How to improve personal speaking skills
What do you do when you have stage fright at meeting pins and presentations? It sounds obvious, but it's likely that part of your stage fright is because you're worried that everyone will find you boring.
How to improve personal speaking skills
How to improve personal speaking skills
Avoid boring statements. You may worry about boredom because the material in your presentation is boring. Even if you are presenting or lecturing very boring material, you can think of ways to make it more accessible and accessible. If you know that your own content will also be added to the speech, then you will be less worried.
If you can, leave room for laughter. Making a few jokes will ease your nerves and put your audience at ease.
Think about the audience.
When you design and connect your presentation, consider the audience's needs, knowledge, and expectations. If you're speaking to a younger audience, you'll need to adjust your speech, voice, and tone. For an older, more serious audience, your presentation needs to be more practical and logical. If you make it clear that you really know the audience listening to you, then you will be less nervous.
Don't tell people you're nervous.
Don't show your nervousness on stage and don't make jokes about nervousness. Everyone will think you are confident because you are on stage. It may feel good to express your nervousness, but the audience will lose trust in you and lose focus.
When you speak, video yourself.
Keep speaking and videotaping until you see the videotape and think, "Oh, this is a great talk!" If you don't think you look good on the videotape, you'll also feel bad about appearing in front of others. Keep this behavior until you get used to it. When you're on stage, you just have to remember how great you look on video and tell yourself you can do better.
How to improve personal speaking skills
How to improve personal speaking skills
Take a few steps, but don't seem fidgety.
You can walk up and down the stage a few times to release tension and get close to the audience. This is how you can overcome stage fright if you take a few steps energetically and make some gestures where it matters. But don't move both hands at the same time, don't mess with your hair, fiddle with your microphone or your speech, which can make you seem fidgety. Fidget will only increase tension and make the audience feel uncomfortable seeing you.
Slow down.
Most public speakers show stage fright because they speak too fast. You may speak quickly because you are nervous and want to cover up your nervousness. But it actually makes it harder for you to express your point of view, and harder to reach your audience. Most fast talkers don't even realize they're talking fast, so remember to pause for a few seconds after each new point. And give the audience some time to react to important statements.
Speaking slowly will also make it easier for you to stutter or make mistakes.
Calculate your speaking time in advance. Get used to ending your speech at the right time. Bring a watch and check the time from time to time to make sure you haven't timed out.
How to improve personal speaking skills
How to improve personal speaking skills
Ask others how you are doing.
If you really want to improve your stage fright, you can know how you're doing by asking audience feedback, doing some surveys, or seeking honest advice from your peers in the audience. Knowing how you performed can help build confidence, and knowing how you can improve can help you feel more confident the next time you go on stage.