Confortable communication

 

Every day we speak to other people. At home, at work, even while we are quietly attending to class we are participating in a communication process.

It can be said a lot about communication, but I’m going to focus on the speaker, more specifically on the confidence of the speaker.

For a lot of people there is a difference between speaking to an audience and speaking normally, to a few mates, and when we speak to an audience we use to be uneasy or nervous. But there are some techniques to enhance our confident in public speaches.

For example, if you know something by heart it would be difficult to behave normally. You would be thinking about the next word, and you won´t be able to interact with your public. 

And that is another advice, you should interact with your audience. Look at their faces, smile at them if possible. They will feel relaxed if you don’t appear to be nervous, and if they are relaxed, they will enjoy the speech. 

The last technique is about your hands. A lot of people just don’t know what to do with their hands while speaking in public. They behave like robots or worse, they put their hands in their pockets. The solution is a totem, for example a pencil or a pen. Keep the pen in your hands while you are speaking and suddenly you’ll behave naturally. 

Summarizing, try to be comfortable, because if you are, you audience will feel it and embrace whatever you are telling them. 

JJ