Public Speaking

dar512 · 10-30-2008, 11:47 AM

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.

10-30-2008, 11:47 AM	#6
dar512 dar512 is now Pete Zicato Join Date: May 2003 Location: Chicago suburb Posts: 4,968	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. __________________ "Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain." -- Friedrich Schiller

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