5 Public Speaking Tips
Maintain good eye contact. Photo Credit: www.photosbyalyssa.com
Here are a couple of great tips to help you become a better public speaker. Some people are naturally great public speakers but others of us have to work at it. A couple tips can really improve your ability to related to your audience and deliver amazing public speeches.
1 – Practice Makes Perfect
Practice by yourself while imaging the audience right in front of you or deliver a few rehearsal speeches to your close friends and family. Do whatever you need to do so you can build up your confidence and review the material before you have to get up in front of your audience. Don’t be afraid to rehearse until you are bored out of your mind, it will help mash the speech into your head and give you confidence when speech time comes.
2 – Introductions are Important
In the introduction you will need to establish your credibility; let the audience know why they should listen to you and care what you have to say. Make it exciting and interesting but also informative about your qualifications to speak on the topic. Introduce only what is necessary as you do not want your speech to be half an introduction, get the points across and move on.
3 – Body Language
Keep your shoulders back and your chest out. Make it look like you are extremely confident in what you are saying and that the audience should believe you. You need to be able to use your body language and voice to project an image you want portrayed to the audience, if you look relaxed and entertaining, you will be. You are what you feel, it is pretty simple. Relax, put your shoulders down, smile, and take a deep breath before stepping out on stage or in front of the crowd.
4 – Project Your Voice
Make sure that you are enunciating each individual word and that you are projecting your voice so that everyone in the audience can hear you. Sometimes it is even a good idea to ask your audience to ensure that everyone is able hear what you are saying. There is nothing more frustrating for an audience member than not being able to hear what is said.
5 – Eye Contact
Make sure that you are looking out into your audience; this helps to make them feel like they are engaged in the speech. Staring into space while you are speaking makes audience members feel disengaged so they start to lose interest in the topic.
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