Public Speaking Tips, Quotes and Definition revealed!

Definition of Public Speaking: 

Fear of Public Speaking

It is the Process of speaking  to a group of people. The main objective is transmitting information or message to motivate and influence people.

Fear of Public Speaking :

Below are some of tips which removes the fear of public speaking. 

Select the Topic, Plan and Prepare your Speech depending on the purpose, audience and occassion. Fully Make use of  Visual Aids like Drawings, Charts, graphs, Photographs, Multimedia, PowerPoint Slides, Video, Audio, etc,. in Preparation and keep it simple. Be Enthusisastic, Honest and Sincerely Practice Practice.... Practice your speech with your friends.

"Your Purpose is to make your audience see what you saw, hear what you heard, feel what you felt. Relevant detail, couched in concrete, colorful language, is the best way to recreate the incident as it happened and to picture it for the audience."
                          -Dale Carnegie.

1. ORGANISE your speech into three basic parts:

   INTRODUCTION: In this Part Know your audience and Analyze Carefully what they are interested in and what they like to hear from you. Be confident and caught the attention of the audience by thoroughly introducing yourself ( by telling a joke, making a loud noise, use of Quotation, etc,) starting with the purpose and its importance.

   MAIN SPEECH: In this part convey your message to the audience and discuss the main points(MOVE from one point to another in a smooth and Logical Fashion) by providing supporting details,facts and examples,. Use Pause when telling important point but Don't try to spend much time on a particular one.

  CONCLUSION: Your conclusion should be very clear and provides a sense of satisfaction to the listeners/audience.

2. Display Positive Body language, while speaking maintain Good Posture that reflects your confidence. Have a Genuine Smile on your face. Maintain Seriousness when required.Keep your head up. Don't look down.Display Good Gestures. Dress Properly related to the Occassion to gain good impression.

3. Be Yourself and Don't try to imitate others.

4. Prepare Speech with out Grammatical mistakes and use right pronunciation.

5. Make Use of Proper Vocabulary.

Effective Public Speaking Skills is an asset; possessing those boosts your Professional Career and also helps you develop as a person.

Public Speaking Quotes:

 1. Make sure you have finished speaking before your audience has finished listening.
                                                                                                          -Dorothy Sarnoff

2. "The human Brain starts working the moment you are born and never stops until you stand up to speak in public."
          -Sir George Jessel
3. A good speech should be like a woman's skirt: long enough to cover the subject and short enough to create interest.
          -Winston Churchill

4. "There are three things to aim at in public speaking: first, to get into your subject, then to get into your subject, then to get your subject into yourself, and lastly, to get your subject into the heart of your audience.
                                                                                                                            -Alexander Gregg.


5. "You can speak well if your tongue can deliver the message of your heart.
                                                                                                 -John Ford

6. "Death is the number two fear that people have and public speaking is the first.
                                                                                                    -Sidney Sheldon

7. "Public Speaking is the art of Diluting a two-minute idea with a Two-Hour Vocabulary."
                                                                                                        -John Fitzgerald Kennedy

8. "Intellectual tradition is male. Public Speaking is done in the public tongue and the language of our tribe is the men's language. Of course Women learn it. We are not dumb. If you can tell Margaret Thatcher from Ronald Reagan, or Indira Gandhi from General Somoza, by anything they say, tell me how. This is a man's world, so it talks a man's language.
                            -Ursula K.Leguin.

9. There are certain things in which Mediocrity is not to be endured, such as poetry, music, painting, Public Speaking.
           -Jean de la Bruyere

10. "What I do when Speaking in Public is trying to do it as best as possible and trying to make everybody comfortable with my words. Sometimes getting this is very difficult, but I try my best."
                                                                                                        -Andres Iniesta.

11. "Fearless Presentations is outstanding. I am more confident now than ever before. It offers great presentation techniques and public speaking tips that are easy to implement."
                                                                                        -Keeley Searkess

12. "The most precious things in speech are the Pauses."
                                                                 -Ralph Waldo Emerson

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-Article on public Speaking Written by Veera