree that I can often speak to a crowd and not feel nervous. But, that is because I don't really care about these people and what they think. When I took public speaking in college, I got more and more nervous with each speech. That was because I was afraid that I would make a mistake and lose my 'A' in the course. When I am at work, I can give my opinion in a meeting, but I get nervous is I have to give a formal presentation to my boss and others.

I think that the big problem is that I am putting more value on the speech. If you just go into the speech with the plan to do your best, learn about yourself and the topic and not worry about doing a great job and getting a great grade, it will be a lot easier. Although there is a cost in money and time, you can always retake the public speaking class if you didn't do well. Since you can probably use the same speeches the second time, you would have practice at giving them and get a much better grade.

So, don't worry and things will go much better.

Answer 3

You just have to go in there and relax. don't think too much or you'll stress during the speech. I once did a speech about building a subway station in California's central valley area. I thought it was a stupid idea but i didn't have time and that was all i can think off (since i was reading the paper the day before). I was so nervous and i thought i was going to look stupid because it was a stupid idea. So i went and do a speech in my public speech class, my first time i was so nervous my voice sounded funny but guess what? i found out that mostly everyone liked my idea and agree to my idea. My teacher gave me an "A" for coming up with a good idea, even if i didn't do so well on my speech. So you see you don't know because so many people can learn from you and don't worry, some people will be worse then you just think of it that way.

Answer 4

I agree that you should not worry about being perfect or of being nervous, you just need to keep things in moderation. Nobody is perfect. And everybody is nervous - we don't want to be foolish or have silly problems so we check our fly and the order of our papers, etc.
I disagree with the answer about not writing everything down for your speech, because a speech is not an everyday conversation. In a speech, you don't want to leave anything out, don't want to go back and catch something skipped as we do in conversation, do want to build to a conclusion. And perhaps most important - in conversation we are supposed to be listening when we are not talking, while in a speech we are not supposed to stop talking!
Choose the method that works for you. We do rehearse speeches (some of us rehearse or replay conversations). If you write out your whole speech, or are supposed to give a prewritten speech from a book, you have to work to avoid sounding as if you are reading - don't drop into a monotone and mono-pacing, accent the major and minor points with your voice. If you can work from an outline or note cards, great. And you might find that having an outline with major points but with supporting text under each one so you have some idea of what you planned on saying.

Answer 5

The best advice I can give to you is to be very knowledgable on your subject, really study it. Dont try to memorize the speech word for word. Make a list of topics that you are going to cover and have that in front of you. For example, if you were going to talk about caring for a puppy, you would have 1: feeding it. 2. training it. 3. vet needs. If you are knowledgable on the topic you wont need to rack your brain and come up with answers to fill in the blanks. So study up really good, make your list and go from there. When you are knowledgable about the topic, you will be more confident. Also, it is important to make eye contact with the class and teacher, but dont stare just glance for a second or two on the person.

Answer 6

if you can pick the subject of your speech choose something you are interested in, and you know a little something about. try not to read directly from a paper. use props such as a chalk board or hand outs/subject out lines. This will take the focus off of you for portions of the speech. try to make eye contact with your audience or look directly over their heads to the wall behind them. put in a couple of jokes to loosen up the crowd and yourself. (unless of course it is a very serious subject.) don't just stand in one place, move around to keep them interested. try to relax, you will do fine.

Answer 7

For one thing (and this might be hard to understand for most people), don't follow the system of following written speeches or planning what you're going to say. Speak from your heart, in the moment.

You don't go around reheasing how you're going to speak to people during the day, and this should be no different.

Answer 8

The hardest thing about speaking in public is that you think that people are judging you and that you aren't allowed to make any mistakes. Relax!!!! You are human, talk to the group as if they are your friends and that you know they wish the best for you. Don't worry about getting it perfect, if you make a mistake, say excuse me, and start again.

Answer 9

Speak in a calm and relaxed voice, try not to speak to quickly because it causes you to not take as many breaths and then finally you feel like you are going to hiperventilate. Just pretend you are speaking to friends...smile some, don't seem all stiff and stuffy.

Answer 10

grab on something while making a speech. a paper clip is a good one.