How do you overcome nervousness during public speaking/presentations?
Y F asked:
I get too nervous during presentations / public speaking and this is affecting my Probability? for promotions. ? We of pills / repair medicine for this problem?
Grover
I get too nervous during presentations / public speaking and this is affecting my Probability? for promotions. ? We of pills / repair medicine for this problem?
Grover
December 13th, 2007 at 12:47 pm
They say that you should imagine that everyone in the audience is in their underwear. That is supposed to make you feel at ease…..
December 16th, 2007 at 8:39 am
practice and experience. Also, if you look at an inanimate object on the back of the room it helps to forget that everyone is looking at you. You can also look only at the tops of everyone’s head and not in their eyes. That way they feel like you’re talking to them.
December 18th, 2007 at 2:32 pm
Practice your presentation in front of friends and/or family a few times first. This helped my husband. He was able to become familiar with what he wanted to present and was less concerned about messing it up in front of his co-workers later.
December 20th, 2007 at 12:22 am
It is a tough thing, just take deep breaths, remember they are just people like you! Practice what you are going to say at home before hand and when you get up there try to pretend it’s just “rehearsal”.
December 22nd, 2007 at 3:06 am
Even better, practice in front of a video camera, and watch the playback, with or without colleagues/friends. Do this regularly. You will gain in confidence.
December 25th, 2007 at 2:57 pm
Actually, in this case, “practice makes perfect.” The more you do it, the easier it will be. Also please remember, the audience is just people like yourself; EVERUBODY is insecure about something or other!
December 28th, 2007 at 9:59 am
It’s okay to be nervous. Just remember that 99.9% of your audience is glad it’s you up there and not them, which should tell you that the majority of people are nervous when they have to speak.
I was always self-conscious as a child and on into my adulthood and I can’t tell you what finally made me have a breakthrough but I think it had something to do with the fact that what I have to say is important even if it’s only important to me. That helps me get up there – I do my best to think about the topic instead of the audience. I also think about all of the people who really like me and think I’m great and the little devil on my shoulder says, “Yeah, so fu*ck everybody else!” This in turn makes me laugh inside and then I relax and just say what it is I have to say!
December 29th, 2007 at 12:55 am
YOU NEED TO PRACTICE AND MAKE SURE YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE SAYING…MEANING THAT YOU GET NERVOUS BECAUSE YOU ARE NOT SURE OF YOUR SPEECH…..YOU NEED TO BE CONVINCED OF YOUR SAYING AND GET A GRIP AND START TALKING NO MATTER WHAT, AND AT THE END, YOU WILL BE SURPRISE OF YOUR EFFORTS…
January 1st, 2008 at 11:47 am
You should learn to be bold. Whenever you are in the public, gaze at a particular spot (not looking at a particular face or faces of any participant). Learn to address much younger persons (in group or group of friends of yours)
January 4th, 2008 at 9:26 am
i would have to say i don’t think pills or medication are the right answer. society is over all over medicated. i will tell you a few tricks i use when i have to speak publicly. remember that most of those people out there would be as nervous as you if they were up there. and honesty is the best policy…if you make a mistake, own up to it and laugh at yourself. people know that if you can laugh at yourself, your alright. if its your first time in front of a particular group of people, tell them you are nervous. and last of all i always look at my audience and think to myself…wow every one of those people out there use the bathroom the same way i do