1. Admit Nervousness. All you have to do is admit that you are a bit nervous speaking to your audience. When you do this, the audience will be more forgiving if your nervousness shows up later on. More importantly you will feel more relaxed now that they are not expecting a world-class presentation. Imagine their surprise when you gave them the best presentation ever despite your nervousness.The best way to do this is by joking about it.
2. Redefine Your Audience. Redefine your audience generally means changing how you see your audience. Instead of seeing them as lecturers who are evaluating you,maybe you can convince yourself that they are all fellow students who are in queue to present after you. They are all equally nervous so there is no reason why you should be too.
3. Invest in Visual Aids. Imagine a presentation with beautiful PowerPoint slides and even more impressive notes given to each of your audience members. Half of the time, their eyes will not be on you. They will read through the notes and your fancy slides. This will help a lot as you can then speak to the people who are not looking at you. When they look at you , you just change your focus to other people who are not looking. Giving a speech to people who are not looking at you is always easier.
4. Makes Mistakes Intentionally. This is another trick I encourage you to try. Once I "accidentally" dropped my notes on the floor and while picking them up, I warned the audiences that the presentation will be more confusing after this. I heard some laughter on the floor. The idea is to gain control of your audience.
5. Speak To One Person At A Time. One of the most terrifying things about public speaking is the crowd. Just by looking at the crowd, all in silence just to hear you speak, will send shivers down your spine. To overcome this, you just need to speak to one person at a time.
6. Be Impressive With Personal Opinion. When you speak or give a presentation, try to squeeze in a few of your personal thoughts on the matter. Of course these should be prepared early on. However, you should make it as if the ideas are "just in" while you are presenting. That will differentiate your presentation from the rest, and when you see the interested look on the faces of your audience, it will elevate your presentation to another new level , a level where you start having fun.
7. Have Fun Experimenting. This is the most important tips of all. Have fun with the crowd. Try new ways to give the best presentation to your audience. Maybe experiment with a new funny approach , or walk around the hall instead of being static on the stage. Have fun with experimenting on human behavior and you will see that public speaking is not that bad after all.
Remember that there are no failures , only different results.
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