Advice for public-speaking anxiety

BCEagle91
Sun, 20 Feb 2011 13:13:23 +0000

I had taken a speech class in high school, but it hadn’t helped. Now I believe it is partly
because I didn’t believe I had anything important to say to the class. I’m not sure
Toastmasters would have been much help to me because I can’t see how they would
care much about what I had ot say.



I took a few communications courses but they didn’t provide sufficient practice.

A speech club can go over how to develop and prepare a speech, even in an area where you aren’t an expert. You may have to give an impromptu speech where you can’t prepare at all. You get to see other people giving speeches where you can see their errors and their strengths and then apply what you learn to your own public speaking.

You may know a topic exceptionally well, but you still have to organize the speech, plan for the allotted time, and factor in the background of the audience.