What is public speaking?
Public speaking is nothing but an enlarged conversation. There is not much difference between talking to one person or to ten people or to a hundred on a topic that interests them. As the number increases, you must talk louder. But this is no longer necessary, as the modern audio systems will take care of this.
A crowd is willing to listen to a speaker for a
long time, without interruption, if the topic is current and is within their comprehension and understanding. Each individual in the crowd feels as if the speaker is talking to him direct as the topic is of interest to him as well as to the speaker. Therefore, think of your speech as a conversation with the audience.
Talk with the persons seated in front of you.
Talk to them; but never, never talk at them.
Think of the speech as a discussion with the people you know. Imagine that you are answering an important question posed by them. You are doing your best to answer this question. While doing so, imagine that they ask you more and more questions and you try your best to answer them all.
To make your point clear, you tell stories or analogies to illustrate what you mean, and if
necessary, you also cite figures and statistics. Imagine that someone objects in between and you offer counter arguments. Then you produce more facts to back them up. Finally, you sum up everything of what you have been saying so far with a "There that's it. That's what I have been saying."
So, a well prepared speech, with interesting details, delivered with gestures and good talking, in a convincing manner, is all about Public Speaking.
Public speaking is to communicate with a purpose. For a specific reason, you are requested to talk to an audience. So, while talking, you want them to feel, think and act on something. Hence, your speech should flow around these objectives. Once you have started your speech, do not be distracted by the latecomers or outside noise. Do not let your attention wander and become absent-minded. If you do so, you will not be communicating.
Think about what you are saying, while saying it. Think about it hard. Then the audience will know that you mean what you say and will listen to you with rapt attention. Your talking should never be mechanical.
A public speaker should feel alive, enthusiastic and truly interested in the topic. Look at the audience as living people.
Devote your full attention to the topic and consider it to be very vital to the audience. Speak on the topic with full enthusiasm. This is the best way to evoke the interest of the audience.
Do not talk for talk's sake or just to show-off your voice and clothes. A public speaker has something, he thinks is worth saying, and he says it. He is earnest. He has a sense of responsibility to his listeners.
He tries to say something that will be worth the precious time allotted to him.
A crowd is willing to listen to a speaker for a
long time, without interruption, if the topic is current and is within their comprehension and understanding. Each individual in the crowd feels as if the speaker is talking to him direct as the topic is of interest to him as well as to the speaker. Therefore, think of your speech as a conversation with the audience.
Talk with the persons seated in front of you.
Talk to them; but never, never talk at them.
Think of the speech as a discussion with the people you know. Imagine that you are answering an important question posed by them. You are doing your best to answer this question. While doing so, imagine that they ask you more and more questions and you try your best to answer them all.
To make your point clear, you tell stories or analogies to illustrate what you mean, and if
necessary, you also cite figures and statistics. Imagine that someone objects in between and you offer counter arguments. Then you produce more facts to back them up. Finally, you sum up everything of what you have been saying so far with a "There that's it. That's what I have been saying."
So, a well prepared speech, with interesting details, delivered with gestures and good talking, in a convincing manner, is all about Public Speaking.
Public speaking is to communicate with a purpose. For a specific reason, you are requested to talk to an audience. So, while talking, you want them to feel, think and act on something. Hence, your speech should flow around these objectives. Once you have started your speech, do not be distracted by the latecomers or outside noise. Do not let your attention wander and become absent-minded. If you do so, you will not be communicating.
Think about what you are saying, while saying it. Think about it hard. Then the audience will know that you mean what you say and will listen to you with rapt attention. Your talking should never be mechanical.
A public speaker should feel alive, enthusiastic and truly interested in the topic. Look at the audience as living people.
Devote your full attention to the topic and consider it to be very vital to the audience. Speak on the topic with full enthusiasm. This is the best way to evoke the interest of the audience.
Do not talk for talk's sake or just to show-off your voice and clothes. A public speaker has something, he thinks is worth saying, and he says it. He is earnest. He has a sense of responsibility to his listeners.
He tries to say something that will be worth the precious time allotted to him.