7 Sure Fire Ways To Overcome Stage Fright When Speaking Or Performing

In thirty years of speaking and performing I have heard just about every solution for overcoming stage fright. Some have suggested trying to envision your audience all being naked. Others have advised that you just pick one point of focus in the room such as one person’s forehead and concentrate only on that. These ideas almost never work, so here are a few better ideas for your consideration.

Opening Your Speech

The mission of your opening is to 1. Grab their interest; 2. Establish rapport; 3. Introduce your topic. Here are 10 techniques you can use to launch your successful speech.

Speak to Be Heard and Understood

This article explains good speaking techniques and addresses eye contact and use of voice to promote clarity, retention and audience involvment.

How to Polish Your Speaking Skills: It's Time for T.I.P.S.

When requested to write an article about public speaking tips, I experienced an epiphany, of sorts. Now there’s a word I’ve never written, let alone spoken! Many people will do just about anything to avoid public speaking. Or, you may have said “Who’s got the time?” or “That’s not good use of my time.” Therein lies the epiphany; it’s all about time!

Five Tips for Overcoming Public Speaking Nerves

Your mouth is dry, heart palpitating, and knees knocking. You go into panic, facing a dreaded public speaking assignment. It doesn’t have to be so. These five tips will give you some strategies to overcome those symptoms and have the butterflies flying in formation.

How to Get Started In Public Speaking

Public speaking is among the five most feared activities human beings encounter. The majority of us fear it worse than anything else. Yet, the mastery of public speaking is an important tool in our business skill set.

Shortcuts to Eloquence

This article describes four shortcut techniques which will enable even the novice to appear to be both a polished and experienced public speaker.

If You Aren't a Little Nervous, You Aren't Paying Attention

The fear of public speaking is one of the most common forms of phobia. That would be fine if this fear did not hold you back in your social and career advancement. The opposite of fear is confidence. Here are a few ways to approach the whole terrifying concept of public speaking that will help bring the fear down and bring the confidence up.

How to Become a More Persuasive Speaker: A Systems Approach

This article provides an outline of the Tracy Presentation Skills S3P3 System for planning, practicing and presenting. The objective of the article is to show both the importance of persuasive speaking for career success and an easy-to-learn method to become a persuasive speaker.

Internet Marketing and Public Speaking: Seven Steps to a Successful Murder Board

This article provivides a proven system for practicing a presentation or speech that facilitates anticipating questions from the audience so that answers can be developed beforhand.

How to Promote yourself as a Speaker on the Web

Promoting yourself as a speaker can be made easier if you know many avenues. This article discusses how to use the web to promote your speaking career.

Getting Yourself Known

Getting your first speaking engagement may be difficult but once you have a great topic and the right audience, the word will get out. This article discusses ways of getting known in the speaking industry.

Speaking for FUN and PROFIT

Many speakers gain profits from selling items at the back of the room (BOR). Others make money from getting paid speaking engagements. This article will give you some tips on how to get those engagements and get you sales.

Demand Dignity in Public Speaking Training

Mandy*, a bright, attractive professional woman, had a fear of speaking in front of groups. Recognizing that her feelings of vulnerability and self-consciousness were limiting her potential, she show...

Lessons in Love for the Shy at Heart

One of the biggest regrets of my life is that I was cursed with the shyness gene. Shyness is an often misunderstood condition that can leave the afflicted alone and miserable. As a victim of shynes...