Just thinking of myself speaking in public makes me very apprehensive. The first thought that comes to mind is if I can pull it off. Like I said in my first post I feel as if people are judging me and finding the flaws that I might have because I don't feel I am confident in my own skin. In my last year of high school, there is a huge senior project that each student must do to graduate. At the end of the senior project there is a important presentation that has to be done in front of a panel. It is a nearly ten minute presentation where we demonstrate something new that we have learned, and talk about a paper that is connected with that. What I demonstrated was Krav Maga, which is a form of self-defense, and for my 7-10 page paper I talked about the issue of self-defense for women. This presentation was a huge hurdle, but I actually went through it smoothly. I realized that I just psyched myself out before the presentation, which got me nervous.
In Chapter 2: Building Your Confidence, it brings up the sources of speech anxiety. That section of the chapter talks about the uncertainty of the role as a speaker which I thought was very significant in order to become a confident public speaker. Hopefully I can take a key note from that and to not think in a negative aspect. In Chapter 4: Developing Your Purpose and Topic it discusses the general purpose of our speech which will help set a goal for ourselves for a speech. By setting a goal for myself, I can figure out why I am speaking about a certain topic without hesitation.
haightetak <3
I can definitely relate when you bring up the topic of being judged when giving a speech. It really feels like all eyes are on you along with pressure to give a great speech. I had to do a 6-8 minute presentation in high school as well and I too was happy it went pretty smooth. I think for everyone to read the resourceful information the book provides, will help build their confidence and to be passionate about their speech! Hopefully, once our speeches are given we can take our evaluations and turn them into a positive manner and learn. Good luck!
ReplyDeleteI too feel much like you and Kai when it comes to speeches. It amazes me to read this post because for so long i thought i was the only person that experienced apprehension when it comes to speaking in front of a large crowd. The thing i fear most about giving a speech is the peer evaluation/involvement. Like "haightetak" most of my concern is whether or not my topic will interest the audience? Thankfully this book offers some advice and with the progression of this class, we can all obtain the skills. Good Luck this semester and see you on the 27th!!!
ReplyDeleteHello haightetak! Interesting name you got there. :)
ReplyDeleteDude I so think about that all the time. I always think
that people are judging me as the seconds go by. But hey, this
one time I learned that not everyone is thinking about
what you are saying or what flaws you have. Some of them are
actually thinking the exact same thing what you think when
your speaking, except they think it when they are sitting down
getting ready to get up and say there speech,if that makes
any sense. And with us being in college now, well I am pretty
sure that everyone is pretty mature and will not judge you or laugh or anything, at least I hope so, there shouldn't be no reason to do
so. I'm sure you will do go on our upcoming speech!
Just say "I think I can, I think I can!" :)
Hi Haightetak! You hit on something important when you said that you psyched yourself out before your presentation. Quite a few people do this before a presentation. I try to encourage my students to get out of their heads and focus directly on their message. Focusing directly on the message you want to send to your audience will help quite a bit. Good post! :)
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