Is Public Speaking easy for you??

hi! it's quite normal to feel nervous during a presentation or public speech. even veterans and seasoned speakers still feel that at times. i'm not great in public speaking but i can say that i have grown accustomed to it that i'm more comfortable now speaking in front of a crowd, local or international. there are many tips i picked up along the way, here's some: practice and practice some more. mastery of the topic is one but inject some passion into it. believe in your words and it will be communicated. when you are selling an idea, you must be the first one to be convinced about it. practice in front of the mirror, with the kids, with the dog, with the tree... anything or anyone who can't give you back a harsh feedback til you are ready to face it. lol then practice in small groups until you are ready to face a crowd. smile. it does lots of wonders. when you are nervous, smile. before you begin the speech... smile. when you fumble, smile. when you forgot a word, smile. when you finish your presentation, smile. almost everyone who looks into a speaker wants to see a smile... not a grimace, not a frown, not a sad face, and definitely not an indescribable one. hehe make eye contact. when you want to stress a point, communicate it with words, your body language and your eye. being able to look into a person straight into his/her eyes send a message of conviction... that you believe in what you are saying. though, one should not make unnecessary movements especially with the hands. speak clearly. this is communication. speak the words out that is understandable and everyone can hear clearly. not too slow nor fast, not too high or soft... but make it in a range you are comfortable with but at the same time think about your audience. chanelling nervousness. hehe relax. take deep breaths. walk around a bit. hydrate yourself, take sips of water. and when you do the presentation... smile. don't think about your audience... think of it as only a practice and that you are doing great. psyching yourself positively is attracting positive energy. if you can't look at people, look at the foreheads. hehe it would seem you are looking at them even when your eyes are glued to the foreheads only. if you have trembling hands, clasp them together. that would look relax somehow. if allowed, tell a joke, tell something personal that is related to your presentation... like a testimonial or personal experience that would add integrity to your presentation. in presentations, learn the proper pacing and blocking, how to make your presentation simple yet understandable, the colors and the number of lines per viewing page. start strong and finish with a strong message. relate and communicate the message across. make your words count. goodluck! hope any of the above would be of help.

I would say it's not something I have a problem with. of course i will admit that i get nervous. who wouldn't. it's just about not allow those nerves to keep you from doing what you need to do. moving away from fear and into a good mental place so you can get things done

i'm not good at it. that's maybe why i love writing. hahah... even if i'm very knowledgeable of the subject, i still have stomach cramps before and during presentations. when i'm nervous i tend to speak really fast and then catch my breath in between, which is really bad. i also can't keep long speaking louder than my normal tone, so again, i'd catch my breath in between.^_^ i do lots of hand movements which made my nervousness more apparent and i don't know where to look while talking. but i don't get nervous and delivers well if i know that inside the room, i'm superior than anyone. in my previous job, i was oftentimes pulled out of operation to train new hires or to conduct additional skill training to other tenured operators and inside every class i had, i am usually the boss. i'd have a co-facilitator with me but i do most of the lectures. but now that i'm back to school, reporting in class seemed to be very different from training employees. there are teachers who constantly interrupt you, and it's their class not mine. plus, my classmates have no high regard of me since i'm just one of them. with my trainees before, they think of me as their mentor. so other than a training environment, i am no good public speaker.

Hello there. I'm not a good speaker when the first time I had to speak in front of the public but luckily it was only in front of my schoolmates and teachers. After that I entered some speech competition through my school. I also had to gave a speech once a every two months, ordered by my English teacher. The results is I can speak in front of a public with little problems now. But the nervousness is still there before I give a speech.

I hate public speaking as well! I'm like you my lips quivers, my voice shakes, my breathing gets really heavy and people can just tell that I'm nervous. But if I'm talking or reading sitting down its more easier for me, but standing up. lol no! horrible at public speaking and I need to get over it. I have a public speaking class in the spring semester and a new school where i don't know anybody so, i'll just have to work or it. I'll have to fake that i'm not nervous, or at least makes friends with half the class. And you can do the same, other than that, good luck to the both of us!!

I am not a great speaker both in public and private level. This is because I do not have the confidence to speak up my thoughts. I have very low self-esteem. I tend to get so nervous/tense that my hands are shaking, my body so stiff, and my mind doesn't work at all. I end up like having an amnesia or a mental block for lesser worse.

Ouch! that is my ultimate dream, even not a great, but atleast to be a good public speaker. I could say that I'm good in school, informal discussion, and the like. Actually, that is the usual reason why I was always requested to represent a group, but I don't know, everytime, I'm going to step infront of a crown or even those people whom I used to discussed with, I always got nervous. I know the issue, I am the one who made the report, the issue has been discussed well during our free time, but when it needs to present infront or let say formal way, it always weakened my reflexes. I took my masters and it is more of presentation, debate, discussion..but I never get used to it. It still me who suffer in a stage fright they say. And that is one of my fear I want to conquer.

When I was younger, I hated speaking in front of other people. I was very self conscious and may hands were shaking. I took a drama class in high school to help me get over this fear. I managed to remember my lines and not be too bad of an actor. I even tried out for a play once. I was very nervous and was awful, but at least I tried it. It is still not my favorite thing to do, but as I have gotten older I have a little more confidence.

Public speaking is always something that I hated doing but always did fine with when I actually did it. If that makes any sense. There is a lot of times where I fear that I will not be able to speak but when it comes time for me to actually man up and speak, I do fairly good. It just goes to show you that the anticipation is far worse than the actual event. The best thing to do is just to step up and just start talking. Do not pause all that much. The best way to get speeches done is to in fact actually get them done. If you just start speaking and keep at it, it will be over before you know it. I think that there are times where I might be nervous but if I just start talking, then I have to focus on actually giving the speech.

Hi, I really got many chances to speak in public, but i was really afraid to talk, and really got scared one time, and came out of the stage, really funny

I'm not a pro in public speaking, I just want to share how I do with the topic. Anyway, I'm always a little nervous when it comes to public speaking but I'm fine with it. Not to brag or anything, but when I was in high school, my school always choose me whenever there's an event or a public speaking competition. I really like voicing out my ideas and opinions and public speaking is a good avenue to express them although they're a bit unnerving since there's usually a lot of people.

Actually i am not a good speaker ,i cannot speak in front of the public because lack of confident and nervousness .When i am speaking in public my hand used to sweat and my legs used to shake and my throat used to vibrate.When i am speaking in public i see only their head and it make me headache.So,i think that i should improve .

Yes! to be infront of the gathering crowed is not an easy job.When i was in school my day came to be myself in the front of the assembly to deliver speech,i feel so nervous,shivering,its lacks me courage to deliver the speech.No one is perfect in this world every one makes mistakes mistakes makes us man perfect perfect.so we should never fell down but feel proud and improving our self.

No,is not easy to speak in public,when I was student we have to give a speech one by one in public,that time I got bit nervous because I don't have confidence to speak in public.After few second I was severing but I hide that nervousness and severed.So now I can speak with very confidences.Now is no problem I can speak very easy because I have habit of speaking with guest.

I was quite shy as a child. Just the thoughts of public speaking would be enough to paralyze me with fear. Then in 9th grade, my English class studied different forms of speech. This helped me a great deal even though I was a little nervous about it at first. I still don't prefer to be a public speaker, but I could be up to the challenge.

For me not so because as not the perfect person we encounter stage fright so to became not be brave and pray to Jehovah God that he can cure your feeling's and do the job.

no it is not so easy for me....i always avoid public speaking i m very shy and reserved kind of person and i didn't speak a lot and speaking in public makes me numb...but i'd tried once it was a good experience...

My first suggestion would be to take a deep breath. Sit down and think about why you are so nerous speaking in front of people. Your focus should be: first on disarming your fear. Think about the people in clown costumes or something else that is funny. Second, you can hold on to the podium if there is one or you can walk back and forth with your hands in your pocket. Third, find a subject that you truly love and then if possible memorize the notes you have made or place the notes where you can see them. Fourth, be sure to continue eye contact on every note card but you don't have to look at the audience the whole time. I enjoy talking to people, so find something that you really want to share with others and go from there. I hope this was helpful to you.

public speaking...i've not had much experience in public speaking at all but i think i'm on my way. we'll have a public speaking class next semester and hopefully i'll do good in it. however, i think i'm not so confident in this area because sometimes, i'm at a lost for words when i try to express myself :( (so sad!)

First time, indeed the feeling of nervous and uncomfortable. Try practice in front of your friends and family before the actual presentation. At least it will help you to overcome your nervousness.