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Public Speaking Tips to Overcome Nerves and Engage Audiences
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2. You have to know the material which you
are going to present. Pick a topic you are
interested in and know more about it and
you include it in your presentation. You
also can include humor, your story or
conversation. This way you won’t easily
forget what to say.
3. Practice your speech with all
equipments, time, and your
words. Also calculated your time
to take a breath and the
unexpected things.
4. Greet some of the audience
members as they arrive. It is
easier to speak to a group of
friends than to strangers.
5. You have to check the room
situation before you go to present
your material. Arrive early, walk
around the speaking area and
practice using the microphone and
any visual aids.
6. Calm down and take a breath before
you begin to speak to your
audience. If you are nervous while
your facing the audience, just smile
to them.
7. Confidence is the important part in
public speaking. Imagine yourself
speaking, your voice loud, clear and
confident. Visualize the audience
clapping. It will boost your
confidence.
8. Don’t focused on one or two
audiences, but you have to
focused on all of the
audiences. Face to their eyes, it
can make you lose your
nervousness.
9. For any nervousness or problem, the
audience probably never noticed it.
Therefore, don’t make yourself shame
with the apologize, it just will show
your nervousness.
10. Don’t forget to tell your message or
your purpose from your presentation.
Strong message will state your
presentation succeed or not and a
message can make your presentation
become has a meaning that make your
audience interested in your
presentation.
11. Mainly, your speech should
represent you as an authority and
as a person. Experience builds
confidence, which is the key to
effective speaking.