Overcoming The Fear Of Public Speaking Analysis

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I believe that public speaking is not an innate gift that only certain people have, rather anyone can be an excellent public speaker with a certain amount of practice, time, and effort. That being said, I consider myself an excellent public speaker. Since I was in the 7th grade, I have traveled across the state of Texas speaking to large crowds about the harmful affects of tobacco. From 7th grade until my junior year in high school, I was a state representative for the state of Texas; as such, our job was to publically speak about the harmful uses of tobacco to youth and adults alike. I have spoken to crowds of 10 people up to crowds of 700+ people. Truth be told I actually enjoy public speaking! However, the thing that does make me anxious about public speaking is the fact that I may leave a particular point out of my speech, or get my order of points confused. Likewise, I have been able to overcome that by speaking from the heart; by speaking from the heart I am not anxious about missing a valid point or skipping over material I have planned out. …show more content…

One of the tips the article provides to readers to overcome the fear of public speaking is to "Practice in front of an audience" (paragraph 8, sentence 1). I have tried this myself time and time again! It works! Before the speeches and power point presentations I had to give, I always made sure to practice in front of my fellow teen representatives so that I could get advice and constructive criticism on what I could say or do to make my speech

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