Spc 1608 Speaking With Confidence

Currently, if I were to rank my comfortability in speaking in front of the class, I would say it would be a 4 out of 10. I know many people would think it would be higher, but the fact of the matter is I have an anxiety when it comes to public speaking. Being an extroverted personality often leads people to believe I would have no problem speaking in public, but when the spotlight is on, it is an entirely different story. The moment I know I must get up in front of a group of people, I start to feel dread, my stomach goes into knots, my heart starts to race, and my palms get clammy. I always try to be the first speaker so that these feelings of dread can disappear sooner than later. Ironically, after I finish speaking (assuming it went well) I feel a sense of accomplishment. There is a remarkable sense of pride that comes with effectively communicating to your peers and being well received.

I have always been nervous when speaking in groups even small groups. However, I learned that the more I practice the easier it will be to present in front of large crowds. I learned that by taking deep breathes during my speech I can slow down my pace when speaking. In addition, taking deep breathes helped slow down my heart rate which helped me avoid becoming nervous. I also learned that if I want to be heard I must speak louder. Also, I must speak with a stronger tone. By learning these methods, I have learned how to communicate with others

This public speaking course has taught me alot by helping me to become a better person and by growing me into something I never thought I could be.Speaking out loud always made me nervous, even when I was just reading a sentence from a book to some of my closest friends. Even though we are not even halfway through the school year, I have learned and improved so much. One of the first things this class had taught me was all about body language and how to present yourself to make an impression. Little things that we do can make us seem small, such as slouching, crossing our arms and legs, and looking at the ground, while others make us appear big, for instance, stretching, sitting up straight, and taking up alot space. Properly presenting yourself is important and can make a big difference in your life, whether it is for a job interview, meeting new people, or speaking in front of your peers. I have also learned to control and overcome my nervous habits, for example, playing with my hair, rocking back and forth, and moving my hands. Habits like these show the audience that you are nervous and it may turn their attention away from your speech and onto your actions. The audience-speaker relationship was also a great thing to learn. This relationship shows cause and effect, for example, when you lose the attention of your audience you may begin to second guess yourself leaving you to becoming nervous and self conscious. You then may start to panic and your speech may become a

I think they lose their fear of speaking because they become more comfortable with being seen publically. I also think that after the first impression, things get more comfortable for them. They can get more involved with the audience, and start to focus on the speech instead of having to think about the fact that they are about to speak in front of many people. Once they are on a role with speaking, they will start to relax and interact with the audience and realize the audience wants to be there and to listen to what the speaker has to offer.

What you need to know is that there is a physical reason for our feeling frightened when put into a position to speak in public. That reason is our body's perception that speaking in front of others is a "threatening situation" that demands the over-creation of adrenalin.

Throughout my life, I've always been afraid whenever I had to speak in front of a large group of people. Whether it'd be a participating in classroom or talking to a group of acquaintances, whenever the thought of speaking in front of that many people came in I immediately get anxious as if I'd embarrass myself by saying something wrong and getting laughed at sometimes. But all of that changed when I decided to overcome my anxiety by joining the debate society. Initially I embarrassed myself many times, sometimes by forgetting to say all the content I came up when anxiety stroke me at the moment my time to give a speech came, or by making embarrassing mistakes in my speech. But my willing to never give up and learning from my mistakes to make

After completing the Personal Report of Public Speaking Anxiety(PSA) and the Communication Apprehension Quiz(CAQ), the results of my scores were both in the moderate level of anxiety range. However, when comparing the two separate assessments of speaking anxiety, it is apparent that the PSA assessment focused its questions on delivering only speeches, whereas the CAQ focused on several different conditions in which one may be communicating. The CAQ writers placed emphasis on simple group discussions, talking at meetings, and delivering speeches.

-The fear of public speaking; something normal but that can be fixed. The attitude you need to have that can help you overcome your fear (where to look at where you are making your speech, how to deal with errors, etc…)

Stage fright can be one of the most embarassing occurences for a person trying to be as professional as possible. Displaying a lack of presentation skills is detrimental in many job areas and can seriously inhibit a person's integrity. Not only that, but issues with stage fright can be exceptionally difficult to face. Personally, I have struggled with giving effective speeches for most of my academic career, and though I have improved, it is still a problem I have not yet fully mastered.

My anxiety score is 134 and the rating is very high. As the questions in the test were very relatable to my own past public speaking experiences, I believe that the number is correct. For me, public speaking anxiety is a behavior and feelings formed from lacking confidence and fear of failure. Everyone can suffer from this anxiety. As being fluent in a public presentation is one of the successful keys in life, this anxiety has involved with discomfort and vexation in one’s life. Fortunately, like many other mental behaviors, this anxiety can be fixed. I both experience two types of performance anxiety, physiological and psychological. For instances, whenever I perform in public, my hand and my leg would tremble and my mind would be filled with

I can feel the heat rise to my cheeks almost as soon as I utter the first syllable. I can see everyone looking no, staring, at me from all across the room. Just completely pulling me apart from top to bottom, judging me on the most trivial things like, I don’t know, my outfit for crying out loud. Which it of course took me an hour to pick out that morning. Knowing I’ve done this so many times before, I try to take a deep breath to relieve the color from my face and the nervous tick from my fingers. I’ve always had a problem with public speaking, or anything that had to do with me and the general public, really, so feeling this way wasn’t much of a surprise.

Public speaking is so much more than just a speech. It can take the form of a presentation, a sermon, training, an interview, a debate, and many others. No matter the method of delivery or the intended purpose (i.e., to educate, inform, persuade, or entertain), a connection with the audience must be established for to be successful. There is no better way to connect then to be authentic and vulnerable for ultimately this shows that you are in fact human. “Vulnerability is essential for connection between human beings,” (Moussavi-Bock, 2011).

I’ve always felt that public speaking is something that has come pretty natural to me. It was throughout high school and again in college that I realize not everyone felt the same way. I found that many people often dread public speaking. In college, it was really exemplified this first semester when I heard that many people had to take a course called Communications 103, which primarily focuses on writing and giving speeches. It didn’t take this course this semester, so all I knew about it was what I had heard through my peers. Some had a similar outlook on public speaking and said they didn’t mind having to give speeches, but others nearly had panic attacks leading up to them. It was this mixed opinion on speeches that made me question why this happens, if there is a way to alleviate the fear, and if a fear of public speaking is an actually thing.

In high school I wanted to try something crazy. I wanted to step out of my comfort zone and really push my boundaries. I was involved in a health occupations club for future medical students and at the end of the year we would go to a conference and compete in an event. We could choose any event we wanted, and since I was an introvert, I would always choose the event without any public speaking. I decided my junior year it was time for a change and I would finally chose an event with public speaking. I had a partner so it wasn’t as terrifying, but I had social anxiety so for me it was still horrific. I never considered the psychology behind why public speaking was such a nightmare for me. I never thought my race, gender, age, and personality were all working against me.

First of all, to overcoming the fear of public speaking, is to prepare. Know your topic and research about it. Get more information about the topic and make sure to understand it thoroughly. There are many different sources that you can get information such as websites, online news or books from the library. After reading the material, get a piece of paper and try to write down everything you have research into that paper by your own word. Carefully organized the information that you will present includes video, audio, data. The more organized you are, the less worry you will be. By being organized, it will help summarize your major point. Also, you will open your brain to more concepts of the subjects matter and familiarize yourself