Re:The road to being a kick-ass public speaker
by fakelvis on Tuesday April 12, 2011 @01:41AM
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Step 0: Practice public speaking
The single best way to become a "kick-ass" public speaker is to speak in public more often. Deliberate practice.
All the tips in the world won't help if you don't get up in front of an audience and practice just that: being in front of an audience and speaking to them.
How can you do this? Toastmasters (http://www.toastmasters.org/) is a fantastic group to join and is available all over the world. I swear by it and so do my friends who have also joined (I went from a nervous public speaker who dreaded the thought of public speaking to a nervous public speaker who _loves_ getting in front of an audience).
The single best way to become a "kick-ass" public speaker is to speak in public more often. Deliberate practice.
All the tips in the world won't help if you don't get up in front of an audience and practice just that: being in front of an audience and speaking to them.
How can you do this? Toastmasters (http://www.toastmasters.org/) is a fantastic group to join and is available all over the world. I swear by it and so do my friends who have also joined (I went from a nervous public speaker who dreaded the thought of public speaking to a nervous public speaker who _loves_ getting in front of an audience).