Saturday, September 1, 2012
Apprehension about public speaking
The strange thing about my relationship with public speaking is that I only started getting nervous and apprehensive about it roughly a year ago. In these recent days when I speak publicly, my face gets really hot and I speak way too fast. Afterwords, I cannot recall what I actually said in my presentation and I am not able to remember if I said any of the things I intended to. In regards to what I read in the chapter, I think a big cause of my anxiety is the high level of uncertainty I have about the audience's response. It's tricky to speak in front of people who may be bored by your speaking, uninterested in the content, or in disagreement with your point of view. I feel like this public speaking course will help me become more comfortable and more skilled in public speaking and perhaps these nervous tendencies will subside.
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Hi Colonel Mustard :) I felt that my post on my apprehensions on public speaking completely related to yours. I also have not always been hesitant about public speaking either. I feel the same type of anxiety when I go up to speak in front of an audience especially due to how the audience will respond to my speech. I guess the best thing to do is write a speech that attract the audience's attention and even if the topic does not interest them, at least the content of the speech will. I also hope to lose my public speaking anxiety through the course. I hope you excel in your public speaking skills and do become more comfortable speaking in public.
ReplyDeleteWell, Colonel Mustard, I think I have a similar concern as you. As I get older, it seems harder to organize my thoughts in front of people. I get kind of glazed over and can't seem to stay focused.I can't understand what it is that's causing this either. I spend a lot of my work time in front of people and talking to them. I rarely feel uncomfortable about it. My family jokes with me about being "a talker". There is something about the formality of the public speaking part that I think blocks out what I am trying to do. One question is: Are you the kind of person that always wants everything to be perfect? I am that kind of person. Whether or not things ever really end up being perfect, I always seem to try real hard and hate when things go wrong. I often wonder if THAT is my problem with public speaking. The old saying comes to mind..."the harder you try and hold onto something, the more it slips through your fingers". I wonder if I am holding on too tight to wanting my public speaking to go perfect?
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