Are you good at public speaking?

Well we have the same problem. I can manage speaking in front of a crowd but not as effective and efficient compared to others. I shake, my hands turns cold, excessive sweating, trembling heartbeats and others. I am just glad that during this semester, we had a public speaking class that will hopefully provide me with decent skills in order to be an effective speaker.

I've had my share of speaking in front of the public, whether in delivering speeches or when being an emcee for programs, or in impromptu speaking contests. It's not really much hard, as long as you have a good command of the language to be spoken, and a sufficient amount of confidence to conquer the stage fright that never goes away. I must say that when it comes to impromptu competitions, I tend to falter in speaking. I don't know, maybe I have gotten a bit of rusty in public speaking when I have begun joining these contests. Sometimes I am also not that confident in speaking in straight English, maybe because it will always be a second language for me.

People may get feared when speaking in the public.lol,but i think that the best way to solve this is to speak more and this can maximum make us feel being encouarged and also being confident.I suppose such kind of people is much easier to succeed.

I am not really but not bad at public speaking. If i present in English, i may get 5 minutes after that to keep my presentation being fluently, but it is no problem if i present by my native language.

yes, earlier I had fear about those things in my life but after gaining some experience I was able to do things in good way

When I was back in primary school I used to be great in front of crowds and audiences. Strangely by the time I went to secondary school I had developed a sway whenever reading off a sheet and not looking at the audience. I didn't even realise I was swaying and I sway more and more until I am interrupted. Fortunately I am not required to talk in front of people anymore but I reckon I could handle it now. I have a mild form of SAD (social anxiety) although if I had a set speech to make it would be fine. If I had to wing it I wouldn't do very well, I feel a lot of pressure making a pitch or going for a job interview. As with everything in life, practice will make it easier.

Public speaking is a skill that can be learnt like any other skill. When in my late 20's a friend invited me to join a group called Toastmasters International. They meet once a month and have a set agenda for the evening. The first part is fun! Each member in turn has to speak for a minute on a subject sprung on them. For instance, the chairman says 'Fred. Please tells us why Father Christmas dresses in red' or something obtuse like that. Fred has to immediatly stand and talk for a minute keeping on the subject and speaking with a beginning, middle and conclusion. He needs to project his voice so all can hear; he must make eye contact with the listeners; he must be dressed for the occasion and button his jacket; he must take care with humour; no pauses, ums, errs, you know's, like,...; and so on. After the session the chairman gives his constructive criticism from which we all learn. The rest of the evening is spent with members making set speeches of varying length and difficulty and the performance is again discussed. There are definite techniques and skills to be mastered to speak well in public and I am now automatically 'giving points' to politicians when I hear them speak!

when i was in high school, we were told that public speaking is part of our life. it is difficult to always avoid public speaking especially if one decides to rise in positions in any sectors, be it private or public. our teachers made us believe that we all have stories and ideas to share. and that is the basic requirement for any speaker - to have something to say. i like public speaking.

this is only difficult for those introverts, who get an anxiety when speaking infront of the crowd but for those with an extrovert personality, this is just too easy for them because they like to be at the stage. I am an introvert , so this is just so hard for me. I just thank God that I finished college and I am over with it.hehe

In my opinion it isn't hard as well... If you are going to do some kind of presentation to your school friends, its easy. But if you are going to do a speech to people that you don't know at all, you've got some kind of afraid to say something wrong and to make some mistakes during the speech. In my case, it depends from each person. If you are too shy, of course it'll be hard to do a speech. If you aren't shy and you socialize everywhere, I think that it would be easy for you to do some kind of presentation or speech.

Certainly it isn't very easy to talk before 100's of people all of a sudden, but it is rightly said that, "Practice makes a man perfect". I personally think that good listeners and good readers often turn out to be good speakers. I haven't got many opportunities to speak in public forums, but never I was given a chance I did fairly well.

I had such experience before, too. I feel quite tense, but still I can control my emotions quite well. If I just have to speak free, it is very difficult to me, but if I can read my speech, it is ok, because I feel I have more control. I guess there are people who are born to speak in front of masses, but I am definitely not one of them.

I guess all of us may feel that way sometimes. It depends on the situation and the listeners we have. But I am not too afraid to speak in front of many people. I just think that whatever you see is the real me and I have nothing to change. It also helpful to think that we cannot please everyone. So we just need to be ourselves and have confidence but not too much. If we are to speak in public people can easily determine if we are nervous or not confident enough for what we say..

I'm slowly improving, but no, I'm not. It has been about 10 years' hard work to make my legs stand still and not shake throughout and to try to speak fluently. I have stage fright. I have to pay attention not to play with my hair and my pen and the frill on my blouse and practically anything I can touch :D, to have eye contact and to stand in the middle, not to hide (accidentally) behind the laptop. I've improved a lot, at least when it comes to comparing to my self-conscious, anxious self, but I'm not a good orator at all.