For many professions and even hobbies, public speaking skills are essential to achieve success. Just like any other skill, public speaking can be practiced and perfected. To improve your public speaking skills, follow the following tips.
I. IDEAS FROM ME
Understand Your Audience Well
If you skip this step, it won’t matter how well that you think you did. If you don’t understand your audience well, you won’t effectively communicate your ideas. What is worse, you could be wasting your time and talking to the utterly wrong audience.
Record Yourself on Video
This is a great way to practice free of expectation. This way, you can ensure you are using the right words and body language and pinpoint any improvement areas. Watching yourself on video can be difficult, but it will help you improve.
Act Like You Are Talking to Your Friends
Of course, be sure to maintain your professionalism. Your friends are not only familiar to you, but they are more likely to welcome and forgive you for mistakes. Often, the error will barely be noticeable to them.
For this reason, it is easier for you to talk to these people than strangers. Imagine you are talking to a big group of your friends that won’t judge you even if you make a brief mistake. You’ll improve your comfort level, and the practice will help you control your emotions and get back on track if a mistake were to happen.
Try Open Mic Nights and Karaoke
Get yourself in front of people more even and especially if it is outside of your comfort zone. Believe it or not, the more opportunities you get to potentially fail, the better you will become. That is because making mistakes highlights the areas you can practice on and where you can do better the next time. Poor public speaking skills or fear of it is simply due to lack of experience.
Expect and Welcome Failure
You won’t be perfect the whole time. You may fumble on a few words, say “um” by mistake, or worse, but that doesn’t mean you can’t get yourself back on track. Most people won’t even notice these things unless you respond to them negatively.
Instead of expecting perfection, welcome the idea that you will probably fail at some point along the way, at that is okay. It is what makes you human and relatable. The ability to move past these little mistakes and expect failure gives you the confidence you need to be successful.
Each person will provide a different answer. If you feel happy, fulfilled, and not overwhelmed, you are likely on the right path.
II. QUOTES FROM OTHERS
“If you can speak, you can influence. If you can influence, you can change lives”
“They may forget what you said, but they will never forget how you made them feel.”
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III. QUESTIONS FOR YOU
How do you deal with stage fright? Which is more important – Content or Delivery
Until next week,
Ruth and
The team at Life in Balance Careers
Ask about how you can become a Performance Consultant at Life in Balance Careers. support@lifeinbalancecareers.com
P.S.
You are amazing!
I. IDEAS FROM ME
Understand Your Audience Well
If you skip this step, it won’t matter how well that you think you did. If you don’t understand your audience well, you won’t effectively communicate your ideas. What is worse, you could be wasting your time and talking to the utterly wrong audience.
Record Yourself on Video
This is a great way to practice free of expectation. This way, you can ensure you are using the right words and body language and pinpoint any improvement areas. Watching yourself on video can be difficult, but it will help you improve.
Act Like You Are Talking to Your Friends
Of course, be sure to maintain your professionalism. Your friends are not only familiar to you, but they are more likely to welcome and forgive you for mistakes. Often, the error will barely be noticeable to them.
For this reason, it is easier for you to talk to these people than strangers. Imagine you are talking to a big group of your friends that won’t judge you even if you make a brief mistake. You’ll improve your comfort level, and the practice will help you control your emotions and get back on track if a mistake were to happen.
Try Open Mic Nights and Karaoke
Get yourself in front of people more even and especially if it is outside of your comfort zone. Believe it or not, the more opportunities you get to potentially fail, the better you will become. That is because making mistakes highlights the areas you can practice on and where you can do better the next time. Poor public speaking skills or fear of it is simply due to lack of experience.
Expect and Welcome Failure
You won’t be perfect the whole time. You may fumble on a few words, say “um” by mistake, or worse, but that doesn’t mean you can’t get yourself back on track. Most people won’t even notice these things unless you respond to them negatively.
Instead of expecting perfection, welcome the idea that you will probably fail at some point along the way, at that is okay. It is what makes you human and relatable. The ability to move past these little mistakes and expect failure gives you the confidence you need to be successful.
Each person will provide a different answer. If you feel happy, fulfilled, and not overwhelmed, you are likely on the right path.
II. QUOTES FROM OTHERS
“If you can speak, you can influence. If you can influence, you can change lives”
- Rob Brown is an American actor. He is known for his roles in the films Finding Forrester, Coach Carter, Take the Lead, and The Express: The Ernie Davis Story, and for starring in the HBO series Treme. He was also cast in the NBC drama Blindspot as FBI Agent Edgar Reade.
“They may forget what you said, but they will never forget how you made them feel.”
- Carl Frederick Buechner is an American writer, novelist, poet, autobiographer, essayist, preacher, and theologian. He is an ordained Presbyterian minister and the author of more than thirty published books.
Source: wikipedia.com/pinterest
III. QUESTIONS FOR YOU
How do you deal with stage fright? Which is more important – Content or Delivery
Until next week,
Ruth and
The team at Life in Balance Careers
Ask about how you can become a Performance Consultant at Life in Balance Careers. support@lifeinbalancecareers.com
P.S.
You are amazing!
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