I think the majority of teh general public have issues with public speaking. Simply because we rarely get a chance to do it.
Anyway today i had a midterm for my art history class. We had to sit in a circle and discuss about the pieces of the museums that we've visited...generally your opinion, likes & dislikes.
Anyway before i got to class i had dreaded the idea of standing up in front of the class being the center of attention. Anxiety kicked in obviously, a mild form of it. But to my surprise we sat in our chairs in a circle, we eased the tension. We go alphabetical order by name, and with my name im always last. So when it got closer to my name, i lost anxiety. Confident speaking with clarity, using my hands to focus on my points.
So anyway here's the problem: At the beginning of the presentation i was speaking in full sentences fluidly, coherently, and transitioning topics well. But later on, my topic of discussion slowly turned to blobs of ideas, broken sentences, untransitioning..basically pieces here and there. And of course when that happens no one really wants to pay attention to someone who cant communicate efffectively.
This isnt the first time that its happened. In some other class early this semester this happened in addition to anxiety, which was worse cause of my wavering low voice tone. im slowly getting better at this cause in some other class we've been doing this weekly.
I knew my ****, but i chose not to read it off my journals. Still i couldnt construct my speech in my head as fast as my mouth moved...seems easier to do when you write it.
What really constitutes a good public speaker (aside from eye contact and body language)? And how can i fix my problem during my speech?
Anyway today i had a midterm for my art history class. We had to sit in a circle and discuss about the pieces of the museums that we've visited...generally your opinion, likes & dislikes.
Anyway before i got to class i had dreaded the idea of standing up in front of the class being the center of attention. Anxiety kicked in obviously, a mild form of it. But to my surprise we sat in our chairs in a circle, we eased the tension. We go alphabetical order by name, and with my name im always last. So when it got closer to my name, i lost anxiety. Confident speaking with clarity, using my hands to focus on my points.
So anyway here's the problem: At the beginning of the presentation i was speaking in full sentences fluidly, coherently, and transitioning topics well. But later on, my topic of discussion slowly turned to blobs of ideas, broken sentences, untransitioning..basically pieces here and there. And of course when that happens no one really wants to pay attention to someone who cant communicate efffectively.
This isnt the first time that its happened. In some other class early this semester this happened in addition to anxiety, which was worse cause of my wavering low voice tone. im slowly getting better at this cause in some other class we've been doing this weekly.
I knew my ****, but i chose not to read it off my journals. Still i couldnt construct my speech in my head as fast as my mouth moved...seems easier to do when you write it.
What really constitutes a good public speaker (aside from eye contact and body language)? And how can i fix my problem during my speech?
