SPEAKING WITH CONFIDENCE - TIPS

Most people find speaking to an audience: a business meeting, a conference, a presentation to clients.... very nerve-wracking.

It does not have to be this way.  Here are a few do's and don'ts from my course

DO

• Preparare your speaking state: relaxed breathing,  warmed-up voice and untensed muscles
• Focus on the audience - what benefit  they will be getting from hearing and seeing you
• Practice 'Thinking on your Feet"
• If presenting to an audience, make the 'you' a bigger version of you
• Rehearse

DON'T

• Overprepare - this is the biggest error most of us make. It just increases your anxiety and you will never prepare for every question
• Think of your audience (any group of two or more listeners) as The Enemy

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