Public
Speaking and Confidence
If all agree on
something we feel is most afraid to go to the public. All
the studies point to the same effect: we are afraid of
ridicule, and in Usa we are very afraid of making fools
of ourselves. The best way to overcomethis, is with
practice, and think that we are heading a group of
friends. Not all speakers are great, but if we can be
very entertaining and effective speakers, if we get our
message in a warm, clear and effective way.
To achieve our
goal, we can provide some basic guidelines to
consider:
1. We must know
when the public start to become uninterested, and even
improvise. If we see that the public is getting bored, we
can try to shorten the speech.
2. That is what
we mean and convey. Be clear about the purpose of the
speech and its key points, to get the message and that is
clearly understandable by the public.
3. How do arrive.
We must "interpret" the role of convincing the public to
create and receive the message. We must learn to capture
their attention and keep it. One way to improve our
public discourse is practicing in front of the mirror,
recorded with a tape and listen with friends who can make
critical comments, and so on. But do not forget the
greatest hero: the voice. We must take care of the pitch
(module and direct voice), tone (light and relaxed), the
volume (or low, not hear anything, not screaming, or
screetching to the public), pace (do not speak very
slowly, or fast as if wanting to finish as soon as
possible) and vocalization (pronounced correctly, it
means better). Avoid pauses, stuttering, repetitions,
hesitations and elongation of words (eh, etc).
