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Old 10-30-2008, 11:00 AM   #7
lumberjim
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Originally Posted by dar512 View Post
Many people have a greater fear of public speaking than they do of dying. Which mean, Seinfeld says, that you're better off being the one in the coffin than the one doing the eulogy.

It is normal to be nervous. It gets easier the more you do it.

Remember that you are not speaking to an audience, you are speaking to the people in your class. You know these folks. So don't speak to the whole class. Speak to one person. Look them in the eye. Then speak to another person on the other side of the room. Look them in the eye, too. Pretty soon the talk is over, and you've never spoken to more than one person at a time.
That is excellent advice. i second it. I took public speaking in college, and by the end, you get off on it. a little. It made waiting tables at denny's a lot easier (did I mention that i didn't graduate?) when i had a large party.... i do address the salesmen as a group in saturday morning meetings (25 people in the room) and if you focus on being skeered, it makes it worse. concentrate on what you have to say, and ignore the mob.
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