listening and speaking skill
Developing self confidence
1) Presentations anxiety: ways to control it
Talk yourself out of negative
Identify your fear
Replace your fear with positive thoughts
Share your thoughts to people you trust the most . [exp: friend , parents and lecturer ]
Always remind yourself that its okay to make mistake bcs we learn from it to be better
2) take advantage of small occasions to speak up.
Ask question in classrooms so you not being left out .
Give explanation to a group of people even it’s was something random .
Voluntarily yourself to give the order In restaurants to boost your confidence. ( even this look simple )
3) plan & prepared
No matter how short your speech is . It must be organised
State your intention to the audience
Tell them your objectives, explain and implicitly and go to that point
Make data visual ( this can be so much helpful for audiences) , unless you’re giving away notes or handouts .
Do not torture your audience with long speech. ( ppl hate long talk with only facts so make it shorter bcs more effective and easier to recall.)
Instead be brief and informative. Nobody can stand listening ta a speech for a long time.
4) use audio and visual aids .
use up extra time to prepare for audio and visual aids if you’re to nervous
The trick will divert audiences attention and help you relax from nervousness.
5) practice!
A 5 minutes presentation can take up to 30 hours of preparation. [ creating and editing, slides ,handouts and notes . Finding the suitable examples for your point is the most difficult part ]
Practice giving speech in front of peers , family or mirror will help your confidence.
The practice will as well help a speaker to feel more comfortable when facing the real audiences.
6) Breeth deeply & slowly.
it’s the oldest techniques to relieving stress
Peoples who often give speeches sometimes get cold feet before talking to audiences too.
Breath in , hold it and breath out.
TED TALK ( YOUTUBE )
7) Posture talk
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