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Conquer Fear of Public Speaking!7 Public Speaking Survival TipsFear of public speaking is the number one fear of adults! I used to be terrified of public speaking--I even failed my speech class in college and had to take it over! Now it's natural and fun. Dry mouth, fast heart, sweaty palms, blank mind - yeah, I've been there! It's easy to have fear of public speaking. But I was never just content with overcoming fear. I wanted to be a great speaker. What I needed was a way of calming down and applying simple hypnosis techniques and strategies to talk like a pro. When I learned to relax (more of that later) I learned and applied the following four steps.
How do you become confident enough to apply the four steps? Here are some tips which are practical and haveto do with the way you think about your public presentations. These tips will also help you change the way you feel about your public talks. Tip One Breath your way to calm. When you breath out, you relax. That's why people sigh when they're stressed. Breathing in without breathing out causes hyperventilation and worsens anxiety. Just before your speech take five minutes breathing in to the count of seven and out to the count of eleven (quick count-not seconds!). On the out breath hold it a second before breathing in again. This will produce quick and lasting calm. Remember, extending the out breath calms you down. Tip Two You have a responsibility as the presenter, but relax! You don't carry all the responsibility. Presenting is a team effort. Audiences are responsible for politeness, extending their attention and attempting to learn. It's not all you-it's a meeting of two halves. Never mind how they judge you. How do you judge them? Tip Three Use metaphor and stories. We all experience life metaphorically. The most technical, logical person spends at least two hours a night dreaming! Talk detail if necessary but present patterns with metaphors. People from 4 to 104 love stories. Use them. Tip four Captivate attention by using words that evoke all the senses. Describe how things look, sound, feel, smell and taste. Paint pictures and sensations in their minds with your words. Tip Five Vary your voice tonality and speed of delivery. Keep them alert and engaged. Convey energy when need be and slow down when you need to 'draw them in close.' You are the conductor to their orchestra. And pepper your talk with humour. Your willingness to be funny shows personal confidence and confidence is contagious. Tip Six Tell them what they are going to hear or learn, what they are currently hearing and then conclude by what they have heard. Sell your sizzle! Tip Seven Watch and learn from other great speakers until compelling, relaxed speaking is a part of you. Rehearse positively. You need to rehearse how you're going to feel as well as what you are going to present. Don't think about your forthcoming presentation while you are feeling nervous. This creates an instinctive association between fear and presenting. This natural negative self-hypnosis is very common with nervous speakers. Hypnotically rehearse your speech while feeling relaxed. This produces the right 'blueprint' in your mind. In fact, when you do this enough times it actually becomes hard to be nervous! All great speakers know how to use great self-hypnotic rehearsal. Hypnosis changes attitudes and can bring emotion under control. I use hypnosis to change my attitude about and lose my fear of public speaking. Now I just can't get nervous whether it's 50 or 500 people. The world needs great communicators. Go for it! Cure Your Fear of Public Speaking at Hypnosis Downloads.com Article by Mark Tyrrell of HypnosisDownloads.com Return to mp3 downloads from fear of public speaking
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