How to speak in public

A leader should know how to speak in public because it is part of the nature of a leader otherwise any attempt to guide your business team will be a failure. Speaking in front of a large audience could be very traumatic specially if is the first time you do it. Here some good tips to learn how to speak in public.

Why speak in public?

Business is an organization thus needs communications among all elements otherwise no matter the effort you put on it your business will fail. The process is very simple, let’s find out what are the causes of failing when speaking in public: The main two cases for failing when speaking in public are stress and fear to public.

What are the causes of stress?

Stress in public speaking is caused by the idea of perfection. Nobody is perfect, we can make mistakes every time and every moment specially if it’s our first conference or wherever the reason you are speaking in public. Also stress can be caused by unsolved problems spinning in our head, or bad sleeping.

How to deal with stress

Just calm down, remember nobody is perfect, we are humans and we make mistakes, so just relax. Forget about your concerning problems; there is a phrase I have always heard: “Don’t worry about your problems better take care of them”, so while you are speaking in public concentrate and forget about yourself just for a moment.

Fear to public

This is the biggest issue when talking to an audience; the fear to public can make us shake and stutter, out heart start to beat stronger and we fail to make our presentation.

What are the causes of fear to public?

We all may suffered the fear to public once on life that is natural, the main cause of public speaking fear is the inexperience on the the task, we are not used to do it so it's a new experience.

I remembered my first conference in front of a huge audience, my hands were shaking, cold sweat, it was really a nightmare, the mind has no control about this fear specially if is our first time.

How to deal with fear to public

There’s a way to deal with fear to public: Start practicing with small audiences no matter who are your practice audience, could be your family, friends. Invite strangers to your practice, this will give you more confidence and when the time comes, a real conference will be piece of cake for you.

How can we apply these techniques in business

A leader needs to speak to his/her audience; this audience could be your investors, employees or collaborators. You’ve got to deal with public speaking and therefore choose your words properly; using your leader skills and your speaker skill you’ll be always successful.