How to overcome speech phobia?

1, insist that keynote do it by itself.

Although there are many experts in keynote in the company, I always make my own keynote in my speech. The advantage of this is that I can sort out the logic and structure of the whole speech, and what I say will be very layered. When you know every page of the slide like the back of your hand, you can always come back even if you forget the words.

Many speakers don't even know what they wrote in their keynote speeches. They keep looking back or at the inscription machine, and then they find that their content is getting farther and farther away from the content on the slide, and they feel that they have forgotten the words, so they are nervous.

In other words, isn't it asking for nervousness to let someone who doesn't even know what the topic is?

2. Write a verbatim draft:

Before each speech, I will write down everything I want to say and do when I go on stage, and mark the time of action, stress, gesture and interaction.

By doing so, firstly, I can know what I want to say, what I want to convey and what the audience needs to remember when I speak on the stage. Second, I can consider whether my words are colloquial enough, whether I am comfortable speaking, whether I am close to my truest state, and whether my language habits are conducive to saying what I want to say in my most familiar and instinctive way when I forget my words on the spot.

3. Read the word-for-word draft aloud:

For a two-hour small speech, my preparation time is about 20 hours, that is, three days (usually this kind of speech is rare): doing keynote+ writing verbatim for about four hours, and the rest time is completely practice.

In this process, I will find some words uncomfortable and some concepts unclear, so I will constantly adjust and modify them until I feel that I can read them once (with body movements and emotions, of course) and there will be no problem.

Therefore, adequate preparation has become an important condition for a relaxed speech. When you learn the speech by heart, the rest may be eagerly awaited!

4, query and read all kinds of background information, find something interesting to do emergency preparedness (this point will be introduced in detail later).

Second, how to ease the nervous mood when coming to power:

Practice has proved that it is completely useless to take a deep breath and tell jokes under the stage! Yes! Use! Yes!

So what needs to be adjusted is: mentality! Is to face the audience's mentality!

Most speakers think that the audience in the audience is the judges, so when a person faces a trial, of course, he will be nervous.

When I give a speech, I look at the audience for nothing (I think they will be fired tomorrow): they don't know anything, don't know what I'm going to say, and don't know what I'm saying. Of course, I can also make my domineering opening with a suspenseful attitude: Hello everyone, here I come again.

It doesn't matter if you forget your words on stage. You can start like this, well, hello everyone. I just made a difficult decision: I decided to get on this podium. I was particularly nervous when I was just under the stage. In fact, I found myself even more nervous when I came up. I think it is necessary to give me a little applause, so maybe I won't be nervous. (Just use the usual tone, not particularly loudly)

The above paragraph is all nonsense, but it can give you enough time to remember what you really want to say. After the applause, say thank you and start the speech.

Third, the tension caused by forgetting words in the middle:

Many times, I will forget the words halfway (of course, I have an inscription machine), so what should I do at this time?

Very simple, I will say: this is actually just one of the topics I want to express today, so I can't wait to share it with you. Please look at the big screen (action: press the computer or page turning pen to display the next slide).

Here is an important tip: unless you are sure that the speech will not get stuck, it is recommended that all the subtitles of the speech be written on the slide. So you can read it (of course, this is the worst choice).

As I said before, I need to consult the background information and stories related to the speech content, which is aimed at this piece.

When speaking, if you are nervous, you can tell a short story related to the content, only about the process of searching for information and the content of the information, and don't say much. When the story is finished, say, well, get down to business. Continue the following speech and give the audience and themselves a chance to relax and breathe.

Fourth, proper body language on the stage can relieve tension:

In addition to forgetting words, fear of the audience will also become another factor causing tension. At this time, you can learn from Jobs.

Take a walk and add your own gestures, sometimes without looking at the audience. Looking at the ground can calm yourself down and think about what to say in the future. It doesn't matter if there are some pauses.

When talking about the key points, you can deliberately pause for 3-5 seconds, on the one hand, to emphasize, on the other hand, to let yourself think about what to say later.

5. What if it is completely inconsistent with what I wrote in my speech?

Some friends forgot their speech, remembered half of it, and found that it was completely different from the previous preset, so they began to be nervous.

I don't think this tension is necessary at all:

As I said before, the revision of the verbatim draft must follow your most authentic and instinctive style, so that if you forget the words in the middle, you can round them yourself. When you speak more than half in your own style, the word-for-word manuscript is no longer important.

Go on, whatever is in the file, it should be lying in the recycle bin.

Finally:

I want to tell friends who are interested in practicing oral English well: don't care too much about other people's feelings. It is king to speak frankly first. You must have your own style. Don't imitate, don't look at cases, practice more. One day you will be an excellent speaker!