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How to Overcome the Fear of Public Speaking?

How to Overcome Your Fear of Public Speaking?

public speaking fearHave you ever stood in front of an audience and felt so nervous that you couldn’t remember what you wanted to say?
Are you afraid of the unknown?
How to overcome your fear of public speaking?

The following video is part of a series of Toastmasters’ time-tested tips which will help you learn how to recognize and manage the fears associated with public speaking.

Here is the summary of what has been covered in the video:

First, pinpoint those emotional triggers that cause fear to escalate. Then identify the physical symptoms produced by anxiety. And finally, review techniques to help you manage your fear.

What causes anxiety?

  • The unknown
  • Failing
  • The audience’s opinion

Physical Symptoms

  • Rapid heartbeat
  • Queasy stomach
  • Sweating and dry mouth

Managing Fear

  • Practice
  • Visualize a great speech
  • Have a beverage handy
  • Relax
  • Take slow, deep breaths
  • Stretch before you speak

Incorporate the tips and the techniques above and in no time you will be amazed at how quickly you will be able to convert nervous energy into positive energy and successfully manage your fear.

Practice is the key to helping you improve in public speaking. Join a toastmaster club and learn how to manage your public speaking fear.

You are welcome to visit our Kampong Ubi Toastmasters Club if you are living in Singapore.

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25 Public Speaking Tips to Become a Better Public Speaker

25 Tips to Become a Better Public Speaker

“Standing up in front of a roomful of people terrifies many people, even if those people are our own peers. 

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But resisting public speaking engagements can hold an entrepreneur back, since workshops, presentations, and pitches are the perfect way to network and land support for our efforts.”

Here are 25 great tips to help you improve your public speaking skills.
(Source: http://www.inc.com/drew-hendricks/25-tips-to-become-a-better-public-speaker.html)

1. Take a Course
2. Join a Group like a Toastmasters Club
3. Practice
4. Prepare
5. Research Your Audience
6. Use Tools
7. Know Your Environment
8. Get Experience
9. Watch Others
10. Start with a Bang
11. Put the Audience to Work
12. Encourage Questions
13. Focus on the Audience
14. Dress to Impress
15. Avoid Filler Words
16. Focus on Individuals
17. Walk
18. Breathe
19. Use Prompts
20. Partner Up
21. Record Yourself
22. Ask for Feedback
23. Bring the Right Tools
24. Practice Articulation
25. Finish with a Call to Action

Did you know that 54% of adults ranked the fear of public speaking higher than the fear of death?
Check out the below “How to Overcome Your Fear of Public Speaking” video for more information.

Since 1924 Toastmasters International has helped more than four million people gain the confidence to communicate.  Join Toastmasters and find a club that you like to practise your public speaking skills. You are welcome to visit our Kampong Ubi Toastmasters Club if you are living in Singapore.

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Useful Public Speaking Tips from Brian Tracy

Here are Some Useful Public Speaking Tips from the well-known Speaker Brian Tracy.

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 27 Useful Tips To Overcome Your Fear Of Public Speaking

  1. Get Organized
  2. Practice And Prepare Extensively
  3. Eliminate Fear Of Rejection
  4. Focus On Patterns
  5. Watch Yourself In The Mirror
  6. Record Yourself And Learn Your Voice
  7. Work On Your Breathing
  8. Practice Some More . . .
  9. Give Your Speech To Another Person
  10. Public Speaking Classes : A group such as Toastmasters is non-profit and helps people get over their fears by having them practice speaking on subjects over and over.
  11. Lightly Exercise Before Speaking
  12. PowerPoint Can Be Really Great, Or Really Bad
  13. Even Warren Buffett Had Public Speaking Anxiety At First
  14. Sip Water That’s Warm Or Room Temperature
  15. Read Eloquence In Public Speaking By Dr. Kenneth McFarland : the starting point of being an excellent speaker is for you to really care about your subject.
  16. Pick A Subject That You Really Care About
  17. Know 100 Words For Every Word That You Speak
  18. Focus On The Material, Not The Audience
  19. Relax
  20. Don’t Overthink Audience Reactions
  21. Avoid Talking Too Fast
  22. Make Your Nervous Energy Work For You
  23. Pay Any Price And Spend Any Amount Of Time To Speak Well
  24. Meditate 5 Minutes A Day
  25. Public speaking can be a great source of income
  26. Have Pride In Your Work & Recognize Your Success
  27. Develop A Plan To Improve Your Next Speech

3 Key Components to Improving Your Public Speaking Skills

Pick a subject that you care about. Prepare and practice…


16 Tips to Create a Great PowerPoint Presentation

  1. Start With Your Audience
  2. Your Message Is Important
  3. Keep Your Slides Short And To The Point
  4. You Don’t HAVE To Use PowerPoint
  5. Use These PowerPoint Presentation Templates
  6. Use Pictures And Visuals When They Add To The Presentation
  7. Use Bullet Points Rather Than Paragraphs
  8. Don’t Read Your Slides Word For Word
  9. Use Easy To Read Text
  10. Bring Your Own Hardware
  11. Try To Keep It Under 20 Minutes
  12. Use Videos To Add Engagement
  13. Quality Over Quantity
  14. Practice, Practice, Practice
  15. Learn From The Best PowerPoint Presentations
  16. Make It Actionable

How to Outline Your Speech in 5 Minutes

This PREP formula is an extremely effective preparation technique that some of the best speakers in the world use all the time.
P:  Point of View
R: Reasons
E: Example
P: Point of View

15 Ways to Start a Speech or Presentation

4 Ways to End a Speech With a Bang

  1. End with a Call to Action
  2. Quick Summary
  3. Close with a story
  4. Be Inspirational

6 Vocal Tips to Improve Your Public Speaking

  1. Slow Down
  2. Build Vocal Power
  3. Record and Listen to Your Voice
  4. Record Phone Conversations
  5. Focus on Pauses
  6. Eat and Drink Well

 

Public Speaking Tip The Power of the Pause

Join Toastmasters and find a club that you like to practise your speeches in a friendly environments. You are welcome to visit our Kampong Ubi Toastmasters Club if you are living in Singapore.

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How to Persuade

How to Persuade: Proposals and Pitches

speaking tipsWhen presenting a proposal or a pitch, you are trying to do more than simply a speech to inform. Instead, you are trying to persuade.

As stated in the article Proposals and Pitches published by Toastmasters International, there are 4 steps to prepare a pitch:

  1. Determine your purpose.
  2. Analyze your audience and determine its needs.
  3. State your main message and support it.
  4. Urge the audience to take definite action.

For more tips, check out the below youtube video on how to deliver a great pitch.

“The key to delivering a great pitch is your ability to engage, connect and be present. While your ideas may be brilliant, you want to make sure that YOU are the one lighting up the room. “

Practice is the key to helping you improve in public speaking. Join a toastmaster club and learn how to persuade.  You are welcome to visit our Kampong Ubi Toastmasters Club if you are living in Singapore.

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How to Write a Speech

Tips on How to Write a Speech for Your Presentation…

What To WriteWhen writing a speech, you should try to know the audience and then determine the overall goal of your presentation. Learn some useful writing tips from the following Youtube videos on writing techniques.

Remember when you write a speech, you have to first know who your audience is.  You want to make sure that you know what the goal of the presentation is too.

Try to provide great take-home value for your speech. Create a presentation that makes change for which it can help people to improve their lives, to improve their productivity, and to improve the overall outlook on how they face the challenge of every day.

Write the speech in three parts: the beginning, the middle, and the end. If it’s going to be about an hour speech, then write it into eight to ten-minute segments.  That’s about how long you can keep somebody locked in on one particular point or subject before having to transition into another point or angle.

How to write a speech outline?

Check out the below video by Darren LaCroix, the 2001 World Champion of Public Speaking.

As explained in the above video, a speech outline should include:
– Attention-getting opening to tie into the core and the reason for the presentation.
– Body
Point 1
Point 2
Point 3
Call for action
– A strong close can tie it back to the opening for greater impact

For what to write for your speeches, click here for more information.

Practice is the key to helping you improve in public speaking.
Do you lack a platform for practice? Simply join a toastmaster club.

You are welcome to visit our Kampong Ubi Toastmasters Club if you are living in Singapore.

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Top Tips for Business Presentations and Public Speaking

Top Tips for Your Business Presentations

effective public speakingWhen you’re giving a business presentation or a speech you want to appear natural so as to make the audience feel relaxed watching.

Check out the below Youtube video for speaking tips that will help you put together and deliver clear and compelling talks and speeches.

Remember don’t simply rely on your PowerPoint slides to do your presentations. Get a blank sheet of paper and plan what you’re going to say. And in the very last thing you do is what visual aids to use to help you get your point across. Good opening and closing are very important.

Too often, a speaker loses his audience before he even gets to the core of his speech.
Check out the below video on how to create terrific openings and closings to presentations.

If you want to overcome stage fright and learn to speak with confidence, join a toastmasters club. You are welcome to visit our Kampong Ubi Toastmasters Club if you are living in Singapore.

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