Sticking with these tips will pave the way to speaking achievements and allow you to dominate public speaking.
The fear of public speaking is a problem for many, but there are ways to overcome this whilst on stage. Do not drink high levels of caffeine before you start it will elevate your anxiety. But do take water in case you get a dry mouth. Eat something before you start, a low sugar level won’t help to dispel any nervous thoughts and will also affect your concentration levels. Remember that the audience is not there to see you. They are much more interested in what you have to talk about, so don’t feel like you are getting judged, simply deliver what you have to say. If needed, use breathing and relaxation methods before you begin to help settle any last-minute jitters, many public speakers use breathing methods. Henry DeVries suggests this for anyone who undergoes with anxiety about talking in public.
Nothing becomes muscle memory unless you practice relentlessly. If you have a gigantic speech coming up, make time each and every day to practice. Prepare your goals and the content well ahead of time. This can be done while driving, exercising, in the car, on a plane just about anyplace. Having memorised the speech, you can direct your attention on to your stage presence or projecting your voice adequately for the amount people participating in and the overall size of the site. Nearly all famous public speakers suggest that you should memorise a large proportion, or nearly all of your talk before preforming it. Tim Ferris commonly suggests getting comfortable with your script before preforming it.
Nothing is more displeasing in a lecture than it feeling far too rehearsed or stale; although presenting and public speaking should have a degree of business it should be said that looking and sounding like a machine is no way to get your potential audience engaged and potentially interested as to what you are expressing. Although this might seem a little tricky you might want to work on your stage presence. This example of public speaking manners primarily consists of you learning how to demand your space within the stage. This can be anything from being conscious of your body language to commanding the space on the stage. The correct physical communication can have a powerful impact on how your message is received and interpreted. This also has the added benefit of making you be seen as less anxious on stage as well as helping raise the high quality of your efficiency. Effortless ways of doing this are looking at your audience and not looking at your feet and avoiding crossing your arms so you look worried or unapproachable. Small alterations like this can have a massive difference. A good way to do this is to learn from example, watch clips of experienced public speakers like Lady Barbara Judge speaking. Analyze the nonverbal communication and gestures, this will give you some motivation to work off.