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We give a speech everyday. Whether it is for work, for a social event, and in even in our homes. When we are in a familiar place, we are at ease at conveying our thoughts and ideas. However, when our surroundings change, our confidence level drops. By gathering your thoughts beforehand, and having subject knowledge of the topic you are going to be speaking about, it lessens your chances of fear. One may think of a brilliant idea in his/her head, but be challenged in translating those thoughts onto paper. One way of overcoming your fear of public speaking, is to be prepared. Map out some ideas on a piece of paper, and come up with points that are relevant to your topic. Having jotted down a few thoughts will help summarize your major point. By doing this, you are opening your brain to more concepts of the subject matter, thus familiarizing yourself to it. How you sell yourself to one person or a large audience, one must learn the basics. First, put yourself in your audience’s shoes. Would you be entertained by a speaker who spoke too fast? Much less understand him/her? If the speaker does not have his/her thoughts organized, your audience will not follow you, and will most probably have them bored within the first five minutes. Appearance is most important when giving a public speech. A speaker who slouches will not please the eyes of your audience. That person will appear to look tired or uninterested, and thus, your audience will too. Eye contact is a very crucial ingredient to giving a wonderful speech. Eye contact captures each person’s attention. That individual will feel as if the speaker is speaking directly to him/her. To overcome your fear of public speaking, it will not be easy to look a person straight in the eye. An alternate way of avoiding this uneasiness is to look directly above the person’s eye, like in their forehead; or perhaps look above his/her head.
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