As I walked to the front, I go over my mental notes...remember to speak loud and clear, make eye contact, and to just be myself! But inside I am feeling the butterflies in my stomach and the nerves are going crazy, at the same time, I am maintaining a poker face. Speaking in public is not something that I have mastered, I enjoy the interaction and getting my point across...its the being in front of people part that I have to get completely comfortable with.
I have several obstacles that I face when speaking in public, when my nerves try to take over, the words in my head or on paper do not always come out that way I planned. I always try to pace myself, but sometimes I speak pretty fast and my hands are moving at the same speed. It seems …show more content…
Ahead of me is alot of work to do to get them out of my vocabulary especially when speaking in public. They are um and yeah. When I lose my train of thought or searching for the right words, I tend to say those words to stretch the time and to avoid the ackward silence. I do not have a tip of how to stop, I feel the more I speak, the more comfortable I have become so those words are being said a little lesser each time.
Another issue that makes me nervous, the fear of being asked a question that I would not know the answer to. At the end of speaking, I patiently wait for questions hoping that I will be able to answer them quickly and clearly. The only thing I can do is to make sure that I try to have as much information as possible, but if I ever get back into a corner, I will wing it to the best of my ability before I ever say that I do not know to an answer.
This is not to influence or entertain, but to inform others of my personal growth. I once was a shy person with no confidence that never looked up. Now, I try to have pride in all that I do including public speaking. My future career path in Human Resources will require speaking engagements. So regardless that I have to speak to 9 or 99 people, I am confident, use humor to break the ice, and have
I have several obstacles that I face when speaking in public, when my nerves try to take over, the words in my head or on paper do not always come out that way I planned. I always try to pace myself, but sometimes I speak pretty fast and my hands are moving at the same speed. It seems …show more content…
Ahead of me is alot of work to do to get them out of my vocabulary especially when speaking in public. They are um and yeah. When I lose my train of thought or searching for the right words, I tend to say those words to stretch the time and to avoid the ackward silence. I do not have a tip of how to stop, I feel the more I speak, the more comfortable I have become so those words are being said a little lesser each time.
Another issue that makes me nervous, the fear of being asked a question that I would not know the answer to. At the end of speaking, I patiently wait for questions hoping that I will be able to answer them quickly and clearly. The only thing I can do is to make sure that I try to have as much information as possible, but if I ever get back into a corner, I will wing it to the best of my ability before I ever say that I do not know to an answer.
This is not to influence or entertain, but to inform others of my personal growth. I once was a shy person with no confidence that never looked up. Now, I try to have pride in all that I do including public speaking. My future career path in Human Resources will require speaking engagements. So regardless that I have to speak to 9 or 99 people, I am confident, use humor to break the ice, and have