Speech is power: speech is
to persuade, to convert, to compel. It is to bring another out of his bad sense
into your good sense.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Here's some
more ideas on nervousness and stage fear.
You may expect
that your delivery and presentation should be perfect and that any small
mistake will spoil your entire presentation. You have to accept that no one is
perfect. The perfect book is not yet written; the perfect music is not yet composed;
the perfect human being is not yet born; the perfect picture is not yet
painted!
May be you
consider your presentation as a stage performance. No, it is not. It is just a
communication process where you communicate your view point. Don't expect to be
perfect. Be natural. If you make a mistake, you can always correct yourself.
Dress
appropriately. Have a good sleep on the night before your presentation. Relax
while you are waiting for your turn and take a deep breath. Prepare well on the
contents of your delivery. Concentrate on how you want to communicate with your
audience and not worry about how the audience will evaluate your speech. Make
eye contact with the audience and feel confident.
Fake it to
make it! This means that fake you are confident internally and this will
reflect externally.
Once you
become more confident as a public speaker, you will also become more confident
in other areas of your personality.
NC Sridharan
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