Friday, September 11, 2015

Public speaking: how to fail at it

The most important elements of public speaking are things that we normally do when talking to normal people. It is when we are talking to groups of people that we mess up our words, fidget and talk very fast. The way to think about public speaking is that instead of talkin to a huge group of people you are talking to one very deaf very invisible person. So it can be said that the important elements of communication with other people is the same elements of public speaking. Now maybe it's on a lesser scale but the concept is still the same. The elements therefor are your ability to speak with volume, make eye contact and talk with interest. No one would bother speaking to a very quiet person so don't speak to a group as if you were a church mouse. You won't be taken seriously if they can barely hear you and probably cut you off before your finished on accident. You gotta make eye contact as well else people will think your shy, unprepared and too cowardly to look them in the eye, it gives a bad impression. Makes you seem a tad bit shady. This applies to speaking to crowds and to one person, it doesn't make you seem very honest. But more importantly then making eye contact is to never dart your eyes around the room! You'll look like your trying to run, if you can't manage to make eye contact, stare straight ahead cause it will at least seem better. The third and most important thing to do is to speak with interest, no one likes a mono toned boring idiot. You hafta speak like this is the most exciting and interesting thing you could be talking about. Like the end of times has arrived and your trying to negotiate with the lead alien while he's shooting lazers at you. It's just polite. It makes you seem more interesting too so maybe that pretty person in the crowd will talk to you later😏. Who knows? Anything can happen when your interesting. So to recap never talk soft, never bore and look at people. This will epically help when talking to invading aliens. Last thing to talk about, I have three goals, firstly to stop getting nervous, secondly to stop my leg shaking and thirdly to be able to figure out how to speak in public. That's all for now, ttyl.

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