keeping Brave When Public Speaking

Speaking in front of a large room is a job that the majority of us will need to under take at some stage of our lives, whether it is in front of colleagues or friends and family. If your breaking out in a cold sweat at the thought of public speaking you may want to take a look at the following tips keeping calm and staying brave during group speaking.

1, Prepare.
Make sure that you know your topic, understand the aims and objectives of the speech and be clear of the message that you want to deliver from the start. Be precise with the content of your speech and your message will be clear and a reasonable length, keeping your audience engaged. if you are bored of your speech the likelihood is that your audience will also be bored.

2. Practice makes perfect
Make sure that you run through your speech with a group of friends before the real thing as this will make you more familiar with the layout and improve your self confidence and flow of speech. Time yourself, do you need to add or extract parts of the speech to ensure that you keep to your time allocation.

3. The Star of the Show
Believing in your self is key to confident public speaking, remember that your audience have chosen to come and listen to you, they are interested in what you have to say, so be engaging, informative and witty. You’re likely to enjoy your spot light when you’re off and running!

4. Working the room
Try to arrive early to meet and greet your audience, by familiarising yourself with your audience you will find them less daunting, they are people too! And are cheering you on! Also take time It is also good to use this time to prepare yourself, collect your thought, flick through your notes – is your microphone working?

5. The Speech
The time has come for the main event! Take deep breathes, keep calm and relax! Enjoy yourself and don’t speak to fast! Start by entertaining the audience with your introduction, a funny story about the weather perhaps, something that your audience can relate to, then collect your thoughts and begin.

Hopefully these tips will be of use to your public speaking, remember don’t feel like you are on your own in group speaking, you are part of the whole room, you have a key part, enjoy yourself, entertain your audience and look forward to the applause and pat on the back when all of your hard work has been put to good use.

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