Re:Public speaking for introverts
by tomjen3 on Tuesday September 19, 2017 @01:32PM
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If you have fear of public speaking, google toastmasters + your city. I have seen many first time speakers and trust me many are quite nervous in the beginning - but it is quite a safe environment, open to new people and nobody laughs (unless you are trying to do a comedy speech).
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That's good advice - I know at least one person for who Toastmasters has been quite transformative (beyond just improving his public speaking).
But a clause needs to be added: "If you have fear of public speaking and you want to overcome it"
The last part is crucial. Just because public speaking is temporarily in fashion in some business circles no more means we all have to do it than we all had to eat fondue in the '70's, or grow beards now (OK that's heading towards passéland). Public speaking is fine, but it's just one of thousands of human activities you may or may not wish to do. You might choose to learn to ride a motorcycle instead. Or leap off burning buildings. Whatever your thing is.