Public speaking can be a rewarding experience that allows
individuals to showcase their skills or knowledge in a public
forum. Public speaking opportunities can allow an individual to
help enrich the lives of anyone in the audience by impressing
experiences or information that can have life changing qualities.
That being said, many individuals suffer extreme shyness or
nervousness when faced with public speaking situations.

These situations can range from large audiences of hundreds or
thousands of participants to rooms with a few people present.

Regardless of the situation, ensuring you have the proper level
of public speaking self confidence will aid you remarkably in
this foray.

When it comes to public speaking, possessing self confidence is a
must. If you find your self confidence low or nonexistent, the
best way to boost it up is to practice, practice, practice.

Individuals with high self confidence have an ingrained sense
that they can handle any and all situations, regardless who is
watching or listening.

These individuals are well versed in their specific subject
matter and have a good idea of how they are going to present
the information so that the audience will have the greatest
understanding. Additionally, these individuals are capable
of fielding questions on their particular subject and
can explain the topic on several different levels.

If you find yourself unable to do this, begin preparing for
your public speaking opportunity at once.

Ensure your knowledge in the topic is high and seek out to
learn as much as you can.

This knowledge will help you indefinitely in both planning
your speech and delivering the speech to an audience of
individuals who may or may not be familiar with it.

Furthermore, in depth knowledge of your subject will aid you
immensely when dealing with questions and answer sessions that
most likely will follow any public speaking opportunity.

If necessary, ask other individuals about your topic and be
able to explain the topic to individuals of all levels.

When writing your speech, take care to analyze your audience. If
you are speaking to individuals who have a great understanding of
the topic, you can clearly use a more in depth approach, more
acronyms, and more jargon than if speaking to an audience
unfamiliar with the subject.

Furthermore, know the average age and educational extent of your
audience in order to create a speech that will speak directly
to these individuals.

Knowing your speech is written to the best of your ability will
boost your self confidence, as will having the necessary notes
and prompts that you can rely on while giving your speech.

When preparing for your speech, take care to not memorize the
content. This may seem like a good idea, but can lead to
disasterous results. If you find yourself to be nervous before
you present any project or speech to a public audience, you might
forget the content of your speech and be forced to pull it
together from memory.

Additionally, if you leave out a specific idea or topic from
your speech, your audience may not clearly understand the topic
of point of your presentation. The best way to prepare for
your speech is to make notes that allow cues or special points
you should make in your speech.

Have a general idea of what you plan to say and ensure the
content covers these points.

Also, have any visual materials carefully arranged in
the order of presentation so that you will remember to include
all items seamlessly in your presentation. Public speaking
should not produce a crisis, and ensuring your self confidence is
high in yourself and your capabilities will make all the
difference in the quality of your presentation.

Building high self confidence and self esteem is key to making
breathtaking presentations. You need to develop skills to
be an effective speaker but developing your self esteem and
self confidence is the number one key to be great as a public
speaker.

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