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How to Overcome the Fear of Public Speaking: 5 Tips from the Pros

What Works For You

Finding out what works for you to give your best presentation is important. Make a list of what you have to do in front of the audience and go over the list to help you remember. 

If you are still feeling afraid, you need to face your fear and make yourself comfortable with the fact that it's not the end of the world.

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I've had a wonderful motivational speaking career that has spanned for over 30 years. There are hundreds of public speaking tips I've learned along the way. I'm going to share as many of them with you as I can.

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Voice as an important tool

Your voice influences the impact of your speech and can make or break its success. 
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Improve Your Public Speaking Voice
  • Slow Down when you speak. Your listeners have an opportunity to absorb and reflect on what you’re saying.
  • Use Voice Exercises to strengthen your voice.
  • Record And Listen To Your Voice. Look for ways to improve your pronunciation, your delivery, and your pacing.
  • Record Phone Conversations. Replay to hear different ways that you could improve your delivery and articulation next time.
  • Focus On Pauses. The drama and power of a speech are contained in the silences that you create as you move from point to point.
  • Eat And Drink Well. Energy is essential for good speaking and voice projection. Cold water can chill your vocal chords and decrease the amount of warmth in your voice.
9 Public-Speaking Lessons From The World's Greatest TED Talks

9 Public-Speaking Lessons From The World's Greatest TED Talks

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Depending on your perspective, 2006 was either a really bad year for public speaking or the start of a world-changing transformation. In that year the famous TED conference began streaming 18-minute presentations from the world's top minds for free.

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Popularity of Ted talks

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Passion leads to mastery

And mastery is the foundation of an extraordinary presentation. So express an enthusiastic, passionate, and meaningful connection to the topic you are presenting in your public speech.

You cannot be an inspiration to your peers if you are inspired yourself.

Tell stories through your presentation

Stories connect us. Stories stimulate and engage the human brain.

Stories help the speaker connect with the audience and make the audience more agreeable with the speaker's point of view.

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Let's face it: Very few of us are born strong public speakers. If you manage to get passed the fear of public speaking, a hurdle in itself, you still have to get good at delivering your message.

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Public speaking key points
  • Acoustics are the most important part of a speech delivery . Keep your voice clear and consistent to keep you audience engaged.
  • Content is crucial.
Madeleine Albright
Madeleine Albright

"The best book, like the best speech, will do it all – make us laugh, think, cry and cheer – preferably in that order."