Have you been nervous for the past few days now and you couldn't seem to relax because it won't be long until you're going to deliver a speech in front of many people? Do you want to learn how to improve your public speaking skills so that you won't look like a total clueless person when you go on stage soon? Being able to improve your public speaking skills is very important because it's really going to help you deliver your speech effectively. Don't lose hope because I will share some...

* Your first priority is safety. Know where fire exits and extinguishers are.

* Have backup equipment and backup plan in case of failure.

* Keep room lights at maximum intensity unless slides and/or video projection are being used.

* If room lights are down, put a soft light on presenter.

* Schedule breaks during program.

* Tape door latches to prevent them from making loud noises.

* Use semi-circular seating if possible.

* Provide hardback...

If you want to get real action out of your audience during a public speaking engagement, then tugging on their heart strings can help make it happen. This is where your storytelling ability can really make you shine.

Great storytellers like my friends Maggie Bedrosian and Thelma Wells can take a simple set of facts and paint moving pictures in the minds of their audience members with carefully crafted stories.

You don't have to tell stories when speaking to get emotional...

Have you ever heard a speech from someone who seemed nervous?

Have you ever been that person that put everyone to sleep with a routine lecture?

Do you remember hearing a speaker greet the audience with, not one, but two "Good Mornings."?

Speaker: Good Morning, Everyone.

Audience: Good Morning (audience is really just settling in to their seats)

Speaker: (Loudly) I said good morning!

I'm not sure about you but I think that is very rude of the...

Putting together a good Extemporaneous speech full of relevant, quality sources is only possible if a speaker maintains a well organized tub.  That black box is every Extemper's life source really.  If you are sketchy on a subject that tub could hold an article of enlightenment.  If you have a fantastic argument the box should hold exquisite evidence to support your claim.  But what good is that if you cannot find it!?  Ultimately, what effort you put into...

Being within time is an important aspect to any performance.  Falter thirty seconds over time, or drastically under, and your rank will suffer.  Thus, it may come to pass that a trimming of the piece be done.  Whilst looking at your Declamation script there should be several thoughts bouncing about before you begin the slicing.

• Have you done a trial reading?Before you even think of cutting be sure to read your piece aloud to get an estimation of time. ...

A problem for many novice public speakers is what to do with their hands during a presentation. Standing at a lectern giving a speech is the not the same as addressing an audience for 20, 30 or 40 minutes without benefit of a scripted text or lectern. The presentation is a different animal than the speech. Those who deliver presentations usually take advantage of the entire stage upon which they stand or the front of the classroom or the head of the boardroom table. In these situations,...

If you are looking to become a public speaker or to improve your public speaking skills then you've come to the correct place. When you are asked to create a presentation or make a speech, the first self question that is usually asked, after making the personal observation of why the heck did I say yes, is, where do I start?

In the words of Mark Twain, ‘It usually takes me more than three weeks to prepare a good impromptu speech.'  The message here is that your speech...

The Sons of the Lord God in Bible versus Quran (15)

This is the 15th article of the series:" The Sons of the Lord God in Bible versus Quran".

The Bible says that every spirit that does not acknowledge Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you have heard is coming and even now is already in the world. We are from God, and whoever knows God listens to us; but whoever is not from God does not listen to us. This is how we recognize the...

For many people, getting through one's speech or presentation as quickly as possible seems to be the objective when faced with the horror of addressing an audience.  While they may have planned on 20 minutes for their presentation, once they begin, they are off to the races and manage to spit it out in 10!

On the opposite side of that coin, however, are those who ramble; and, while the ramblers are a minority, they are out there.   If you have a tendency to go on...