What makes me apprehensive about public speaking is the possibility of an audience questioning my ideas in my speech. Every person in the audience will have their own opinion, likes and dislikes, and views; therefore, the topic I choose must be a neutral non controversial topic. I recognize that the first thing I must do is build a common ground with the audience. For example, most people are dog lovers. I could deliver a speech that included dog trivia or something fun and interesting that most people wouldn’t know about dogs. I can visualize myself giving a heart-warming speech about the man’s best friend, and hope that my passionate energy and/or humor will be felt by the audience. I can reduce my level of uneasiness and fearfulness by choosing a topic that I believe in and feel good about. This will allow me to deliver my speech in the most comfortable way. Once I gain more confidence, I will experiment with different topics. Thank you for reading my blog!
Chery.
I agree and having my ideas be judged isn't my idea of a good time either. But I am the complete opposite,I like to talk about things that start conversation ,evoke feelings. So I understand the feeling of not wanting to be judged because of ideas and opinion.I would not let my fear of public speaking determine what toic I am going to talk about. My opinion is talk about things that your comfortable with and that you feel good about and you will do fine good luck
ReplyDeleteI really understand you, because when I have to give a speech I always think that everyone is going to question my ideas. I agree that it is very important to build a common ground with the audience.We people have different concepts and ideas about everything in life; however, we are all human and it doesn't matter if we want or not in the end we will have something in common. Moreover, you have a good example with the dog lovers.I am a dog lover, and i already want to hear your speech about people's best friend!
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