Walking Into A Room Of Strangers

That's really hard. I've had to do this very thing in the past and doing it over and over again doesn't make it any easier. Several years ago I worked multiple positions at a taxi company. I was the night shift dispatcher, I drove part time and I conducted the training classes for new drivers. The first two were a breeze, but that training class could be a real kill for me. I'm not the most outgoing person and I'm extremely uncomfortable in crowds. Strangers... well, they're a big blank unknown, aren't they? You just never know what you're going to be dealing with until you charge in and get it done. What I found over time was that using my sense of humor worked the best for me. I have a tendency toward self-depreciative humor when I'm uncomfortable. I come from a little southern one horse town where I was related to pretty much everyone and I played that up to the fullest. I also told funny stories of my experiences driving taxi and anything else I could think of. It worked for me. Keep them smiling and they don't bite was my reasoning, I suppose.

i rember the days when i was so damn scarred and nervous to enter an area full of strangers, but tover the years i have given several presentations and now i dont really have any issues in entrieng some area where i dont know anyone at all. sometimes i do feel uneasy for a minute or two but it dissapears fast and them i am all comfortable and feel at home, nomatter with whom i am sitting.

The first thing I do before I go in is to reassure myself to stay calm. If I start to get nervous, then I will be sure to mess up and not think before I speak. I tell myself to take deep cleasning breaths. In with the good, out with the bad. And if you knew me, that is something that I reall hate doing...walking into a room with a person I have no clue who they are! I also greatly dislike talking in front of groups. And I have found that when I have not centered myself before speaking in front of a group, I lack on my performance. And I will beat myself up over it! Even if a person tells me that I did good, I know that I screwed up and could have done better. So, I now always have to rmember to center myself before speaking to anyone that I do not know. :)

I'm not by nature someone who enjoys walking into or being in a room full of strangers but I learned how to as it was part of my job when I worked in the SGTs and Officers Messes. I have organised and been Maitre d' at quite a few Mess Balls and Functions. Part of my job was to use a block and gavel and announce 'Dinner is served' to usually around 200 people, but the Summer Balls were over double that and boy is that nerve wrecking! I have even silver served meals to Princess Margaret and the Queen. Yes I got to meet the people who lived in the Messes and the few who I worked with, but most lived out so nearly everybody were strangers to me. We would hire the mess out as well to the local police and fire service who held their functions there as well. So I had to organise all their functions as well. I used to be so scared of something going wrong when we held the police do and had visions of being locked away! I used to write out a timetable of everything which everyone, my waiters, waitresses and myself had to do and leave it in the kitchen, so we all knew what to and in what order to do it, so things usually went like clockwork. My tips would be, First Check your posture, stand tall so you dont look scared. Take a deep breath, exhale, smile and walk in looking confident even if your legs are like jelly. They are only people like you and most proberly just as scared as you.

I take deep breaths also for me it's mind over matter, I tell myself I can do this and hype myself up...Even though I'm still nervous...I give it all i got

omg i hate it i always get well nerveous and i cant speak properly, help, give me some tips!!!!!!

Ooh my gosh. This is like one of my worst fears I am so shy in real life and having to walk in to a room full of strangers just makes me freak out and want to cry. Its something I avoid at all costs. But if I HAD to do it. I would probably take a deep breath and try not to really look at anyone, but more so around the room.

First thoughts: Holy (insert expletive here)! This is going to suck! (Heart pounding, chest getting tight.) Just before giving speech thoughts: Ok, that last speaker sucked (whether he/she did or not). I can beat that. (Paste on plastic smile and just DO it). After closing: exhale and sit back down while still smiling and maintaining eyecontact with key audience members and try to pull it off that I am not nervous. TIP: Always, Always, Always wear layers incase the ole nerves win the war against the ole deodorant, lol.

if im on that situation,,,just be calmed and be yourself and focus on what you have to say to them...be confident...

I used to give presentations in college all the time, mostly to groups of 40-50 students. When I first started, I was nervous, but I fould that I became relaxed the better I knew the information I was presenting. The best suggestion I have is to be prepared. Even for those who get stage freight, if you know your stuff, you will be able to get through it.

A few years ago I had a part time civilian volunteer job with my local police force .. I was the local police force sectors Neighbourhood Watch Administrator ... I collated all the crimes for the area .. sorted them into the various villages and towns .. then held monthly meetings for all those places .. So each and every month I had approximately 30 town and village meetings to attend, plus all the various police, council, courts meetings so in all around 40 or so a month .. at most of which I would have to stand up and make a report I'd written .. Sometimes the attendees were high ranking police officers (inc the Chief Constable), the Mayor and various other of 'high standing' dignitaries .. Let me tell you at first my thoughts were HELP .. wobbly tummy and can I hide please ... but I loved it ... everyone was very friendly and helpful and I was once even given the Chief Constables car and driver for a meeting that was too far away for me to drive to ... how posh is that ... !

i feel fear to do so and i have not yet done those type of things.

I worked for a large multinational company I had to give speeches and reports all the time. The other people in the room are just that.."people" They are there to listen to what you have to say and not to throw rocks. They are genuinley interested. With that in mind, put your shoulders back, lift up your ching and SMILE. Smile are very disarming and you will feel better your self and look more confident at the same time.

I'm horrible at it. I was deathly shy as a child and in these types of situations it all comes rushing back. Add to that the fact that I can never remember anyones names...it's a recipe for disaster for me.

I throw my shoulders back my head up and I glide into a room full of strangers. Filled with confidence and the rightness of my being there and the right to command their attention.

well at first ofcourse i will feel shy and nervous, But i think i just need to do what is the right thing to do. If others can do then i can do it also. Just think positive things and everything will be ok. Also sometimes i put a coin in my shoe to lessen my nervous.

well at first ofcourse i will feel shy and nervous, But i think i just need to do what is the right thing to do. If others can do then i can do it also. Just think positive things and everything will be ok. Also sometimes i put a coin in my shoe to lessen my nervous.

1. when i walk into a room, make as many eye contact as possible, making sure i smile to let them know im friendly, approachable and confident at the same time 2. prepare all materials beforehand with rehearsals while getting your peers to be your audience and let them pin point your mistakes and weakness 3. Be spontaneous, do not read your card word by word 4. Scan the room and observe how your audience's reacting to your speech... alter your tone if necessary 5. Expect the unexpected Erm... thats all I have for now :P

Initially I used to feel very awkward when you enter in the room. But my confidence level has increased now as I was a teacher in a Medical Colleges and at present I am taking Trainings at various levels. So what is required is the confidence. Your starting words are very important to make impact. If you make the public relaxed after using participatory methods you will get good response. Your response would be better if you make public laugh in between.Thats my personal experience.

Just keep cool, relax, think that you are equally competent as they are or even better than the rest of them. Take each moment as a n opportunity to shine, be heard, and be recognized!