1) Depends on topic: if I like it or know it inside and out, I can talk on confidently; if I don't, well I recede into my shell
2) Depends on the audience: if I know them and they know me, or if I can talk to 2 primary groups of friends -one preferably on either side so it looks like I'm spreading eye contact- that's good. Otherwise, I really just want to fade into the mass and not be noticed.
3) Preparing notecards and crap has done me no good whatsoever. If I want a speech to go over well, I need a really detailed outline that is basically what I am going to say or just know it absolutely because this is the sort of stuff I know.
4) If I can have a partner or group upon whom I can interject, as opposed to being the one to start everything off, life becomes a dream.
Overall, public speaking sucks, but there are ways to get through it.
2) Depends on the audience: if I know them and they know me, or if I can talk to 2 primary groups of friends -one preferably on either side so it looks like I'm spreading eye contact- that's good. Otherwise, I really just want to fade into the mass and not be noticed.
3) Preparing notecards and crap has done me no good whatsoever. If I want a speech to go over well, I need a really detailed outline that is basically what I am going to say or just know it absolutely because this is the sort of stuff I know.
4) If I can have a partner or group upon whom I can interject, as opposed to being the one to start everything off, life becomes a dream.
Overall, public speaking sucks, but there are ways to get through it.