10 Tips For Successful Public Speaking
1. Know the Facility & Equipment. Take the time to familiarize yourself with the place in which you will speak. Get there early and spend some time ensuring you’re familiar with the equipment you’ll be using. Test Microphones, overheads, Power-point or any other components involved in your presentation before you start your speech.
2. Know the audience. Spend some time with the audience before your presentation if possible. It’s always easier to speak to people you know and are friendly with than a group of complete strangers..
3. Practice often. If you’re not familiar with your material or are uncomfortable with it, make changes and practice until you become comfortable. You want to avoid running the risk of feeding nervousness and lack of preparation is the worst catalyst for this.
4. Use relaxation techniques. Try doing a few exercises or deep breathing exercises.
5. Visualize giving your speech. Part of your practice should be visualizing a successful speech. Visualize your voice loud, clear, and assured.
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good tips…im always really nervous talking infront of groups of people. one tip is to either look and pretend to talk to someone as if u know them (even better if u do know them) and look towards the back of the room so it doesnt look as if ur hiding youself or not looking at them.
i always blush aswell in these situations…if you know your doing a presentation or speech…slap on the make-up haha