Public
Speaking & Stage Fright: Quick Cure
Stage
fright is what stops most people from doing seminars
or public speaking. Seminars are a terrific way
to promote yourself, generate more business, and
make sales of your product or service but you'll
never do it unless you get rid of stage fright
once and for all.
Stage
fright is the panic and fear that hits people
right before they go up to speak, or when they're
already speaking.
If
you've taken any of my workshops and trainings,
you know that I help people to conquer stage fright
and eliminate fear of public speaking.
People
manage to "create" stage fright in a number of
ways, but a very common way is to look out over
an audience, and feel the eyes of a bunch of staring
strangers burning a hole in them. Yikes! Who wouldn't
feel uncomfortable with all those eyes burning
holes in them?!
Here's
how to prevent that from ever happening to you:
arrive early before your talk, and make time to
walk around and meet some of the audience members.
Introduce
yourself as the speaker, thank them for coming,
ask them some targeted questions about what they're
hoping to hear about.
Be
genuinely friendly & curious, and it will feel
good to talk to these people. Then, when you're
"on stage", be sure to make eye contact with 'your
new friends" consistently.
Heck,
if it's a small group, you may even be able to
meet everyone before you start your talk.
Meeting
people and being friendly before you start your
talk means these people are not strangers boring
holes in you, they're your new friends!
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