| Almost everyone has had an experience giving a | | | | anything lacking. |
| speech sometime or the other. It may be as the | | | | Before the actual day of the speech, exercise to |
| best man at your friend\'s wedding or as the | | | | refresh yourself, have a proper meal and dress in |
| valedictorian at your graduation ceremony. | | | | your best clothes to boost your confidence. Avoid |
| Everyone agrees, that public speaking doesn\'t | | | | wearing high heeled shoes or tight fitting clothes |
| come naturally to most people. Though some | | | | as something uncomfortable could distract you |
| people breeze through the monologue | | | | from your speech. |
| comfortably, others have the typical symptoms | | | | The best way to start a speech is slowly and |
| of speech anxiety. | | | | clearly. Try to remain as calm as you can, |
| How To Beat Speech Anxiety | | | | breathing deeply in between topics. Give yourself |
| People fear speeches mainly because of the | | | | a break in between as you go to the projector or |
| audience and not wanting to look like a failure in | | | | screen. |
| front of them. The first step to minimize speech | | | | The symptoms of speech anxiety may begin all |
| anxiety is to know your audience and prepare the | | | | of a sudden. If you feel the onset of blushing, |
| speech according to what they will understand | | | | sweating or you feel your heart racing, pause for |
| best. | | | | a minute, recollect your thoughts and continue as |
| The speech should be in the simplest of words. | | | | if nothing has happened. Practicing this act will |
| Try to memorize the concepts and the flow of | | | | bring you to a stage when you will be in total |
| topics, rather than memorizing words. Difficult | | | | control of your speech. |
| concepts may be simplified and put in front of the | | | | Don\'t let speech anxiety be a problem |
| audience with the help of visual aids, like | | | | Though almost everyone has experienced speech |
| PowerPoint or over head projectors. | | | | anxiety sometime in their life, there are few |
| The most important technique to prevent speech | | | | people who have been overcome by speech |
| anxiety is to practice, practice and practice some | | | | anxiety to such an extent they totally avoid any |
| more. Knowing your speech well, will give you the | | | | situation where they might have to give a speech. |
| confidence needed to ace the speech. Practice | | | | Often, this phobia of public speaking takes over |
| should be done on your own, in front of a mirror | | | | their personality and makes them lose out on |
| and then a fake audience. Often people, video | | | | great opportunities in life. |
| tape their speech to review it later and improve | | | | |