Little Tips to Speak In Public with No Fear

There was once a time when I had no fear. I was 11 years old and I entered a story telling competition.
I was confidently telling the story and captured everyone’s attention until suddenly I heard a voice
from just in front of the stage commenting about my nose. It’s totally disastrous from that moment on.
I lost focus and forgot the script altogether.
That’s the exact time that I began to have a certain fear of public speaking.

Over the years, I finally overcame my fear of public speaking. I can now speak at any function unprepared
and even though the nervousness is still there, I am able to control it.
It was not easy but I made it with some help from books and a few techniques I develop myself.

Hopefully these tricks will be able to help you as they helped me in overcoming my fear of public speaking.

Admit nervousness: All you have to do is admit that you are a bit nervous speaking to your audience.
When you do this, the audience will be more forgiving if your nervousness shows up later on. 
The best way to do this is by joking about it.

Redefine your audience: Redefine your audience generally means changing how you see your audience.
Instead of seeing them as lecturers who are evaluating you, remember that they are friends.

………………………………………..: Imagine a presentation with beautiful PowerPoint slides and
even more impressive notes given to each of your audience members. Half of the time,
their eyes will not be on you. This will help a lot as you can then speak to the people who are not looking at you.

…………………………………………….: This is another trick I encourage you to try.
Once I “accidentally” dropped my notes on the floor, and while picking them up,
I warned the audiences that the presentation will be more confusing after this.
I heard some laughter from the floor. The idea is to gain control of your audience.

Speak to one person at a time: One of the most terrifying things about public speaking is the crowd, isn’t it?
All you need to do is to have an eye contact with one person at a time.

……………………………………….: This is the most important tips of all. Have fun with the crowd.
Maybe experiment with a new funny approach, or walk around the hall instead of being static on the stage.
Have fun with experimenting on human behavior and you will see that public speaking is not that bad after all.
Remember that there are no failures, only different results.