3 Tips to be a Better Public Speaker
Dennis Rebelo, Ph.D.
Chief Learning Officer | Professor | CEO Advisor | Keynote Speaker | Author of Story Like You Mean It
Did you know that it's estimated that 75% of the population has a fear of public speaking? Some have slight anxiety and for?others it can be a full-on panic attack. These three tips should?alleviate some of that stress because by the end of this article you'll know how to have an engaged audience that's listening throughout.
?1. Intention
Know your intention. Know what you’re trying to get out of this speaking moment. Are you trying to teach something? Motivate the crowd? Present yourself as an expert on the subject??
2. Know your audience
When presenting you have to know who you’re presenting to. Each crowd will dictate different terms. Your tonality, vocabulary, length of speech and topic choice will change depending on who you’re talking to.?
Some questions to ask are:?
3. Know your thin slice
People will unfortunately judge us. They will have a preconceived notion of who we are by just looking at us. In my case I’m often wearing a bow tie and I have a Dr. in front of my full name so people know I have a Ph.D. People might assume “Oh he’s a white privileged dude who’s never worked a day in his life.”?
I have to go back in time and tell a story of my Portuguese family so that I could reframe and shatter the mis-slice of me so that they understand the real me. Building that credibility and respect with the audience is essential in getting your message across and opening the ears of your listeners.
Amazon Operations Management, UR '23
2 年That's a helpful article and interesting questions to ask before any speech. As for the fear, I think nothing makes you more calm before public speaking than just experience. Speaking publicly regularly shows better than anything else that people in most cases want to listen. They want it so even is the person speaking makes some mistakes they won't notice them as much as the speaker may assume they would.
International Speaker and Podcast Host
2 年Well done ??
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2 年This has to be irony, I just accepted your invite to join the group as I was reading about fear of public speaking or F. E. A. R. False Evidence Appearing Real. #timingiseverything