Speaking With Confidence
Merveille Agbodjogbe
SPCH101
02/28/15
Speaking With Confidence
The ability to speak with competence and confidence will provide empowerment. It will give me an edge that less skilled communicators lack. I’ve learned that my fear of public speaking is the most common of all phobias. It is a form of performance anxiety in which a person becomes very concerned that they will look visibly anxious, maybe even have a panic attack on stage. My fear of public speaking has to do with the fact that I am scared that when I stand in front of an audience, they will judge me by the way I speak.
I often struggle with speech anxiety that I always try to avoid it as many times as possible. In my mind, I make the fear the fear of public speaking more chronic and disruptive. I think people become nervous before speaking in public, because of the fear of humiliation, concern about not being prepared, worry about their appearance, pressure to perform, personal insecurities, and the most common one is that the audience won’t be interested in them, or the speech.
For an example, last week in class when I was called to make my speech about my culture, I was so nervous that I start shaking and stuttering. I was surprised because I do not stutter, but my nervousness took over. I felt as if everyone was staring at me and judging me, my speech was timed and I did not a chance to finish it. I can deal with nervousness as a speaker by making sure that I properly and thoroughly prepare myself before I speak. I have to know how to build my confidence so that I can deal with my anxiety and nervousness.
I can do that by knowing my audience, the more I can anticipate their reactions to my speech, and the more comfortable I will be delivering my message. The thing that I personally have to stop doing is procrastination, because of that my last speech that I presented class was a huge mess. Fear of speaking leads to delay preparing our speeches last minutes. The lack of thorough preparation
SPCH101
02/28/15
Speaking With Confidence
The ability to speak with competence and confidence will provide empowerment. It will give me an edge that less skilled communicators lack. I’ve learned that my fear of public speaking is the most common of all phobias. It is a form of performance anxiety in which a person becomes very concerned that they will look visibly anxious, maybe even have a panic attack on stage. My fear of public speaking has to do with the fact that I am scared that when I stand in front of an audience, they will judge me by the way I speak.
I often struggle with speech anxiety that I always try to avoid it as many times as possible. In my mind, I make the fear the fear of public speaking more chronic and disruptive. I think people become nervous before speaking in public, because of the fear of humiliation, concern about not being prepared, worry about their appearance, pressure to perform, personal insecurities, and the most common one is that the audience won’t be interested in them, or the speech.
For an example, last week in class when I was called to make my speech about my culture, I was so nervous that I start shaking and stuttering. I was surprised because I do not stutter, but my nervousness took over. I felt as if everyone was staring at me and judging me, my speech was timed and I did not a chance to finish it. I can deal with nervousness as a speaker by making sure that I properly and thoroughly prepare myself before I speak. I have to know how to build my confidence so that I can deal with my anxiety and nervousness.
I can do that by knowing my audience, the more I can anticipate their reactions to my speech, and the more comfortable I will be delivering my message. The thing that I personally have to stop doing is procrastination, because of that my last speech that I presented class was a huge mess. Fear of speaking leads to delay preparing our speeches last minutes. The lack of thorough preparation