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Public speaking is the act of speaking in front of a group of individuals in an open forum, private conference or in a well-defined manner for the intention of informing, teaching, influencing, advising or entertaining the audience.

In this article, I’ll be sharing with you the ten (10) public speaking tips you’ll want to keep in mind on how to overcome your fear of public speaking as well as deliver an impactful and powerful speech and presentation.

The first thing to take into consideration will be, knowing that the people want you to succeed. The audience does not want you to let them down, listeners want you to be appealing, inspiring, educative, and entertaining, meaning they are on your side.

Second, familiarize yourself with the place; meaning know the place in which you will speak in. Reach the place early enough, stroll around the speaking arena at the same time exercise using the microphone as well as any visual items.

Third, familiarize yourself with the audience. Acknowledge some of the audience as they turn up to the place, in that it is easier to have a word to a crowd of pals than to a group of unfamiliar persons.

Fourth, create in your mind yourself giving yourself a speech. That is to say operate from your individual brand, visualize yourself communicating, your tone of voice deafening, audible, and confident, when imaging yourself as victorious, you will be automatically successful.

Fifth, understand your material; put into practice your speech and rework as much as possible. If you have not recognize your material or you are unsure with them, it increases apprehension which is bad for public forum.

Sixth, give attention to the message – not the medium. Move your concentration away from your own nervousness and externally towards your own points and your audience, thus uneasiness will fritter away.

Seventh point, relax; ease worrying by doing workouts.

Eighth, gain experience. Fluency creates self-assurance, which every one knows is the key to successful speaking, for instance, clubs can make available the practice you need.

Ninth point, revolve tenseness into optimistic energy. Strap up your nervous force and convert it into strength and passion for talking to the public.

The tenth and final point for delivering a successful speech is – DO NOT apologize. If you talking about your uneasiness or asking for forgiveness for any tribulations of speaking you think you got with your speech, you might be bringing the listeners’ attention to a point they were not aware of.

In conclusion, for you to overcome your fear of public speaking you need to be the boss, the head, the entertainer as well as the listener to succeed.

Again, we found out that audience does not want you to let them down, listeners want you to be appealing, inspiring, educative and with all this you got to use oratory in your speech, the use of gestures in a speech, be in command of your voice (inflection), nice use of vocabulary, register good command of grammar, word choice speaking notes, pitches of using humor and the last one in public speaking workshop is to develop a rapport with the listeners

The five-minute presentation can be a powerful tool to market your business. But what can you get across in just five minutes? A lot! Follow these five steps to make the most of your five minutes in the spotlight:

1. Pay Attention to Your First Impression

Your audience will make a decision about you within the first 10 seconds of your presentation. So first pay attention to looking the part. Dress like a business owner, not to do the job you do when you are at work. My husband is a personal trainer with his own business; he wears a sweat suit to work. But when he delivers a presentation about fitness, he dresses in a business casual look wearing twill pants and a sport coat over a button down or polo-type shirt with his logo embroidered on it. He dresses the part of a business owner, not a jock from the gym.

2. Have a Point

Make sure you know what you want to accomplish with your five minutes other than simply “getting through it.” Do you want your audience members to sign up for your newsletter? Buy your book or e-book? Call you for a free consultation? Be clear on what you want from your audience.

3. Don’t Wing It

Just because it’s “only five minutes” doesn’t mean this speech is less important than a longer presentation. In order to be sure you get in the information you want to share, be prepared so you will be less likely to forget an important point.

4. Don’t Take Advantage

Five minutes means just that — five minutes. Not 10 or 15 minutes. Many event planners will stop you if you go overtime, so don’t. Even those who don’t stop you will resent you taking more time from the meeting schedule than you were allotted. This is yet another reason to practice: to see how long it takes you to get through your speech.

5. Provide Value in Your Speech

Do not sell during your entire five minute presentation. Save that for the last 45 seconds or so. The rest of your speech should be used to build your credibility by showing the value you can offer. Provide some helpful bit of information; answer a frequently asked question with specific how-to advice; or show a step-by-step process of how your audience members can solve a problem they may have related to your business.

By following these steps you’ll be sure to have success with your next five minute presentation.

Even if your English is very good, you are likely to have some English language concerns. Fortunately, with some simple tips & techniques, anyone can improve their business presentation in English. Below are some tips that will help you succeed:

1. Tell people what you are going to speak about

   This means people will know what to expect and will retain information better because they will be actively waiting for it.

   Try:

   ‘Today’s presentation is in 3 parts. Firstly I’m going to talk about, secondly I’m going to talk about and finally…….’

2. Keep your sentences shorter and slow down

   When giving lots of information, it is better speak more slowly than you usually do. Use shorter and less complex sentences so the information is easier to say. Short sentences are also easier for the audience to remember. Silence is also very effective. When we are nervous we tend to speak too much. Pause between points to let the audience digest information. By using regular pauses you will also appear more relaxed, confident and in control since you will not be nervously talking all the time.

3. Summarise regularly

   When you summarise, you give the audience another chance to understand the information before moving on and it is a great way to link between your last point and your next point. Use language like this:

   ‘So far we have seen that…’

   ‘So, to summarise, last year we…’

   ‘It is clear from what I’ve said so far that…’

   ‘As we have seen…’

   Then:

   Next, we’re going to focus on…

   Moving on, we will see…

   Now, let’s move on to…

4. Use great words and phrases that will make your English sound natural and professional

   Introduction:

   ‘On behalf of Webstar, I’d like to welcome you to today…’

   ‘Good morning everyone. I’m Howard Brent and today’s presentation is about…’

   For charts and figures, consider the present perfect tense which we use to describe how things have changed until the present time:

   ‘Sales have grown by 10% since 1995′

   ‘There has been no change in temperature for 5 years.

   Conclusion.

   ‘To conclude’

   ‘It’s clear that…’

   ‘To finish, it’s apparent that…’

   ‘If no-one has any further questions, that concludes my presentation. Thank you for listening.’

5. Practice with a native English teacher

   This is very valuable because a teacher can give you help with the tips here – but also your intonation, pronunciation and language. Think about how much more confident you will be if you have worked on your presentation with a personal tutor first. Ensure your English teacher has some business training or experience so they are not just helping you with your English but understand the key elements of a business presentation and can guide you with your style and content and structure. This way you will know you have a great presentation and will excel in front of an audience.

   A good presentation in English is easy to achieve with a bit of preparation and practice. Good luck!