As you work towards overcoming fear of public speaking and becoming more confident, it is important to recognise the role of anxiety in public speaking. This podcast explains how anxiety, fear and nerves are in fact a normal part of public speaking and what you can do to better understand these feelings as you speak. Podcast
Anxiety Reality Check
One of things that I see consistently when running my public speaking workshops, is the person who stands up and presents effectively, calmly and professionally and then sits down with a sigh of relief. When you ask them to score that speaking experience on an anxiety scale of 1 to 10, where 0 is so calm you are almost asleep …
So you feel nervous before speaking – Welcome to the club!
Fear, nerves and anxiety around public speaking is a very common occurrence and many people find this debilitating and they don’t undertake some of the speaking assignments that they should, as a result of this. Well the good news is that you are not alone and everyone who speaks has some fear before, during or after they have spoken. A …