Four Effective Public Speaking Tips

In this article we will describe 4 key effective public speaking tips. This will help those who are examining fear of public speaking by putting the fear in context.

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Our four effective public speaking tips are listed below:

Remember that audiences have nerves too: An interesting phenomenon about public speaking is that it's not only the speaker who gets nervous. For whatever reason, it's a fact of human nature that members of an audience get nervous too. Therefore, it is not only your job to calm yourself enough to give a good speech, to put the audience at ease as well, so they can enjoy listening to it. Fortunately (or unfortunately, as the case may be) the two are tied together. The first step to getting your audience to relax is to relax yourself. By the same token, however, the easiest way to make your audience nervous is to appear nervous yourself. In large part, your audience will emulate your own level of comfort and ease up there in front of them. So do your best, do whatever you have to do, to present yourself as relaxed, comfortable, and at ease as you possibly can.

<u>Use visual aids: People like to use their eyes. We like to look at things while we're listening. That's why TV is more popular than radio. And it's why more people attend public lectures than purchase audio recordings of same. To capitalize on this tendency, incorporate visual elements into your speech. Be they slides, videos, charts, models, or props, find tangible, physical items that relate directly to what you're talking about, support and back up your points, and can be seen clearly from where you'll be giving your speech. When using visual aids, keep it simple. But by the same token, don't detract from your actual speech with something too complex, involved, or technical. It's still a speech you're giving, and it's still you that is and should be the central focus of attention throughout.

Hand out handouts: Another form of visual aid that augments any speech is handouts, photocopied documents illustrating or summarizing one or more of the key points of your speech. Putting something tangible in the audience's hands to take with them when they leave your speech is a way to help them take the message and purpose of your speech with them wherever they go next. But beyond that, as a reminder of one or more of the most salient points relayed, handouts also make the audience feel like they've just been given a free gift, a bonus for having come and sat through your speech. As such, it endears them to you even more and makes them that much more likely to recall what you've just told them.

Have fun: Just because it's humanity's number 1 fear (allegedly) it doesn't mean public speaking can't also be fun. It should be fun. Communicating to other people something you're knowledgeable and passionate about is fun, and can be enormously satisfying and gratifying. Don't view public speaking as a chore, a responsibility, or something to "get through". Think of it as an opportunity - to educate and inform, to persuade, to relate, to connect.

I trust you found these effective public speaking tips useful.