My Public Speaking Anxiety

Secondly, I think I need to improve on my transition. This is important, because it helps tie my speech together. Thirdly, I need to use more positive visualization. Before starting my speech, instead of thinking "I'm going to be terrible out there" I need to imagine myself getting tons of laughs while presenting with the

The speaker made direct eye contact at all times unless his head was moving to place emphasis on what he was saying. Further, the speaker spoke loud enough to be heard and did not require me to turn my volume up super high while struggling to hear him. Additionally, the speaker utilized a good pace. He moved slow enough for me to comprehend everything he was telling me but fast enough so that I did not get bored and distracted. Finally, the speaker alternated his pitch throughout the speech which kept my attention. Overall, besides the previously addressed issues, the delivery of the speech was great! I would, however, suggest having more time of the speech spent face to face with the speaker for a more powerful speech.

I can sympathize with the man in the video because I have had this happen to me before except I kept speaking and didn’t stop. When I watch this video I can feel how embarrassed and awkward the man is getting. When it comes down to making speeches I have apprehension, my words start to slur a little but you probably wouldn’t know until I told you. Because, it all happens in the inside my heart races really fast and it feels like I can hear everyone’s thoughts in my head. One thing from the video I would like to use for my communication skills is to focus less on the audience and deliver my information to

I think that my delivery of my persuasive speech was the best I have done all semester. I feel as if I made eye contact and keep eye contact with the audience for majority of the speech. I only used my notecards to keep me on track with the PowerPoint and I used differing facial expressions, for example when I was talking about the puppy mills I did not smile and was very serious about the concern of the puppies. I believe that my voice varied throughout my speech to bring emphasis to certain topics that I covered. I feel as if I did not gesture much during my speech, but when I did I gestured toward example

Comparing to my pervious speeches, I thought I was more confident and effective. Since we were in the small room, I made sure that the tone and volume of my voices were balanced. Moreover, throughout the speeches I used various hand gestures to help me get connect with the audience. Preparation is one the most effective way to improve in any kinds of speech. Therefore, I could have done better by practice and preparing more.

Also, there were some difficulties that came about during my speech, one of those difficulties being inadequate direct eye contact. During the length of the speech there were not many time where I looked up and talked directly to my classmates. Something I could have done better to improve this would be to practice even more to ensure that I wouldn’t need to look at my notecards and slides as often. I also could have practiced when to look up and have a successful glance at my audience to have improved eye contact.

For my own part in the speech I noticed that I was speaking at a good pace but still needed to maybe speak a bit faster. I also mispronounced a few words and used too many filler words like “umm” instead of pausing. In my visual delivery I felt like I did a good job in except my movement of my head seemed more sporadic than I remember. Even though this was a video and had no real live audience to present to, I think I did well connecting to the audience. The presentation aids that I put into the power point for was great for visualizing our ideas to the audience. I did feel that some slides had too many pictures. The video I found also made it easier for the audience to relate to the topic.

My eye contact was bettered tenfold! When looking at the grades I made for the two speeches, you can see the improvement- my Visual Directness grade for the previous speech was an eight, while my grade for the How-To Speech was a nine. While that is good, I still have plenty of room for improvement. There were so many instances when I was paying more attention to my visual aid than my audience- in fact, I noticed that when I got nervous, I would direct my attention to the paper I was working with, instead of looking at my audience. While this allowed me to regain my composure, it also I will just have to work on that next

My volume and background noise was perfect and I made sure to try and keep a smile in my voice to try and mask my nervousness! Based on the feedback of my audience, I do believe that my message was received loud and clear on the presentation. Also, the questions from the others made me feel like they thought what I was saying was very interesting. My conclusion, in my opinion, was very soft and wasn’t as strong as it needed to be. I tried to be sure that I left my audience with something to think about and try and maybe go on a scavenger hunt in their daily lives to find things that may be a skill I did not list. As with everything, I need improvement in a few areas. The use of the word “um” needs to be nonexistent! Maybe that was my anxiety and nervousness coming out? Either way, I need to eliminate the word from my vocabulary especially when presenting. Also, with my tone of voice, in a few sections, sounded like I was reading off paper. Even if I was those few times, I need to change how I read and my tone when reading. My storylines were off the topic in one section, so I need to be able to go over my presentation and outline a few times before going live to make sure I am saying everything I want to say at the appropriate

Stuttering is a fluency disorder that affects the speech of the individual (ASHA). Stuttering causes interferences in the speech that are signified as “disfluencies” (ASHA). These disfluencies may be presented in different ways. There may be repetitions of words, pauses, prolongation of words, and/or may include multiple “ums” in the speech (ASHA). These interruptions in speech may negatively affect the communication of individuals who stutter. Many times, the individuals is aware of what they want to say but is unable to accurately and appropriately verbalize the thought because of the symptoms of repetitions, prolongations and hindering of words (Blumgart, Tran, & Craig, 2010). Social Anxiety Disorder is the most common psychological impact in people who stutter. Social anxiety disorder or social phobia is a disorder where a person feels anxiety related to social interactions. (Blumgart, Tran, & Craig, 2010). Approximately 50% of people who stutter or more are known to have social anxiety disorder (Stein et al 1996). Social anxiety and phobia negatively impacts occupation, social situations, and mental health (Blumgart, Tran, & Craig, 2010). People with social anxiety disorder will have feelings of trepidation about being in social interactions (Jacobs & Anthony, Social anxiety support). Researchers explain that symptoms of social anxiety may include but not limited to “blushing, trembling, sweating, and speech block, and many individuals with social anxiety

Practice lines while doing different activities in different locations. I find to be a very important to help one get over some of the anxiety for preforming on a stage. Practicing in public and around family a feel for preforming in front of people. I also feel that this would give you an opportunity for development work.

This really helped me to find my confidence and taught me how to get rid of the nerves that comes with public speaking. There is always room to improve and through the speech classes I took throughout high school I feel like I improved in my speaking skills. One of my strengths is being good at preparation. Preparation is a very important factor in making a good speech. Knowing your audience, your topic, and knowing how to organize a speech properly is something I find to be a strength. Another strength of mine that I previously stated is knowing how to get through any nerves that I have. My weaknesses of public speaking include my newly developed stutter, talking too fast, and not speaking super clearly. With speeches I am much better at putting the speech together rather than actually giving

Your chest is tight and you feel like you’re on fire. Your chest is tight ant you’re burning up. The flash cards in your hands are crumpled from you squeezing them obsessively. You look up and see dozens of eyes staring at you, waiting expectantly. Taking a deep breath, you stumble through the speech. When it’s finally over, you practically run back to your seat, cheeks flaming bright red. You slump down, already dreading the next time you’ll have to deal with your upmost fear: public speaking.

I am bad at public speaking. This time I had to memorize and give a five-minute speech about an issue of my choice.The most talkative and outspoken students in the class did really bad and it made me think if they did bad, I would do worse. When the time came to give my speech, my heart started racing and my palms started sweating and the timer began when I started giving my speech on vegetarianism. While giving the speech, I observed my nervous symptoms decreasing instead of increasing. After I finished, I went to the teacher to get my score. I got a 95. This never happened before so I tried to understand why. I think it’s because I’ve always given speeches and presentations on things I didn’t care about because the topics were always assigned

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