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Publicspeakingisalearnedskill,developedmuchlikeotherskills,suchasplayingthepianoorpainting:
overtime,withpracticeandsomeguidance.However,becauseoffear,weoftenavoidlearningopportunities,choosingtofleeratherthanconfrontthechallenge.
Iunderstandthis.Avoidancewasmymodusoperandi.
WhenIwasincollege,Imanipulatedmyclassscheduletoavoidpublicspeakingencounters.Theonemandatoryspeechclassbecameanexerciseinrotememorization.
IpracticedmyfirstspeechsomuchIcouldsaythewordsautomaton-like,asifIhadturnedintoarobotwhilewalkingtothefrontoftheclassroom.IwassonervousgivingthatfirstspeechthatwhenIfinished,Ididnotrememberactuallysayingthewords.
Astheyspilledfrommymouth,itwasasclosetoanout-of-bodyexperienceIhopetoeverhave.Isurvivedthatspeech–youwilltoo–graduatedandstartedmycareer,apromisingjobinfinance.
Still,Iavoidedpublicspeaking.Asamanagementtraineeinalargecompany,Ioftenfoundmyselfaroundtheconferencetableamongagroupofunfamiliarfaces.Whenitcametimetosimplyintroduceourselvesaroundtheroom,Iwouldstarttosweat.Itsoundssostraightforward,sosimple:
“I’msoandso.”Whywasitsohardtospeakup?
Asitturnsout,Iwasnottheonlyonearoundthattablesweating.AGallupPollsurveyshowedthat40percentofU.S.respondentsfearspeakinginfrontofanaudience.Specificphysiologicalsymptomsaccompanythisfeelingofanxiety:
sweating,shakingkneesandhands,quiveringvoice,flushing,rapidheartbeatandnausea.
ThoughIdidn’tfeelsoatthetime,Iwasluckywhen,aspartofmyjobtraining,Iwas“stronglyencouraged”tojoinaToastmastersclub,somethingIwouldneverhavedoneonmyown.Myfirstspeechservedtoopenmymouthand,moreimportant,ithelpedtoopenmyeyes.Inwhatseemedtobealifetimeofafive-minutespeech,Isaid“ah”or“um”33times.Youmayfindthathardtobelieve,asIdid,butthemostastonishingpartwasthat
Imyselfhadnotheardasingleoneofthem.
Today,manyyearsandspeecheslater,seldomutteringan“er”or“ah,”IcanlaughwhileIstillcringeatthatlong-agomemory.AlthoughIstillgetnervous–yes,everytime–Ihavelearnedtocontrolthosebutterflies,justasyoucan.
AsWalterCronkitesaid,“It’snaturaltohavebutterflies.Thesecretistogetthemtoflyinformation.”Here’show:
Alwayslookforsubjectmatter
–majorideasthatyoucandevelopintoaspeechandminoronesthatfitintoalargertheme.Noticedetails.Noticelifeandcircumstancesaround
you.Forexample,photographerRonTarverwascoveringNewYork’sAfrican-AmericanDayParade.Hewroteabouthow,whilehewasstuckintraffic,awomanturnedtohimandsimplyasked,“Aretherereallyblackcowboys?
”Tarverwrote,“Fromthatpointon,Ihadastorytotell.”
Chooseasubjectyoucareabout
thatispersonaltoyoubuthasauniversaltheme.Personalstoriescancarryapowerfulbutcommonmessage.Abreastcancersurvivortoldofherexperienceinaspeechtoco-workers.Sheemphasizednotonlythemedicalaspectsofthediseasebut,morehelpfultotheaudience,whatfriendsand
familycoulddotohelp,suchascookamealorofferaridetosomeonerecentlydiagnosedwithcancer.
Evenifyoucannotchoosethetopic,personalizeit.
Makeyourspeechinterestingtoyouandchancesareitwillbeinterestingtoyouraudienceaswell.Sayyouaregivingafinancialreport;
comparethenetincometohowmanyHawaiivacationsyoucouldbuywiththe
moneyearned.
BeforeSpeechDay
Preparationgoesalongwaytoeasethosepre-speechjitters.Justasyouwouldnotexpectalargeweddingtohappenwithoutproperplanningandorganizing,agoodspeechneedsattentionfaraheadofthedayoftheevent.
Startearly.
Assoonasyouknowyouhavetogiveapresentation,startworkingonit.Thisisnotimeforprocrastination.Thinkaboutyourmessage.Getideasdownonpaper,evenifitisonlyaroughdraft.
Ifit’seasier,startwithanoutline.
Organizeyourspeechinalogicalsequence,
suchasfollowingatimeline.Notonlywillyoubeabletorememberitbetter,theaudiencewillbeabletofollowiteasier.Havingalogicalpathtofollowwillhelpalleviatethefearofforgettingyourspeech.ResearchersattheUniversityofManitobafoundthatofrespond