giving speeches

[chrisoh]

Hey bros, for those of you who had to give speeches and get nervous, you can relate. When i have to give a speech in front of a class, i get all nervous, heart rate shoots up, forget what i have to say, stutter, etc... does anyone know any tricks to getting yourself more calmand relaxed and the heartrate lower?

 

[Assertive Guy]

Hey bros, for those of you who had to give speeches and get nervous, you can relate. When i have to give a speech in front of a class, i get all nervous, heart rate shoots up, forget what i have to say, stutter, etc... does anyone know any tricks to getting yourself more calmand relaxed and the heartrate lower?

You need to go over your speech *out loud* to yourself several times, and you have to know it well enough (not just in text content, but how you sound/attitude) you litterally only need the notes to prompt your memory on the next bit. When you practice out loud, also try to visualise the people you'll find this hardest to communicate too and work out ways of handling that. You'll be fine.