How to be Confident in Public Speaking.
Public speaking is a skill that develops confidence in you. It makes you a more social and highly acceptable person. Being confident in public speaking is a great skill that helps you to be a renowned public speaker.
Speaking in front of thousands of people is not an easy task altogether. But once you acquire this skill and become a confident speaker, public speaking will be fun for you.
Without learning and practising, you can never be a good public speaker. This skill is hundred per cent practical.
Thinking about something and speaking about this to a friend is not the same as speaking in front of thousands of people.
A great speaker sees the audience as his source of motivation. But a beginner becomes discouraged in front of so many people.
Here I will talk about some secrets that would help beginners to be great and confident public speakers.
Let’s start from scratch.
How to prepare a speech that sounds confident.
You will fail in your public speaking if your speech does not sound confident. The speech you are going to deliver should sound confident and informative. You have to think creatively to make your speech highly preferable to the audience.
When your topic is unique or a well-known topic but with a new dimension and different attitudes, it grabs the attention of your audience.
Here I will discuss the top 5 tips that will help you to make a unique and confident speech.
1. Learn More About The Topic.
You look confident and feel confident when you know about something well. Knowledge is power and this is the most powerful weapon.
It is the knowledge regarding blogging that makes you a confident blogger.
Related: How to build confidence for good.
The more you learn, your mind opens a new door to you. You need to have sound knowledge about your topic so that you can touch on every point regarding the topic.
Moreover, you need to gather information related to your subject.
Suppose you want to deliver a speech on ‘how to start a blog that helps you to be financially free‘. Always remember you should never skip the basic steps.
Here your speech will sound informative and confident if you know the following topic well
- What are blogging and its future?
- How to start a blog(Different blogging platforms, hosting and domain buying guide, Managing a blog(structure, security and optimization) )
- What is SEO and how does it work? (Technical SEO, OFF page SEO, ON page SEO, keyword research)
- How do get more engagement? (different social media platforms, forum websites)
- How to earn from this? (Google Adsense, Sponsorship, Affiliate marketing, Freelancing)
- How you can convert your blog into a business?
When you have complete knowledge regarding something and your mind is open, you feel confident within.
So, learn as much as possible about your topic, it will end up making your speech confident.
2. Think You Can.
What you think, you become.
If you think you could never be a great public speaker, you will be the so. On the other hand, if you utter to yourself that you have the qualities to be the greatest public speaker, nothing could stop you.
Words are the most powerful and they can change even reality.
The words you use hold immense power; power to fuel your confidence and ambition and power to make you feel depressed and inadequate, power to make you happy and successful and power to make you fail and unhappy.
So, when you think you can do it, it holds the energy to make it happen.
Don’t underestimate the power of words that you say to yourself in front of your mirror. It holds the power to change your attitude towards life.
When you think big, your mind makes everything possible. Then you will see
the magic of thinking big.
3. Create An Imaginary Stage Before You.
Before speaking in front of hundreds of audience, just practice it alone. Close your eyes and create an imaginary stage and think that you are on the stage and speaking in front of so many people.
Once you do it, you get benefitted numerously,
- Firstly, you feel confident.
- You see the weak points of your speech and can correct them later.
- You get motivated.
- You see different angles of your talk.
4. Public Speaking Course.
You can enrol on a public speaking course to enhance your confidence. Here you will get systematic guides and exposure to practice.
You can learn more in less time. Here you can learn the greatest lessons from the experts who might have spent five years or ten years learning it. It saves you time to learn more. Here you get the environment to practice with others.
Smarts are those who learn from their mistakes but the smartest learn from the mistakes of others. As a result, it saves your time and can learn more things in a shorter time.
So, it’s highly effective to make your speech sounds more striking and unique.
5. Practice, Practice and Practice.
It does not matter how much you know about something, it’s how much experience you have regarding that topic.
Without practising something you can never know the exact entity of that thing.
The more you practice, the more you make mistakes and when you learn from your mistakes, you grow quickly.
So, practice your speech in front of the mirror, before your friends’ circle and in your mind to feel more confident and more attractive.
Just practice! practice! practice.
How to be Confident in Public Speaking(while speaking).
Now your speech is ready to deliver and you are on the stage. But till now you are not confident enough about it.
So, let’s come to see 6 important tricks that can make you confident instantly.
1. Stand Straight and Take a Deep Breath.
Before entering the stage, take a deep breath. As you take a breath, it makes your mind conscious and gives you confidence.
And then stand straight looking at your audience. When you stand straight, your spinal cord is straight and it balances the blood circulation and makes you feel courageous.
You can pass a smile to engage your audience instantly. Laughter is the best medicine.
When you stand straight, look at your audience and hold a smile on your face, the audiences become relaxed and more engaging.
2 Create an Instant Engagement.
To be a good speaker, you have to align your thoughts with your audience as soon as possible.
Firstly you can start passing a smile on your face or asking a question to your audience.
For example, if you are going to speak about blogging, then first ask the audience,
‘Are all excited to learn the secrets of blogging and making a surplus amount of money? Yes or no?’
Some may say yes or no. With their reactions, you are successful in making an engagement instantly.
3. Walk Around the Stage.
If you are on a stage where you can move freely, then leverage it. Don’t stand straight as it does not look confident. When you move on the stage, the audience notices you and your confidence.
It makes you more confident and helps you to be engaged with them effectively.
Walking around the stage is the best tip for beginners. When you walk around the stage, you see the different types of audiences and their attitude which helps you to feel more courageous.
If you want to take a break or remember your speech, then you can ask the audience are your voice reaching the left corner of the stage.
In this case, you get time to remember your speech and can take a short break also.
4. Use Gestures to Emphasise Points.
Your physical gestures talk more about your personality. It also shows your confidence level and enthusiasm for the topic.
When you use gestures, you can easily grab the attention of the audience. They become conscious and find it more interesting to listen.
You can point out something with your index finger or speak while staring at your audience.
The more engaged you are with your audience, the more charming and confident speaker you are.
5. Open Your Mind as it is.
Whatever you are thinking just express them as it is. Don’t use any filter to refine your thoughts.
Don’t use any notes or documents during your speech. It makes your speech dull.
When you look at your notes, you are disengaged from your audience immediately. Now you are not speaking something confidently but repeating something.
When there is repetition, there’s no newness. You feel more confident when you see your speech gives some unique insights that benefit the audience.
You have to surprise your audience with your creative thoughts as if they are hearing them for the first time.
You have to think innovatively and creatively to provide your audience with new values and insights
6. Sense of Humour.
Your sense of humour makes you the most attractive and courageous speaker. If you are good at making fun, you will end up being a great orator.
Everybody loves to giggle and a sense of humour is the best quality of a good speaker. Sometimes you might need to laugh at yourself but it also makes you confident and increase your engagement with your audience.
So, what’s your story in the field of public speaking? Are you a famous speaker or just a beginner?
Let me know in the comment section.
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