How to overcome nervousness when speaking on stage

Jul 19, 2022

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First ask yourself an inner question - "Are these words written in my speech the words I really want to say in my heart?"

When what a person says is what he thinks in his heart, when his heart and his mouth are united and the inside and outside are consistent, his heart is very peaceful, peaceful, and confident. Even if TA faces thousands of audiences, faces the camera, and faces everyone's scrutiny, as long as TA says what he thinks in his heart, then TA will naturally show a state of calmness and strength.

And when a person writes in the manuscript and recites the words in his mind, it is something he does not want to say at all, or something he does not understand at all, then his heart is very twisted and guilty. At this time, when the TA faces the scrutiny of the audience, the judges, and the camera, the TA's body will produce various resistance reactions, such as nervousness, sweating, stuttering, forgetting words and so on.

Let's take a look at this example.

Four months ago, a girl hurriedly approached me for emotional counseling before speaking. There are three days left before the competition. The script is very familiar off stage, but when I get on stage, I feel dazed, my brain is blank, I can't even finish a fluent sentence, and I want to cry when I get stuck. The coach has completely treated her. lost confidence.

Through a preliminary conversation with her, I learned that she was a primary school Chinese teacher, and now she represents the school in the city's teacher skills competition. The last item of the competition is a personal speech. The topic of the speech is "How to Treat Primary and Secondary Students" The phenomenon of enrolling in extracurricular classes?”.

Dear friends, after reading this, you might as well test yourself. If you are a contestant now, what would you say when faced with this question?

Let's first take a look at the manuscript of the girl who asked me for guidance. Her first paragraph is probably like this:

"Since the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, we have not forgotten our original intention, kept our mission in mind, and played the spirit of dedication and dedication in the post of people's teachers. In the new era of socialism with Chinese characteristics, we have responded to the call of the times and made education with Chinese characteristics in mind. A new orientation to open up a new era in career. Clarify the direction, carry forward the past and forge ahead, combine the teacher's morality and normality, regardless of gains and losses, work hard, enhance teachers' consciousness, and give full play to their subjective initiative..."

After reading it, I asked her: "If you are in the audience, there is a girl on the stage who is giving a speech, and what you say is this sentence you wrote. How would you feel when you sat down and listened to it?"

How to overcome nervousness when speaking on stage

"I didn't understand what she was saying at all, and I couldn't listen," she said.

Yep, that's how it feels. To be honest, when I looked at her manuscript, I also felt confused.

I asked her how this manuscript was written?

She said that it was pieced together from a lot of model essays on the Internet.

Yes, the pieced together manuscript is filled with a bunch of high-level abstract words. There is neither logic, no examples, nor opinions and emotions. It is just a pile of words. How can such words be memorized?

Stop and stop.

Let's go back to the source and look at the topic again. The topic is: How do you view the phenomenon of primary and secondary school students enrolling in extracurricular classes?

The key word is "extracurricular classes".

So I asked her, "Try to think about it, what is the connection between the keyword "extracurricular class" and "you"?"

She thought about it carefully, and said, "When it comes to extracurricular classes, what I remember the most is that I liked music when I was a child. I am very envious of the little girl in the neighborhood who is learning the keyboard. It is cool to play the keyboard freely. I think I asked my mother to buy me an electronic keyboard, but my mother said: "What kind of electronic keyboard should I buy, it's so expensive and impractical. If you have the money, you might as well sign up for an English class. "So I was very obedient and went to sign up for the English class.

Later, when I grew up, I found that I was a very numb person. I really didn't seem to have any specialties, and I didn't have any special interests. I usually watch some singing talent shows, but it still reminds me of the electronic piano. I especially envy the way those keyboard players play the piano on the stage. I always think that if I insisted on learning the electronic piano when I was a child, I might be able to play like this now. All right.

Now, I am a teacher, although I teach Chinese, but I signed up for an adult piano class on weekends, and I have classes every week. I am self-willed, and I just want to realize my keyboard dream. Although I can only play some very simple little pieces now, I really feel very happy and fulfilled when I play the piano.

I often say to parents at parent meetings: "Please cherish your child's talents and interests, choose extracurricular classes according to your child's interests, don't leave your child's childhood regrets, and don't let your child grow up to become a numb People." This is probably the only thing I can contact with the extracurricular class. "

When I listened to her saying this, I was very absorbed and touched, and I said to her, "You know what, what you just said was ten times better than your speech! Use it as your speech!"

She was a little stunned, and said, "Ah, really? Is it alright? Can such a vernacular be spoken on the podium?"

I said, "Yes, of course it is. The example you just said is relevant, the logic is complete, the point of view is outstanding, and the most important thing is that your example contains your true feelings, and this true emotion is the most important. Powerful."

She was still a little worried: "Mr. Zhang, although my example is good, there are regulations in our speech to write the speech in the spirit of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China. Will my example be too small..."

How to overcome nervousness when speaking on stage

I said, "You don't have to worry about this. First, give your own examples, talk about the real situation, and finally point out a little question at the end to bring out the spirit of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China. That's it."

Following this line of thinking, we re-wrote a speech, this time the manuscript is as follows:

The first paragraph, for example, writes "I" myself missed an extracurricular class on the keyboard.

The second paragraph, speaking of opinions, through the above example, "I" came up with such a point of view - when parents sign up their children for extracurricular classes, they must respect their children's talents. I apply this idea to teaching.

The third paragraph, on the value, in the spirit of the "19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China", which ones are people-oriented and which are educational innovations, and my educational methods are responding to this spirit.

In this way, after rewriting the manuscript, she can easily explain it in her own language, and she doesn't even need to "recite the manuscript" deliberately, and she is no longer afraid of "forgetting the words".

Because what she said was what she said in her heart. Her heart and mouth were unified, the inside and outside were consistent, and her body and mind were in a state of comfort, relaxation, and self-confidence.

At this time, her attention can really be placed on "transmitting information", not on "other people's evaluation".

Finally, let's briefly summarize how to make yourself less nervous after getting a speech topic:

1 The first step, for example.

Find the connection between "keywords" and "myself" in the question. Come up with 1-3 examples.

2 The second step is to say the point of view.

Use examples to refine your own point of view, and remember to say the point of view you truly agree with.

3 The third step is to add value.

At the end of the question, it integrates the spirit of "high and high" as required by the title, for the country, for the people, for the company, for the customer, etc. Also known as "upper value". Try to be as simple as possible, don't be too pretentious.

How to overcome nervousness when speaking on stage

This way, you can write a solid speech that you want to say and that your audience will listen to.

Even if you are not proficient in memorizing, don’t be afraid, as long as you confirm the example, you don’t have to memorize it word by word, as long as you can “tell this example in your own words”, it will be a success.

How to overcome nervousness when speaking on stage

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