Public Speaking is one of the most important skills of Today's leaders, but many business professionals have fear of Speaking in public, this is natural but not to worry. Even experienced speakers also face the fear of facing public. But once you treat the stage as your home and audiences as your friends then you will able to release your fear.
Once you feel you have no fear of speaking and you are comfortable, still need to know how to connect with audiences, like adding sizzling and humor to your speech. In other words, making content of speech interesting. Moreover, the subject, structure, pattern, style, tone, speed, vocal variety, gestures, facial expressions and many other skills are subset of public speaking.Preparing your Speech
Once you know what to deliver as speech (The topic). Get enough material on topic, research the data and then develop the structure of speech, which totally depends on the topic and content and the time you will be allowed to speak. Keep practicing it until you start speaking smoothly on stage. Practicing speech is important because you also need to know how to speech on unfamiliar topics. Where you will develop your knowledge first on that topic.
Toastmasters clucb will help you to improve public speaking skills, build leadership skills and you will be able to maximize your potential. I have seen many people who come with fear of speaking and within months they are able to speak without hesitation and without pauses.
I wrote this article to share my experience, I was giving lectures and presentations during my professional career but on known topics. I am member of Khimji Toastmasters Club in Oman and I am developing public speaking and leadership skills. After joining I realized the importance of Toastmasters and I am sure readers of this post will get benefit from their nearest Toastmasters Club. My recent speech was on DNA Sequencing, you can read the speech content from here
Public Speaking Develops other Skills
Many people say "Leaders are born not made". I will disagree to that, leadership is a skill that one needs to develop, some develop this from environment but some has to learn to develop this. Public speaking can help individuals to develop their leadership skills. Time Management skill is another key skill that one develops during preparation and delivering speech. Communication skill, non just verbal but not verbal communication skills are also developed while public speaking. In other words, your expressions are more than the words. Lastly, right tone and speed plays a major role in every day life. Therefore, public speaking helps to develop many skills.
Now you might have question. How to develop public speaking skills to which helps me to develop other related skills? Answer is Learn those skills.
How can I learn these skills? There are half a million people who are developing their public speaking and leadership skills with Toastmasters International.
Now you might have question. How to develop public speaking skills to which helps me to develop other related skills? Answer is Learn those skills.
How can I learn these skills? There are half a million people who are developing their public speaking and leadership skills with Toastmasters International.
What is Toastmasters International?
Toastmasters International is a non-profit educational organization teaching public speaking and leadership skills through a world wide network of clubs. Membership exceeds 358,000 in more than 16,800 clubs in 143 countries. Find out more at www.toastmasters.org
Benefits of Toastmasters International
Toastmasters clucb will help you to improve public speaking skills, build leadership skills and you will be able to maximize your potential. I have seen many people who come with fear of speaking and within months they are able to speak without hesitation and without pauses.
Once you join Toastmasters club you will have many paths to chose and then you will have to prepare your projects and speeches and deliver them in front of other fellow members.
Member in Club is titled as TM (Toastmaster). Here your public speaking and leadership journey starts. You will achieve many rewards on completion of every step in path ways.
Pathways is a structured content and skill development system where you have to chose one path and Complete multiple levels then you will be titled with the path that you have chosen.
While public speaking you will also learn leadership styles, speech on impromptu topics, improve vocabulary, improve your grammar and fluency, emotional intelligence and so on.
Member in Club is titled as TM (Toastmaster). Here your public speaking and leadership journey starts. You will achieve many rewards on completion of every step in path ways.
Pathways is a structured content and skill development system where you have to chose one path and Complete multiple levels then you will be titled with the path that you have chosen.
While public speaking you will also learn leadership styles, speech on impromptu topics, improve vocabulary, improve your grammar and fluency, emotional intelligence and so on.
I am a public speaker, should I join Toastmasters?
If you are already motivational speaker, lecturer, public speaker or leader. I must say Toastmasters is right place for you. It helps to improve the public speaking skills.
Once you listen to your speech you will get to know if you are distracting audiences and losing their attention. For example, how many repeated words you are using? How many filler words like ah... em.... er... you are using? If you listen to speech of world leaders or politicians you will notice they many times use ah..... during their speech which is effecting quality of their speech.
Once you listen to your speech you will get to know if you are distracting audiences and losing their attention. For example, how many repeated words you are using? How many filler words like ah... em.... er... you are using? If you listen to speech of world leaders or politicians you will notice they many times use ah..... during their speech which is effecting quality of their speech.
I wrote this article to share my experience, I was giving lectures and presentations during my professional career but on known topics. I am member of Khimji Toastmasters Club in Oman and I am developing public speaking and leadership skills. After joining I realized the importance of Toastmasters and I am sure readers of this post will get benefit from their nearest Toastmasters Club. My recent speech was on DNA Sequencing, you can read the speech content from here
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