FEAR OF PUBLIC SPEAKING

RESEARCH ON FEAR IN USA

No. 1 fear : public speaking

Fear no.2 : death

STAGE NERVE

Venue atmosphere

Unprepared

Inexperience

REMEMBER

The audience are just people like

you

Imagine that you are addressing

your friend or a small group of

friends

Use a conventional style

FOUR METHODS OF SPEAKING

Impromptu method = speech without preparation

Memorizing method Reading from manuscript Outline method

PREPARATION Know your purpose

Inform people of something they didn’t know.

Convince them to be of your opinion on the

matter

Move them to take action.

Choose a subject that is of interest to both

you and the audience.

Speak what you know well

Outline your speech

Choose your original pattern

Topical

Chronological

Problem/solution

Cause/effect

Assess you audience

Success depend on your ability to move

your audience

Size

Knowledge level

Motivation

Use of aids

Power points

Notes ; do not use too many words

on your notes, because it will

persuade you to read all the words.

Note Cards

Video clips

Flip charts

PRACTICE ; EFFECTIVE TECHNIQUES Three elements

1. Vocal techniques :

Loudness

Pitch

Rate don’t speak too fast and too

slow, the inexperience usually

speak too fast because they just

want to escape from the situation

ASAP.

Pause

Articulation

2. Body language

Eye contact

Facial expression ; don’t forget to smile,

but don’t do it too much, everything

that is too much is no good.

Gestures

Posture

3. Use of space

Can everyone see you?

Standing and movement

PRESENTATION

Dress the way you want people to

perceive you

Smile

Be sure that you are introduced or

that you introduce yourself

Be sure that there’s a glass of water

for you. Choose to use podium or to

speak without a podium (whatever

you are comfortable with)

Make your speech

Be sure do the three elements of

effective techniques.

Draw on both reason and emotion

Be reasonable and calm so that you

can appeal to the reason of those

whom you wish to persuade

Be emotional , so that you can move

to action from those who you wish to

move to action.

THINGS YOU SHOULDN’T DO Read directly from notes, except glancing at

Reading directly from screen, except the points

Turn back on audience

Slouch, hands in pocket

No um, ah, you know ..

No nervous gestures

Give any bad comments about your audience / insult

them

Talk too fast

Talk too quietly

Use stratum ; some cultures usually great people from

the highest class to the lower when opening of a

speech. Your audience are all the same.(so just make

your speech in english, so that you don’t have to

follow the custom culture ^^)

THINGS YOU SHOULD DO

Eye contact : starring at people,

there’ll be a relation/connection of

feeling that will arise.

Can glance at notes

Appropriate gestures

Speak about what you are

passionate about

Mind you language, tone and body

language.

A prompt is always good

Jokes are good – but don’t become a

joke.

Rhetorical questions to involve

audience

“marriage is a wonderful institution,

but who would want to live in an

institution?” (H.L Mencken)

Use a strong opening and a strong

closing.

Strong opening :

A story

A quote

A question

An interesting statistic

Strong Closing depends on your purpose

of speaking :

Tell your audience to do what you want

them to do clearly

Make an appealing expression

Say impressive and motivational words

“Great speakers aren’t born, they are trained”