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Public Speaking Training – How to Train Effectively

It is easy for many to say that you just have to practice. But there is more to it than just practice. In terms of public speaking, the question we should be asking is how we should practice. What are effective training methods we should utilize to improve our public speaking skills?

Practice speaking slowly

Nervousness is just normal. But our nerves screw with our speech patterns. When we are anxious, we tend to talk very fast which results to incomprehensible speaking.

A great way to avoid this is to start in a very slow pace. As the speech goes on, we tend to pick up speed but since we started in a slow tempo, we avoid reaching the tipping point where our words become gibberish.

The best way to train our speech cadence is to record our rehearsals and listen to ourselves afterward. Detect which words are garbled and correct them. It is also recommended that you should determine which statements need emphasis and drama.

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Practice in front of the mirror.

This is a very common training advice. To tell you the truth, it is not that effective. You tend to get distracted with your reflection. You won’t concentrate on your speech anymore; you’ll just get engrossed in trying to find your faults that are actually caused by the distraction in the first place. A senseless loop.

The better way is to video record your self, which is very easy to do with technology nowadays. Observe your posture and gestures. Also take note of the little things like the timing of your smiles and frowns. Also, watch out for any distracting mannerisms.

Rehearse with real people

Let your family and friends join in the fun. Arrange seats for them. Consider them as your audience. Let them critic you afterward but don’t get too disheartened if they are too hard on you. After all, they are not your intended audience. Value their opinions anyway even they can be a bit biased.

The point of this method is for you to practice your eye contact and the way you connect with the listeners.

Integrate

Combine all three. Have a rehearsal with your family and friends while recording it in very clear video and audio resolution.

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Question by Melissa: How can I get over beginning nervous when public speaking?
When I do any public speaking I get SUPER nervous. My voice starts to shake, my face turns red, and I forget everything if I don’t have note cards with me. It’s horrible! Do you have an tips?

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Answer by baydestrian94
before you go up there to speak, take a deep breath.

and remember, even though you might make one or two mistakes, your audience probably won’t even notice it or even care.

&I know this sounds stupid, but the more you do public speaking, the better you’ll get!

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Presentation Skills: Outstanding Presentations Start in the Mind: Five Presentation Skills Secrets for Overcoming Your Fear of Public Speaking

Public speaking presents such a challenge for many people.  In the Book of Lists, the fear of public speaking and making a presentation constitute the number one fear; the fear of dying is number two.  Like the old saying goes, “People would rather be in the grave than make a presentation.”  You see people sweat, shake, and quiver while they are speaking.  Sometimes, employees bypass promotions, and business owners bypass business opportunities rather than give a presentation.  I saw a manager who was on the corporate fast track quickly become derailed because she couldn’t complete her presentation in front of senior management.  

So what do great speakers do to prepare themselves to be great presenters?  They prepare their minds to give a great presentation.  That’s right; it all starts in your mind.  How can you develop a great speaker’s mindset, overcome your fear, and start giving outstanding presentations?  The following are five secrets for overcoming your fear of public speaking and giving outstanding presentations:

1. Believe It So That You Can Achieve It
I am approached by people who say, “I can’t speak in public,” “I am a bad speaker,” or “I could never speak in public.”  Without hearing them speak, I say, “You’re right.”  Because once you make those negative statements, they become self-fulfilling prophesies. When you say, “I am a bad speaker,” your subconscious mind is thinking, “Well, he or she said it, so it must be true; so I will act like a bad speaker.”  Positive speaking attitude (PSA) is one of the first things I work on during my presentation coachings.  Replace the negative speaking attitude with a PSA to master your self talk and improve your presentation skills.  Instead of saying, “I am a bad speaker,” say the following:

“I am improving my public speaking abilities everyday in everyway.” “Every opportunity to make a presentation is an opportunity for success.” “I am a good public speaker today; and, with continued practice, I will be a better public speaker tomorrow.” “I am mastering my presentation skills everyday!”

When you make these positive affirmations, your subconscious mind hears it and says, “Yeah, I am improving,” or “Let me speak because it is an opportunity for success,” or “I am mastering my speaking skills.”

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Manage your self talk for a PSA.  You will feel a new confident attitude concerning public speaking.  

2. Think About What You Want to Accomplish
I will ask the question, “What do you want to accomplish with your presentation?”  Many times I will be on the receiving end of a blank stare or the student might say, “I just want them to listen to me.”  

Take time to think about what you want to accomplish by giving your presentation.  Is it that you want to entertain the audience, do you want to persuade them on an important issue, or maybe you want the audience to take action after hearing your presentation.  Going into your presentation knowing what you want to accomplish creates focus and is a big confidence builder.

3. Visualize Success
Recently, I had the opportunity to speak at an association conference with over five thousand people in the audience.  Joy, my wife, was sitting in the audience with our friend Jim who came to hear me speak for the first time.  As I was about to speak, Jim leaned over and asked Joy if I was nervous speaking in front of such a large group of people.  Without blinking an eye, Joy said, “He was born for this day.  He saw this day coming when he first started speaking.”

I visualized that day long before it happened.  Whenever I give a presentation, I take time to visualize a successful presentation and positive outcome.  The more details I include in my visualizations, the more vivid and real it becomes for me.  The night before the presentation I will find a quiet place at home or, if I am on the road, a hotel room, and meditate to start the visualization process.  I will visualize my drive to the event, greeting the host and audience, and how my powerful presentation will sound and look on that day.  I will also visualize the audience’s positive response to the presentation.

Take time to visualize the details of giving a great presentation.  Like the old saying goes, “Fake it ‘til you make it.”  If you visualize you are a great speaker, you will take the steps and create opportunities for yourself to become a great speaker.

Visualize that the audience wants to hear your message and they want you to do well.  Remember, it’s their time also and they want to receive value out of your speech.

4. Own the Room
Whenever I speak, I “own the room.”  I mentally tell myself that for the next thirty minutes, hour, etc., I own the room.  The corporation, association, or government may own the building or venue I am speaking in, but during the time I am speaking, I am the owner of the room and the audience will be my guests, my friends.  That way I am always in control to give an outstanding presentation.  

Think of your speaking area as your house, your home, your castle.  When you invite friends into your home, aren’t you in control and want to provide a safe, entertaining environment for your guests?  The same is true for your speaking audience; you want to provide a safe, entertaining, and enriching experience for them.  

I always say, “Giving presentations is not about me, it’s about you (the audience).”  What I mean is that if I am constantly thinking about how I sound, look, and feel while I speak, I am not thinking about what I can share with my audience.  Concentrate on the value you will give to your audience members and you will never go wrong.

5. Eat the Elephant
Many times I hear the following:

“I could never speak in front of a group of people, but one-on-one I am fine.”

Well, I ask, “How do you eat the elephant?”  Break the elephant into smaller pieces.  It is the same when you “digest” the audience.  Don’t think of the audience as a whole, think of the audience as individuals ready to hear your message.  Concentrate on thinking of your audience as individuals, and your message will come across that way to the individual audience members.

Follow these five secrets for overcoming your fear of public speaking and creating a positive mindset for confident public speaking.  Overcoming your fearr of public speaking will improve your presentation skills and create new business, career, and life opportunities for you.

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Question by Deepak: Public Speaking in Bangalore?
Can someone let me know the details of any public speaking clubs/forums/training centres in Bangalore ?

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Answer by manjunath_empeetech
There is no specific public speaking teaching Institute in Bangalore. There are forums like YMCA – near Reserve Bank, Nrupatunga Road, Ghokale Institute at the same road, next to Kamat Hotel, and Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, on Race course road, next to Chalukya hotel. Where you can learn the ” public Speaking ” by involving yourself, as a member.or Student.

As such you can associate yourself at any youth organisations in your locality, normally they organise various functions, facilitation’s etc., where you can learn the art of public speaking.

Actually the speaking in Public is an art, you should not have the stage fear, and should well aware of the topic and time seance. I feel, you can easily learn it, with out any coaching. The talent should be acquired, only by yourself and could not be taught by external guidance. Just watch and hear the speeches of Sri Sri Pandit Ravi Shankar and ” Aastha ” channel in your TV. Good luck.

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Question by Excuse my sarcasm: Can anger improve public speaking skills?
My worst problem is maintaining a steady voice. I could be talking and in mid sentence, I lose my breath or something. I can feel my voice just trail off. And then I have to take a moment to regain my composure. Apparently its funny because classmates will snicker.

It causes me to get angry. Can I somehow use this anger to help me concentrate harder? And ultimately improve my public speaking skills?

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Answer by Evan C
don’t be hitler

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