are you confident doing public speeches?

Hi, cainam I am ok when it comes to public speeches. Just ok. Not excellent nor terrible I have noticed that my voice does not really shake but my hand does. It's embarrassing. That is why I put my hands behind my back when I can. It also helps if I have outlined the things I have to say in my mind. Otherwise, I rattle off. Just keep practicing, cainam. You will get used to it. Whenever you have the chance to speak publicly, do not refuse. That way, you will be so used to it, you would forget your fear. Have a nice day!

Hi, i have a same problem with you. That is one of my big problem :p i really not confident if doing a public speeches. like last week i have conversation examination..and must acting in front of class.. i really feel nervous and the result is not good. the lecture only give C mark for me T.T that's terrible right..ak thank you and have a nice day :)

I am not confident either, usually when such circumstance occur, I have to pass or point it to someone else, I truly understand how it feels like and how you described it. It is also one of my weakness that I am trying to overcome also, I know its not good because we have to stand and make speeches somewhere in a crowd. Given the circumstance that I wouldn't be able to have a choice and speak in front of many audiences, I try to make it sure I have already mastered my piece or something and I remembered last time when a friend tipped me to place some coin in my shoe while doing the speech, it would lessen the tension I felt inside, luckily, it works on me.

i am not so confident,but it is ok ,at least i can make it through every time.Of coure ,sometimes i am also a little scared and did not know what i was taking about,in that case ,i will do my best to pretend to be very calm,and it worked,people seldom realized it.lol. we speach more in public,we will be more confident,so grab the chance to give a speech as many as we can,i assure you would do it better and better.

Well I've just been there before. I suggest that first of all you have to figure out what exactly makes you feel less confident or unfortable while speaking in public. Is that you're not confident enough in your outlook, or you're afraid that your memories won't function well, or your detest to speak before a lot of strangers or maybe you're just a perfectionist and get disappointed all the time. Practice can only improve your speaking skills, which is of course an important component of your speech, but you need to do something further. I've just realized that what really impress people is the content of speech( since I'm required to do lots of oral presentations in colleges), but not what i'm wearing today or whether i'm speaking the super correct English. Just remember that people make mistakes.

i know how you feel. I took a speech course over the summer last year and failed it because i couldn't do one of the speeches and the other speeches i read directly from. they both were good speeches but they just weren't great enough for me to feel comfortable talking about them without paper in front of me. i always hated getting up and giving a speech in junior achievement for that reason. it sucked big time.

I took a public speaking class in college. I dreaded it. I was so nervous, and we prepared for the final speech at the end of the class and I picked a topic that was important to me personally. That helped. I did alot of research on the topic and wrote out cards to remember what order each point was in. When I got up to do the speech I didnt look at any of the students, I looked over their heads toward the wall, I wasnt focusing my eyes because I was using my mind to organize the thought to speak about. At the begining of my speech it was mostly facts and not very heart felt, but as I kept talking my feelings toward the topic started to come out because I actually felt it in my heart, and that is when the class's eyes started to open. I was shocked that I actually reached some students with my words. I was really happy to be standing there at the class and I wasnt on the spot I was sharing my heart with these students. I think the key is to pick a topic you actually relate and care about. Your heart will speak through your words. And other people really sense this and you will reach someone's heart. Good luck.

I am a primary school teacher so I am used to doing assemblies for schools that I have taught at. One school only had 120 children so that was delightful. I felt nervous at the school with 400 children. I made sure that I had lots of interesting things to share with the children like a large picture book and card cut outs. Someones if I was doing an assembly for two classes, about 60 children, I would ask for child helpers and ask questions. I didn't like singing so I just moved my mouth and put on a disk of music. I don't have to do assembly where I am now so that is something I am pleased about. I would be able to do a public speech for a small group of adults I think. I find it helps to write out brief notes about what I am planning to say.

I hate public speaking, even in a room full of people that I know, and that I know will listen and give me the benefit of the doubt. If I have to talk seriously about something, I get way too nervous. Now what makes this so odd, is that if it's a casual conversation, I can chime in, or make a joke, just as good as anyone. It's strange. i don't know when it happened or why, just that it's an awful feeling.

I think most people have experienced that at some point. I used to be really at public speeches because I was a very shy girl. But I figured that being shy would not take me as far as I wanted to go in life so I turned the table around. When I was chosen to read the high school graduation I tried to convince my teacher that I was the worst person for it. However it went just fine, million times better than I thought. She told me to listen to what I am saying and that will make you forget about everything else, even the numerous people in front of you. Other thing that helped a lot was practicing whether it is by myself or with my friends. I am sure you will get there very soon. It is really not that hard. I was once terrified and now I enjoy it very much.

Yes. But I also pick a person or two in the crowd and speek to them personally as if they were a friend so it's not as much pressure. Try that, hopefully it'll work!

I am not very confident giving public speeches I am shy to talk in public especially with people that I do not even know.

I do not like to make speeches in public. I took speak class in college and even though I told myself there was only 6 student and the teacher I still got nervous and would lose my place in my speech. I would then feel bad and hope I would get a passing grade. I think the problem with public speaking is everyone is looking just at the person making the speech and some people just feel selfconscious having everyone looking at them.

Gah! Giving a public speech is one of my biggest fears. It's getting better now thanks to numerous mandatory speech classes. Well, better in the sense that I don't just stand on one spot anymore, haha. I still have to work on delivery, confidence, and eye contact. But yeah, overall, not very confident with speeches. D:

No I am not that confident doing public speeches since I get nervous and when I get nervous I usally stumble on words wich is embarassing. If I didnt stumble on words then I probally wouldnt mind giving public speeches. But I still wouldnt like to give public speeches wich is why I wouldnt like to be a famous sports player I would be nervous as hell doing interviews and conferences.

I am, only if (1)I'm confident that I know enough about the topic of the speech (or I've prepared my speech well) or (2)I'm not speaking in front of people I know. The reason for the latter is that if I make a mistake, the people I know are sure to remember me, but if I make a mistake in front of strangers, it wouldn't matter much! At least, I think that's the way it works :)

when i was still in college and way back in high school, i used to appear before a crowd for speeches. i know i can deliver them well if i am well prepared but im not good enough if it is on the spot.

i don't dare to speech in public , even last time when i was young, teacher like to point out some student to stand up and read a passage, i will alway pray that teacher will not choose me , i don't even dare to raise my hands and ask question even i don't understand what teacher is teaching. i think that is the reason why i failed my examination .

i always got problem when im standing in front of a crowd. i don't know y and its frustrating me (.