Everyone loves a confident speaker and aspires to be one but for most it is a dream which remains a dream. But in today’s world this skill is the most valued one and to achieve the utmost success one has to overcome the phobia and nervousness in able to become a confident orator.
I would suggest you try the trips below and never again you would have to look around for words and confidence.
- Being nervous is acceptable, so instead of trying to eliminate your jitters, turn them into energy which gives a push to your delivery.
- Preparing the speech and collecting the thoughts about what and why you want to say is a great help.
- Practice makes a man perfect holds true for speaking skills as well, even the great orator-“Winston Churchill” used to practice his speech end numbers of times.
- In the 30 seconds before you begin speaking, take 3 slow, deep breaths through your nose, filling your belly. As you breathe out, say silently to yourself “Relax”
- Always focus on your audience rather than focusing on yourself about how you are doing.
- Simplify– never try accomplishing a lot in one speech. Keep it short, simple and direct
- Always visualize success and picture yourself speaking with confidence before the actual presentation and believe me you would do wonders.
- Connect with your audience by keeping eye contact with them.
- Always act confident even if you are not feeling confident. The audience would never know the difference and after some time the fake confidence would rub on you to make you actually confident.
These tried tested skills if adopted by you would convert you into the speaker you always longingly wanted to become.
1 I always falter whenever I have to deliver speech, how do I tackle this.
– Divya Batra
Ans Dear Divya, we always lay less importance to the act of rehearsal,resulting in our faltering while delivering a speech. Don’t memorize your speech word to word but rehearse by talking through point by point, like you are explaining someone. This technique would be very useful in the impeccable speech delivery.
