Unique Client
Solutions shares their tips for leaders on how to perfect your public speaking.
As an up-and-coming
leader, public speaking is going to be required of you at one time or another.
Whether it’s to your team of salespeople or to a large meeting, the basic skills
are the same. Unique Client Solutions offers four tips that will help
you overcome any nerves.
Rehearse.
At Unique Client
Solutions we recommend that you ignore people who say that they can just step
on stage and deliver a speech without practice, they’re almost certainly not
telling the truth. Practicing is the easiest way to get rid of nerves because
the more comfortable you are with what you’ve got to say, the less likely you
are to get tripped up by it and the better you’ll deliver it.
Redefine fear
When someone says that
their adrenaline is pumping, we view it as a positive thing. When someone says
they’re nervous, it’s a negative. Actually the physical effect is much the same.
When your heart starts pounding before a speech stop thinking of it as nerves,
instead think of it as adrenaline racing around your body to prepare it for the
task in hand. It’s not going to hinder you, it’s going to give you an
edge.
Breathing
The way you breathe
can have a huge effect on your public speaking. Unique Client Solutions has
looked at the advice from experts and they recommend to breath slowly,
frequently and deeply by drawing your breath from your stomach. This will
immediately relax your body and the nerves will wash away. You need to do this
just before you’re about to speak, perhaps when you’re being
announced.
Forget about yourself
Public speaking isn't about you, it’s about your audience. At Unique Client Solutions we like to put
on a great show and we believe public speaking is about delivering something to
others. The separation that comes with changing the focus of your attention
from yourself to your audience will give you the detachment that you need to
reduce some of your nerves.
Whatever industry you
work in, and whatever the reason you’re delivering a speech, these skills will
help you to relax and enjoy public speaking. Within our team at Unique Client
Solutions we have some fantastic public speakers and we ensure that they share
their skills as much as possible. Find someone at your company with experience
of public speaking and ask them how they prepare. They’re bound to have some
helpful ideas that you can use.
