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Hi there To be honest, for me, I sought opportunities where I could speak publicly and I have been very lucky in the sense that through my work with TCLA and [USER=1]@Jaysen[/USER]'s support I have been able to speak publicly on a number of occasions now. I know, however, that this is a privilege and not something which is so easily accessible, not least during a pandemic. If I was at uni I would have gotten involved with debating as a means to boost my confidence in this area and practise this, are you at a university currently? I do think that practise makes perfect so I would really recommend trying to seek out some opportunities to speak publicly and present.Other things I have done to help mindset has been to listen to other people speaking - some of the best orators are slow and take their time and really allow for pauses. I recognised in myself when I went to speak, I was so rehearsed and wanted to get the words out that I would speak too fast which led me to stumble and then panic. With that said, it can really help to try and analyse what you find quite scary about presenting/what might be holding you back. Now, I never script what I want to say but merely have bullet points of what I need to cover to allow me to be more conversational in my speech.On the subject of mindset, I try to use breathing techniques to stay calm when I know I have a presentation or talk upcoming and I just think to myself that no one in the audience wants to see me fail or faulter. I think the panic can come from fear of messing up and being judged but when you try to really dispel that from your mind it definitely feels less daunting.
Hi there To be honest, for me, I sought opportunities where I could speak publicly and I have been very lucky in the sense that through my work with TCLA and [USER=1]@Jaysen[/USER]'s support I have been able to speak publicly on a number of occasions now. I know, however, that this is a privilege and not something which is so easily accessible, not least during a pandemic. If I was at uni I would have gotten involved with debating as a means to boost my confidence in this area and practise this, are you at a university currently? I do think that practise makes perfect so I would really recommend trying to seek out some opportunities to speak publicly and present.
Other things I have done to help mindset has been to listen to other people speaking - some of the best orators are slow and take their time and really allow for pauses. I recognised in myself when I went to speak, I was so rehearsed and wanted to get the words out that I would speak too fast which led me to stumble and then panic. With that said, it can really help to try and analyse what you find quite scary about presenting/what might be holding you back. Now, I never script what I want to say but merely have bullet points of what I need to cover to allow me to be more conversational in my speech.
On the subject of mindset, I try to use breathing techniques to stay calm when I know I have a presentation or talk upcoming and I just think to myself that no one in the audience wants to see me fail or faulter. I think the panic can come from fear of messing up and being judged but when you try to really dispel that from your mind it definitely feels less daunting.
