WHY PERFECTIONISM IN PUBLIC SPEAKING IS DANGEROUS AND HOW TO DEAL WITH IT!

Perfectionism in public speaking is aiming for the impossible! Perfect content, perfect delivery and a perfect response from the audience. Perfectionism has the potential to derail any speech and the speaker often ends up under extreme stress. Perfectionism is hence a dangerous game to play in public speaking!

7 TIPS TO DEAL WITH EMBARRASSING MISTAKES IN PUBLIC SPEAKING

Fear of making mistakes is a major source of fear of public speaking. But no matter how hard we try, we are prone to making mistakes. Mistakes happen even in big events with huge budgets and lots of planning and preparation. Think of Last night’s Oscars blunder when Warren Beatty mistakingly announced La La Land as the winner of Best Picture instead of Moonlight. Or Steve Harvey’s mistake in 2015 when he announced Miss Colombia as Miss Universe instead of Miss Philippines.

5 WAYS TO MANAGE YOUR NERVES IN PUBLIC SPEAKING

Getting nervous is not a sign that public speaking is not for you! In fact nerves have the power to propel you as a public speaker and are really helpful. In this article we discuss five ways to help you deal with your nerves. They are:
1. Change your mindset about nerves
2. Know your introduction
3. Take a few deep breaths
4. Watch what you say
5. Practice

THE MOST PRECIOUS THINGS IN SPEECH ARE THE PAUSES ~ RALPH RICHARDSON

Pauses are great for many reasons: They give the audience some time to process our ideas, they can build up the energy to delivery powerful punchlines and they act as the punctuation marks of speech. Indeed… “The most precious things in speech are the pauses”.

OUR BLOG HAS BEEN SELECTED AS NO.1 PUBLIC SPEAKING BLOG IN AUSTRALIA AND NO.36 IN THE WORLD!

We are very proud that our blog has been selected by Feedspot as number 1 public speaking blog in Australia and number 36 in the world!! This is incredible news because we only have 12 posts in our blog. That goes to show that quality not quantity is what matters after all! The hard work we have put on each blog post has paid off!

THE CREATIVE PROCESS IS NOT RATIONAL

A major obstacle in the face of creativity is critiquing your ideas while you are coming up with them. When you are coming up with new ideas you want your imagination to go wild. You don’t want to apply rational thinking and hinder the creative process. No matter how unachievable, silly or impossible an idea may be, just go with the flow. Allow it to flourish till you exhaust your imagination. That’s where the magic happens.

SEVEN TIPS TO BUILD CONFIDENCE IN PUBLIC SPEAKING

In the final part of this three part series on the importance of confidence in public speaking, we want to share with you tips and practical tools that can help you to build confidence as a public speaker. As we mentioned in part one, one thing which unites all speakers is the ongoing need for confidence.

WHY CONFIDENCE IS IMPORTANT IN PUBLIC SPEAKING

Public speaking is about conveying a message to your audience. The focus should therefore be on your audience and NOT on you as the speaker. On stage everything is amplified and not just your voice. If you are confident, this is amplified, and if you lacking in confidence this is amplified too.
Confidence in public speaking is important because it allows you as the speaker to:

7 INDICATORS OF A CONFIDENT PUBLIC SPEAKER

Anyone can look up the generic dictionary definition of confidence but in getting to the heart of what confidence is for a public speaker we want to get more practical.

Below are 7 indicators of a confident public speaker: