Preparing for a speech
If you are about to give a speech, whether it be at a wedding or at another event, then thinking positive will help.
Next to the fear of death – the fear of doing public speaking is top of the list. In fact, more people are more fearful of public speaking than they are of dying, perhaps this is because dying is something that most people cannot really think of happening to them, whereas a speech is must more “REAL”.
It is good to add humour to your speech where you can and if the circumstances are appropriate, but never force it and if you don’t feel up to making jokes then steer clear of trying to become the instant comedian!
Don’t worry about the fact that you will feel nervous just before speaking, as everyone does – even the likes of Elvis Presley did his 1,000 steps before a show to prepare himself and to help calm his nerves! So do whatever it takes to prepare yourself beforehand. Being nervous is natural and is a good thing so use this to your advantage.
Practice your speech beforehand is a good thing and doing so in front of a mirror might help and if you can run through your speech with a loved one so that they can do some “constructive” criticism for you.
Always remember that most people will be feeling for you and will quite understand the feelings you are going through and they will not be expecting a professional speech – so relax and try to enjoy it.
July 23rd, 2009 at 11:30 am
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August 12th, 2009 at 5:13 am
1. Start developing your talk sooner not later. The more time you have to prepare, the more confident you’ll be.
2. Find out everything you can about WHO you will be speaking to…. What do your audience members have in common? What are the challenges they face? What is their education? The more answers you have to questions like these, the more you’ll be able create a speech that they’ll want to hear.
October 11th, 2009 at 8:10 pm
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October 15th, 2009 at 4:32 pm
This was a great blog post, one of the hardest things for people is just getting the courage to start. Once then start talking for many it comes natural and they just speak what they feel making them a great presenter.
October 22nd, 2009 at 8:11 am
Great tips. I have prepared for so many speeches and every time I get on stage or in front of the people, I always get nervous. This is pretty normal for everyone.