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Overcoming Anxiety to be an Effective Public Speaker

by: ruthalandry on Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2011 Time: 5:20 AM

Public speaking is considered as the most frightening experience a person will ever have. But that’s not true. That fright can be easily removed as soon as you read the following tips in effective public speaking. These tips focus on the removal of a speaker’s anxiety so that calmness and composure will be all that’s felt when you take to the stage.

Firstly, there is nothing wrong if you feel nervous before, during and even after the speech. We are but mere human beings who may have the constant fear of failing in front of a crowd. In order to take that first step to overcome anxiety, just consider this unwanted feeling as a powerful motivation to make your speech the best every time you are required to deliver a presentation.

Make sure that you organize your speech in such a way that the audience can interact with you. The topics should connect with each other so that it would be easier for the audience to understand whatever you are talking about. It’s just like writing an article. You have to gather similar ideas and organize them in a concise manner. With a speech, ideas or thoughts need to be mentally structured before delivering them to the audience in a coherent fashion.

One of the important tips in public speaking is to visualize yourself delivering your speech. Try to practice delivering your speech in front of a large-sized mirror. Visualization is the technique which can help you to anchor a positive outcome in your mind. Once visualization exercises are repeated over and over again, the mind simply replays your ‘successes’ on your actual day of speaking. The more you rehearsed, the more you can overcome your anxiety.

It is also normal to make an error or two while delivering a speech, but you have to learn how to make it unnoticeable by your audience. Learn how to ad-lib whenever you commit an error. Ad-libs will help you to make your unexpected error be imperceptible. Also, to avoid frequent errors, review the copy of your speech. Understand it so that if you do need to skip a topic, you can insert another related topic without getting it noticed by your audience. People often memorize their speech word for word. This is a big no-no. Personally speaking, memorizing to me is the “lowest form of learning.” Learning to correct one’s errors will minimize unnecessary anxiety. Applying such simple techniques can help to ease some nerves.

Overcoming anxiety is considered as one of the most essential tips in public speaking. By defeating this emotional monster, anyone can be effective in public speaking.

About the Author

Andy is an accomplished, sought-after speaker and corporate trainer in the Asia-Pacific.
His clients range from a myriad of industries which includes the likes of Research in Motion,
Microsoft, Burger King, Shell, P&G, Herbalife and Electronic Arts. If you want to know more
about the inside secrets to effective public speaking, please visit http://www.public-speaking-secrets-revealed.com

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