Feb 19 2009
Overcoming Fear of Public Speaking
Communication anxiety, the fear of speaking in public, is a common difficulty experienced by many people in every profession in the world.
These people can be the leading authority on their field of expertise and be 
terrified of addressing a group of people. Communication anxiety can also affect a person’s job performance. If one has to give a presentation to managers or other employees and suffers from communication anxiety, he/she may appear unprepared or even foolish despite having all the needed elements in place except the ability to speak coherently.
The ability to peak well is of prime importance in education and professional presentation. This is one of the reasons that every university in the country requires communication classes. These schools know that speaking to groups of people will be required of everyone at some point in time by their profession. These classes are designed to teach effective speaking habits and tactics to dealing with anxiety about the presentation before getting in front of a group.
Overcoming communication anxiety is usually fairly simple unless the individual suffers from an honest phobia about speaking in public. The first step to overcoming anxiety over speaking to a group is to examine one’s own feelings. Is the physical sensation one is experiencing genuine fear or simply excitement? Of feelings of excitement are confused with anxiety because the physical sensations associated with the two are very similar.
The second step is to review the subject of the presentation or speech thoroughly to eliminate any chance that one has overlooked a detail that could come back to haunt one later. Knowing the material intimately will help a person overcome anxiety by allowing him/her to relax into the knowledge and forget about the group of people being addressed.
The third step is to postpone the meeting or speak ing engagement if feelings of anxiety are overpowering. There are some tricks that people suggest,
such as picturing the audience in their underwear, which may help one to relax. If relaxation and calm are not forthcoming after taking the first two steps, postpone the meeting until one is completely satisfied that his/her knowledge of the topic is sufficient to overcome any possible shortcomings and that any questions asked can be answered knowledgeably. Once one is totally secure in his/her familiarity with the topic of the presentation, the fear of addressing a group can be treated as excitement and dealt with in a rational manner. Of course, when everything else fails, and you feel as if you standing in front of a group of people completely naked, make sure you envision them sitting in their chairs naked too. Remember, you are still equal to them in every way.
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