What is Public Speaking? What are the fears (problems) of public speaking? How to overcome anxiety of public speaking? Some key tips of public speaking.

1. PUBLIC SPEAKING
Presented By:
Lokesh Kumar
Dept. of IT, ASET
Amity University, Noida

2. WHAT IS PUBLIC SPEAKING ?
Public speaking is the process of speaking to a group
of people in a structured, deliberate manner intended to
inform, influence, or entertain the listeners.

3. BASIC ELEMENTS OF PUBLIC
SPEAKING
• WHO
• WHAT
• WHOM
• MEDIUM
• EFFECTS
Expressed as "who is saying what to whom using what medium with
what effects?"

4. FEARS OF PUBLIC SPEAKING
3. Death
2. Snakes
1. Public Speaking
“The fear of public speaking-
is the No. 1 rated fear in America”

5. TYPES OF FEAR (PROBLEMS)
“We have a fear of being
laughed at, a fear of making a
mistake,the fear of being
vulnerable”
Ha Ha!!
“ We get butterflies inside Ha Ha!!
Ha Ha!!
our Stomach”
Like Sitting in a flight while
it is taking off or landing

6. PROBLEMS (CONTD.)
• Your palms sweat.
• Your hands shake.
• Your knees also shake
and you feel as if your
legs are about to
collapse.
• Your heart beats much
faster than normal.

7. OVERCOMING PUBLIC SPEAKING
ANXIETY

8. OVERCOMING PUBLIC SPEAKING
ANXIETY (CONTD.)
• Acknowledge Your Fear
• Act Confident
• Visualize Your Success
• Use Deep-breathing Techniques

9. OVERCOMING PUBLIC SPEAKING
ANXIETY (CONTD.)
• Focus on Message, not Fear
• Simulate Setting at Home
• Ask Friends to Be Practice Audience

10. ASPECTS OF PUBLIC SPEAKING
Clear- Avoid Jargons!!
Logical- Do not burden with irrelevant data
Objective- Only pertinent
information, Limitations, Recommendations

11. ASPECTS OF PUBLIC SPEAKING
(CONTD.)
• Speech Preparation
Use Visual Aids
Make them visible
Keep them simple
Make them colorful - Tables, Graphs
Don’t use too few or too many

12. ASPECTS OF PUBLIC SPEAKING
(CONTD.)
3Ps of Public speaking:
Practice
Practice &
Practice

13. ASPECTS OF PUBLIC SPEAKING
(CONTD.)
4Ps of Presentation!!
“Proper Practice will
make a Perfect
Presentation”

14. ASPECTS OF PUBLIC SPEAKING
(CONTD.)
P racti ce Ta kes Yo u Fr om T hi s To T hi s

15. THINGS YOU SHOULDN’T DO
• Read directly from notes
• Read directly from screen
• Turn back on audience
• Slouch, hands in pockets
• No um, ah, you know’s
• No nervous gestures
• Talk too fast,
• Talk too quietly

16. THINGS YOU SHOULD DO
• Eye contact
• Can glance at notes
• Appropriate gestures
• Rhetorical questions to involve audience

17. KEY TIPS
• Research the topic
• Focus
• Organise ideas logically
• Quotations, facts, and statistics
• Metaphors
• Tell a Story

18. KEY TIPS (CONTD.)
• Start strong and close stronger
• Incorporate humour
• Vary vocal pace, tone, and volume
• Utilize 3-dimensional space
• Interact with the audience

19. KEY TIPS (CONTD.)
• Obey time constraints
• Conduct a Q&A session
• Be yourself and Smile

20. THANK YOU…!