Public Speaking Tips - How To Overcome Your Nervous


by Alison Heath


Even if the speech you are going to deliver is already prepared and you know everything about it, public speaking can be difficult. When they speak in public, many people are very nervous. Consider these tips in order to help you overcome your nervous feelings when you speak in front of many people.

How to prepare your presentation

You need to center on yourself. Try practicing standing properly - with your feet under the hips directly. For speaking in public, this position is the best and the most stable. This position is something you can rehearse with somebody or in front of your mirror.

Your shoulders should be relaxed. The muscles in the shoulders support directly your larynx, so it has a fast effect on your voice. Shoulders should be rolled out.

How to warm up the voice. What you should do is treat all of your presentations as if they were performances. Rehearse in order to prepare yourself. Try to deeply breathe into the bottom part of the lungs. Your rib cage expanding slightly higher than the navel is what you will feel. You should thrice sigh. Sighing is your signal to the body that everything is okay and it is just perfect to relax. Then make a siren sound, starting from a high note to a lower note at the bottom part of the voice range you have. With enough practice, you will be able to find the low note connecting to the place located right above the navel. This is what you can consider as your natural voice pitch.

Tips on managing meeting skills

Direct your voice. Imagine that each you say is like a beam of laser traveling from your mouth to the end person listening to you and this is what you should do every time that you speak. Practice this outlook to be able to reach to many people at the same time.

How to direct your thoughts. Try to pay attention to your thoughts especially their beginnings and endings. Your communication should be complete and fully rounded.

Mind your diction and your articulation. Convey clearly your message.

What happens during questions

In breathing, give yourself some time and space.

Before you answer, you must first slightly breathe out. You usually take in more additional air than you need when you are flustered or nervous and while you try to think, you hold on to that air. But this will not help you. Panic will most likely be the result of this method. To remove this habit, try breathing air first before you speak and allow you to relax and thoughts to come in clearly and more logically.




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