Top 7 Practical Tips For Overcoming Stage Fright

Top 7 Practical Tips For Overcoming Stage Fright
BY CHRIS WIDENER
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Dear Friends and all the Future Company Secretaries - it is very important for professionals like us CS - to stand infront of thousands of people and speak, but let me tell you, this is not so easy task.

Now I would like to share along with exams tips, something which will make us better CS to perform in our profession - i would like to share this topic today and in future many more topics, which has got practical importance - Here it goes -

As one who does some speech coaching, I have heard all of the crazy ideas on how to conquer stage fright, but I think in more basic ideas. Actually, just a few. Here they are:

1. Know your stuff! The best thing you can do is to be overwhelmingly, thoroughly, and completely prepared and in mastery of your material. Much of the fear comes from wondering if you will make a mistake, or if the audience will know more than you. There is one sure way to beat that and that is by knowing your material inside and out.
2. Focus on getting through the first five minutes. That is where the problem lies. Rarely do you see someone who seems fearful all the way through his or her presentation, do you? No, they settle in and get comfortable after a while. Don’t look at it as a fifty-minute speech. Look at it as a five-minute speech.
3. Breathe! Fear is a bodily reflex and one that you can overcome. When you get afraid, you start to breathe in short, fast breaths. Before you speak, or while you are being introduced, you should sit quietly and breathe slow, deep breaths.
4. Tell yourself that the world won’t fall apart if you do a rotten job. Face it; unless you are delivering the State of the Union Address, the world will keep right on revolving if you don’t do well. Even as a professional speaker there are times when I don’t do as well as I want to (Very, very rarely though - keep those bookings coming!). People usually appreciate it anyway and you’ll keep right on going.
5. Understand that you are your own worst critic. The audience hadn’t thought so either. Most people aren’t going to come to your presentation with the goal of picking you apart. So you shouldn’t pick yourself apart either. Obviously, this is mainly for the one giving the occasional talk, not the professional speaker.
6. Understand that most of the people in the audience would be scared to death to give a speech too, and are glad that it is you and not them! For the occasional speaker, it is okay to say, "Excuse my nerves, I am not used to this." When I hear that, I root for the guy, not cut him apart (Unless I paid big bucks to be there.)
7. Make ‘em laugh. That is the best way to start with a crowd. I have a joke that I start 95% of all of my speeches with. It is a guaranteed laugh and always settles the crowd in. Sometimes it has nothing to do with my topic and I just say, "What does that have to do with my topic? Nothing, but I just love that joke!" Then I go into my speech, and we are all a little more relaxed because we have laughed together.

THE BEST IDEA TO OVERCOME STAGE FEAR IS DONT THINK THEY ARE YOUR LISTENERS - JUST THINK THEY ARE YOUR FRIENDS AND JUST SPEAK OUT - THATS THE BEST THING TO OVERCOME STAGE FEAR

- BELIEVE ME - EVEN SHAH RUKH KHAN MAY BE GETTING STAGE FEAR - BUT HOW DOES HE OVERCOMES - HE SIMPLY GIVES SMILE AND SOMETIMES MAKES SOME NOISE AND HE IS THE BEST EXAMPLE MOST OF THE TIMES HE START HIS SPEECH WITH JOKES, AS HE MOST OF THE TIMES SPEAKS IN FRONT OF GATHERINGS OF THOUSANDS AND SOMETIMES LAKHS OF PEOPLES.

THE BASIC CRITERIA TO OVERCOME STAGE FEAR THINK THAT YOU ARE HERE BECAUSE ITS A "PRIVILEGE" AND YOU WILL JUST ROCK -

Regards,
Azam - WIRC