As a seasoned Toastmaster. (Code word for old or maybe Vintage) I have been known to forget about or simply not pay attention to the resources available to us as toastmasters on the Toastmasters International Webpage. There is a wealth of resources and information there. One area are the videos.. I recently was doing a little exploring on the site and came across this video featuring Romona Smith the 2018 World Champion of Speaking. It is called "5 Public Speaking Tips to Speak with Confidence."
Who does not want tips from a World Champion of Speaking!?
I am going to offer you a teaser for this video in my educational moment this week. I am going to present the first tip and challenge or encourage you to go and watch this video for yourself to get the other four tips.
1. Know your subject.
Know what you are talking about. Become an authority on your subject! This may seem to be obvious and fundamental. To have confidence in speaking you need to have the facts about the subject and verify the sources and so forth for the message you want to present in your speech.
When we first come into Toastmasters we will do what is called "The Icebreaker speech" . It is the first prepared speech and we are encouraged to speak about ourselves,. Tell about your upbringing maybe, what you do for a living and so forth. Why would that be your first speech? One reason is you are the authority on that subject! Speaking about ourselves is something we all know intimately.
If you know your subject and can speak to it confidently this can only help with confidence in your presentation.
I encourage you all to go and view the video and learn about the other four tips!
They are:
2. Know your Audience and your space
3. Keep Going
4. Imagine yourself giving a great speech
5. Focus on your message not yourself.
There will be a quiz next week to see if you all did your homework! :).
https://www.toastmasters.org/Resources/Video-Library/five-basic-public-speaking-tips
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