The art of public speaking is not god gifted....its all about the clarity of thoughts and the art of a good control over communicating with people.....the best of speakers archived it by practicing .....
so all we got to do is get less haunted by the audience and be confident of our talent and ideas....it would come natural to us.a blunder or two would happen many a times then only we all say practice makes a man perfect.
so NEVER GIVE UP TILL YOU PERFECT THE ART OF OPENING UP BEFORE AN AUDIENCE.....NEVER GIVE UP...... This is the MANTRA.
the art of public speaking A gesture is a form of non-verbal communication in which visible bodily actions communicate conventionalized particular messages, either in place of speech or together and in parallel with spoken words. Gestures include movement of the hands, face, or other parts of the body. Gestures differ from physical non-verbal communication that does not communicate specific messages, such as purely expressive displays, proxemics, or displays of joint attention. Gestures allow individuals to communicate a variety of feelings and thoughts, from contempt and hostility to approval and affection, often together with body language in addition to words when they speak. The use of gesture as language by some ethnic groups is more common than in others, and the amount of such gesturing that is considered culturally acceptable varies from one location to the next.
- Control of the voice (inflection)
- Vocabulary, register, word choice
A vocabulary is defined as "all the words known and used by a particular person". However, the words known and used by a particular person do not constitute all the words a person is exposed to. By definition, a vocabulary includes the last two categories of this list:
- Never encountered the word.
- Heard the word, but cannot define it.
- Recognize the word due to context or tone of voice.
- Able to use the word but cannot clearly explain it.
- Fluent with the word – its use and definition.
- Speaking notes
- Use speaking notes to capture the outline of your presentation. If you write out everything you want to say, you will likely end up reading it to your audience.
- Use speaking notes to capture additional points or points of interest you want to mention.
- Put your speaking notes on index cards, instead of full sheets of paper. Index cards are easier to hold (and have less space for notes!).
- Using humor
- Developing a relationship with the audience
It's very tempting to keep focused on how you're feeling, especially if you're feeling really uncomfortable. You'll start to notice every bead of sweat.
To make your nerves work for you, you need to focus on just about anything other than yourself. You can distract yourself by paying attention to the environment in which you're speaking and seeing how you can make it work for you.
Once you're actually in front of your audience, pay attention to them. If you can, notice how people are dressed, who's wearing glasses, who has on bright colours. There will be dozens and dozens of things you can pay attention to help you trick your mind into not noticing what's going on with you.
Anything will do and you will find that the less you concentrate on how you are feeling and the more you concentrate on other things, the more confident you will feel.
Your audience can be your friend
Unless you know you're absolutely facing a hostile group of people, human nature is such that your audience wants you succeed. They're on your side!
Therefore, rather than assuming they don't like you, give them the benefit of the doubt that they do.
They aren't an anonymous sea of faces, but real people. So to help you gain more confidence when speaking in public, think of ways to engage your audience. Remember, even if they aren't speaking, you can still have a two-way conversation.
When you make an important point pay attention to the people who are nodding in agreement and the ones who are frowning in disagreement. As long as you are creating a reaction in your audience you are in charge.
Keep them awake
The one thing you don't want is for them to fall asleep! But make no mistake public speaking arenas are designed to do just that:dim lights, cushy chairs, not having to open their mouths - a perfect invitation to catch up on those zzzzs.
Ways to keep them awake include
- Ask rhetorical questions
- Maintain eye contact for a second or two with as many people as possible
- Be provocative
- Be challenging
- Change the pace of your delivery
- Change the volume of your voice
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