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Public Speaking Exercises
Is it anytime soon you are going to have to give a public speech and you need to do some public speaking exercises? Or perhaps you are ashamed of your previous speech and you want to improve your public speaking. Or is it that you’re feeling nervous and you need to find a way to calm down?
Don’t worry. Been there, done that. And I feel you.
I’ve been asked couple of times by some friends for some tips and I thought it would be a good idea if I could write them down. So here it goes, I will give you some quick tips that will help you with your public speaking exercises so you feel better and more prepared.
Practice in front of a mirror Prepare your speech, and go in front of a mirror. Visualize yourself as if you were in front of your audience and start giving your speech. What’s the benefit? You get to see how you look when giving your speech. Apart from having a general idea whether you like what you see or not, you can also try to detect your “Weak” and “Strong” spots so that you can either eliminate or emphasize them.
An alternate version of the above public speaking exercise is to record yourself on tape, either in a real event or again while in your home. My personal suggestion is that you gather some family members and/or friends and you practice your public speech in front of them, whilevideotaping it! Then all together watch the tape and ask them to point out what they did or did not like.
Memorize your speech. Ask yourself, would you like to be attending in an event where someone is giving a speech, reading everyone from his notes? Wouldn’t you feel much better, enjoy and perhaps connect with him, if he was trying to bond with his audience by looking them in the eyes? Of course I am not saying that you should memorize your whole speech, or that even if you forget something you can’t take a quick look at your notes, but the point is not to keep looking constantly at them! The last of my public speaking exercises is to
Change the tone of your voice in order to emphasize certain parts of your speech. Change of your tone helps the audience better realize the importance of what you are talking about and helps them connect with you faster. For example if you say something that is supposed to shock your audience, you should shout.
The next one is not exactly a public speaking exercise, but a personal tip.
It is very important that you hang out a lot with friends, and perhaps meet new people quite frequently. Not only do you get to talk with people you might have not known until that moment (like people in your audience) but you are also given a great chance to talk about things you don’t know. So the next time someone in your company is talking about something quite unknown to you, don’t waste the chance, participate in the conversation. Even if you know almost nothing it will really help you when you need to improvisewith your speech.
As I said these are part of my experience over the last years. When I had started I was not even quite a successful speaker, but some public speaking exercises, some hard work and continuous speeches pointed me to the right direction.
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Article by carl formby
Most of us think that only teachers, politicians, actors and advocates are the people who need to speak in public. This is, however, a mistaken view. All of us need to do public speaking at least once in our life. It can be an elocution competition at school, a presentation in college, a group discussion at the University level, a board meeting in office, a press conference, a corporate get together or a simple family gathering, sometimes or the other we have to face the audience. But to be very honest, almost 70 percent of the population suffers from glossophobia, that is, stage phobia, or the fear of speaking in public. This is where; we need the help of public speaking workshops.
There are many training institutes that provide public speaking classes to help the general public in developing their speaking skills. These classes offer a friendly and supportive atmosphere for people belonging to different backgrounds to train them in effective public speaking. There is a specially trained public speaking teacher or a public speaking coach who increases your confidence level with his valuable tips on public speaking. There are many institutes that also offer public speaking online class for working people who cannot afford to give time for the offline classes.
Attending proper public speaking courses or training in public speaking can help to overcome stage fright to a large extent. With increasing use of internet today, there are many websites that offer free public speaking classes and free public speaking exercises. These public speaking exercises have been used by countless number of people who have benefited immensely from these exercises. One of the most hated exercise is to tape yourself, though it produces fast results. People generally do not like listening to themselves or watching themselves on television. But this evaluation gives you the best indication of where you need to focus maximum attention.
There is also an option to follow public speaking lesson plans that can be used to learn about the process of public speaking and help you to prepare your speeches. These public speaking lessons prepare you to recite tongue twisters and speak improvisationally. Some of these lessons also ask you to sing or hum a song of your choice, not to hone your singing skills of course, but to warm up your throat and your vocal chords instead.
Sometimes it is not about being scared public speaking but only a want to better yourself. In such cases you need to get the best public speaking advice and some free public speaking tips. These tips and advices will help to steady your nerves and reduce you anxiety before the speech. They will help you to create and deliver the most perfect speech needed on any occasion. On the internet you can get an access to several books, articles and links to websites that offer such courses and tips and sometimes even professionally written speeches for your help.
carl formby owns and operates http://www.presentationsbusiness.com, a site dedicated to Effective Business Presentation and Church Presentation Software