Unlock Your Public Speaking Potential
By Antony Zogg
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About this ebook
This book considers not only at what people have to do if they want to become effective public speakers and presenters, but it looks at the necessary shifts in mindset needed to help them achieve their goals, and there is even a section on setting public speaking goals.
Based on the author's own struggle over 10 years this book is packed with anecdotes, humor and is written in an easy to read, conversational style.
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1. Acknowledgements
Over the past 10 years, I have been on a fascinating journey to overcome my intense fear of public speaking. I have had the privilege of being able to observe and evaluate people who have public speaking skills that range from absolute beginner through to advanced levels. Likewise, my speeches have been observed and evaluated by a range of speakers from entry level to accomplished, and by audiences of people from a wide variety of backgrounds, professions and cultures. I have participated and judged in public speaking contests at club, area and regional levels in New Zealand. I am currently a judge for the prestigious Cyril Basset, New Zealand Secondary Schools Public Speaking championships. I have attended conferences and conventions run by public speaking organizations and attended educational sessions designed to hone a person’s public speaking skills. Over the past decade I have assessed keynote speakers at the numerous business conferences I have attended for their overall effectiveness as speakers, and noted what they did well and where they could have improved. I have also read numerous articles on public speaking online, and in the newsletters of public speaking organizations such as National Speakers and Toastmasters that I have belonged to over the years. There was an awful lot of myth and junk that I had to filter out, but what I did notice was that certain tools and methodologies claiming to be effective in calming those public speaking nerves kept popping up in different publications and in the public speaking evaluations I received from fellow club members. It is impossible to attribute any one idea to a specific person or publication, so I acknowledge everybody who has contributed to the public speaking knowledge database internationally.
I then took what I learned and experimented with those ideas. I kept what worked and discarded what didn’t. It is this public speaking knowledge and my own experimentation over 10 years that helped me to overcome my fear of public speaking. This knowledge inspired me to write this e-book on what I found to be particularly useful in my public speaking experience and to add in what I hope will be a number of very useful tips of my own. Ideally when you read this e-book and as you apply what you have learned in it to your own public speaking experience, your public speaking and confidence should improve as you practice.
I acknowledge the Late Colin Perfect, my role model and mentor who accomplished more for public speaking in New Zealand than anybody else that I know. A great Toastmaster, Colin was a wonderful friend who encouraged me in those moments when I felt like giving up.
2. Introduction
Isn’t it amazing how we get conditioned by friends, parents, teachers, colleagues and others into believing that public speaking and presenting is something to fear and avoid. 10 years ago I was terrified at the prospect of speaking in public. My fear was so intense and debilitating that I would feel exhausted and ill after having made a speech. What’s more my struggle to overcome my fear seemed to be never ending. On several occasions during my public speaking journey I despaired and wondered if I would ever beat my fear. To make matters worse, I had a number of public speaking disasters under my belt and reflecting on those experiences only served to reinforce my belief that public speaking was a hugely painful process. However, as we progress through life we get married; a family member has a significant birthday; our parents have a milestone wedding anniversary celebration; we manage staff at work; we manage projects and stakeholders; sell products and services; persuade clients, or become the president of our local community club. These activities and roles, among countless others in life, require us to make speeches and presentations.
So, no matter how much we fear public speaking – it is part of everyday life whether or not we like it, so we may as well learn how to master it.
The good news is that public speaking is a skill that is very easy to master and heaps of fun provided you follow some basic techniques and practice speaking in public as often as you can.
After being a member of a public speaking club for a year, my speaking abilities had improved significantly through practice, but my fear of public speaking seemed to be getting worse. Determined to overcome my fear, I read extensively on the topic, and took on more and more public speaking roles at my public speaking clubs, at work and anywhere else I could find a willing audience. There is so much information out there and I had to wade through it all – the good, the bad, the myth, and the facts. It was very time consuming to carry out all of that research – in fact it took me 10 years to accomplish. It’s really about finding and trying out new techniques yourself. If something works, use it again, but if it doesn’t, dump it and experiment with something else. This e-book draws on the techniques and tools that have helped me become a more confident and effective speaker and could save you an awful lot of time and energy as you develop your public speaking skills and begin conquering your fear.
When I look back