Hello and welcome to The Traveling Introvert want to talk about public Speaking speakingskills, presentation skills. So many times I hear people who are introverts saythat they don't like public speaking speaking because they're introverts. Andit's really interesting to hear that because then it kind of perpetuates themyth that introverts can't do public speaking, which is not the case. Whattends to be the case is that there are some levels of anxiety, of fear, ofnervousness around public speaking and possibly just not even knowing the righttools that you might need to channel your anxiety or how to calm down or justbeing confident in what you're saying that makes you think that it's because ofyour introversion. But as we all know, introversion is about how you channeland use your energy, right?So I want to talk about ways to channel your anxiety, if youdo have that, and how to improve your public speaking skills. Now, there is nopublic speaker in the world that hasn't felt nervous, some butterflies beforegoing out on stage because it is something that can be electrifying andlifechanging. And you're telling people who want to listen to you aboutwhatever it is that you're speaking about. You are commanding that attention.So it is only natural that you feel maybe a little nervous and some butterfliesin your stomach and that is fine.Now, first of all, there's so much inspiration. If you needsome inspiration when you're thinking about public speaking and the type ofpublic speaker that you would like to be, or even just presentations or talks,look for recorded videos like Ted Talks or that sort of thing, giving speechesabout maybe a similar topic as you. What have they used for props or visuals?How have they arranged things? How have they even crafted their speech?What has worked and what hasn't? And then another thing iswhen preparing for a presentation or a speech, consider the wants and needs ofyour audience. What problem is it that they need solving? How can you helpsolve it for them? And what do they really want to hear from you?And last but not least, actually it should be first is whatis the goal of your presentation? Why are you doing this in the first place? Isit to make a sales pitch? Make sure that people are informed about X, Y and Z?To let people know about a service that is available or an event like why areyou doing that?And that will help channel some of the things that you wantto talk about. Use your body language to advantage facial expressions, gestureand good posture all help make an impact when telling your story. Look peoplein the eye, smile, walk around if possible, to give more passion and morecredence to what you are saying. The best speakers present themselves as beingfriendly, confident, enthusiastic and energetic. Wow.Well, that is the first of the podcast and I am not going toedit it out. Practise breathing from your diaphragm instead of from your chest.When we are anxious or nervous, we tend to do a lot of shallow breathing, andit makes it really hard for us to get deep breaths and to be able to slowourselves down. So just think about breathing from your diaphragm. It reallyhelps if you're standing up instead of your chest to better control your voice,the tone of your voice, the pitch and the volume.Because what some people find is when they are nervous oranxious, their pitch and their tone changes in their voice, which makes it moredifficult for people to understand, which helps them feel more nervous,...

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