Monday, December 7, 2009

How To Be A Good Public Speaker

By Carol Cheung

Can you still remember the time you first started working in the business world and presented a speech in front of lots of people? Did you lose your breath suddenly? Did you slur your words or lose all your thoughts? If your answers to the above questions are yes, then you might need some public speaking help!

After you get enough practice of public speaking, you certainly will feel confident and even urge to step on stage for presenting speech! You will enjoy speaking in front of large group of people, as well as helping others to overcome the fear of public speaking too.

I experienced such a huge change because I like attending conferences and events that include presentations and workshops. During these events, I often paid a lot of attention to how people present and treated those presenters as role models to improve my own techniques.

When I was speaking on stage, I copied much of their behavior. I found out that being comfortable with yourself, being concentrated and eye contact are essential for a successful public speaking.

Years ago when I was still young in the industry, I often lost my confidence on stage and it always showed. I actually knew the material very well, but when I looked around and saw the audience, I often lost my concentration and my mind just went blank. And when I did not know what to say, I often lost my eye contact with the audience.

Doing all the above would definitely make you look unprofessional on stage.

Therefore, I changed to focus on one person until I finished a sentence or thought. After that, I realized my thought can be continued without disturbance, and so I could speak for more time.

All the above are the public speaking help I needed. Remember to keep concentrating and have eye-contact, no matter what event it is or how many people there are.

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