How do you overcome stage fright. it is so ard for me speaking in front of a crowd?

How do you overcome stage fright. It is so ard for me speaking in front of a crowd Asked by martisha3110 15 months ago Similar questions: overcome stage fright ard speaking front crowd Business > Public Speaking.

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Join Toastmasters. It's cheap and people are friendly. Aspx.

Love hearing the sound of your voice. "play" with it over the whole room. Own the space in the room between your voice and the audience's ears and brains.

Even the echos resonate with you. Own it. Own it all.

Don't worry that you're not good enough. There've been speakers that sound like a bathroom drain enclosed with the contents of a dump heap, and people endure THEM. Surely they'll find somethiung more attractive in you.

And that's another copmponant. Remember that at least a significant fraction of the audience will find you or something about you to be attractive and appealing. Don't let them down.

Let them see it.

IT has always been hard to me too, but I was told to do one of two things.... look out into the crowd and find one or two people who are smiling at you or are listening intently and try to focus on those folks or ...look at the crowd and imagine they are all naked! One of those should work ...oh, and it also helps me to breathe in deeply a couple of times and sometimes I will even tell them I am nervous and for some reason that seems to help me.

It's normal to have stage fright. The best way to overcome it is through preparation. Practice with friends and family is helpful.

Get absorbed in your material - think and feel everything you say and play. If you screw up on stage don't tip off the audience. Only a few noticed and probably the rest don't mind.

If you treat the mistake as insignificant they will treat it similarly.

You need to stand your ground and not feel intimidated by people. You are just as important as anyone else. Go up with an attitude of " I'm here now.

I have something to say, so listen up! " Focus on what your saying, not about the people hearing it. You're a strong, proud woman and you have something to do and you're going to darn well do it!

Otherwise you are allowing yourself to feel intimidated and embarrassed by people you don't even know or care about. Don't let them take your sense of self authority. You have to take it back and keep it."I am woman hear me roar" ha....You kind of have to get an attitude going for yourself.

You own where ever you stand. Claim it. Enjoy it and have fun with it.

Let it energize you, not deplete you. Good luck! You go girl!

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Knowing or having a command of the material you plan to present helps. Practice speaking in front of the mirror many times, always looking yourself directly at yourself. Com.

Practice, practice. If you have a friend or two who'll listen to your talk and evaluate it, that's a good start. Know your material, believe in what you are promoting, get involved and forget yourself, the message is more important than you at that moment.

Learn to do some deep, relaxed breathing to calm your nerves. Pray! I know of a priest who would turn on the radio very loud on a Saturday afternoon and give his sermon that way.

He said it helped him to concentrate on what he was saying and not be distracted by outside noises. It will also be practice for developing your voice, called 'projection'. ;-) .

Looking for "101 Secret Tips to Sucessful Public Speaking" a book.

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