Questions about situations where a speaker is addressing an audience.
Questions tagged [public-speaking]
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How can I calm myself down when giving a presentation?
So, I have to give presentations in school, and of course the number of those presentations is just going to increase (I'm just entering highschool).
I'm a classic nerd and my social skills are...well...um...not too great. I can talk to my friends…
Auden Young
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Recovering from stumbling over words
There are times when I'm telling a story to friends, having a discussion in a meeting or giving a presentation when I'll stumble over my words. This may result in a word coming out sounding like gibberish or in me saying a wrong word…
scohe001
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How to talk to my teacher after my valedictorian speech script was altered beyond recognition?
In a few days time I will be giving a valedictorian speech at my high school graduation. The teachers in charge asked me to show them my speech so I did. Just now a very different speech was sent to me with a title "amended speech". The whole speech…
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How do I pitch a message for a Fraternity Election?
Update 2/6/2018
I won the election! What worked for me is described in the Selected answer of this question.
Conundrum
Currently, I am in my last semester of undergraduate college in a fraternity in the United States. We are about to have elections…
isakbob
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How can I get across "Stop making fun of the way I talk!"
I am 17 and lived for 9 years in London; I have lost my American-English accent.
Now I have returned to my home country, and I just can't get through to them "Stop making fun of the way I talk!" ( Here in my country, AmE is common )
I was mocked by…
a.RR
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What is this speaking method?
There is a certain tactic in public speaking, where the speaker will repeat a short phrase, and change just one or two words. Each time, the energy of each phrase builds on another. An example of this may be:
If you want to get where you're happy…
Osprey259
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How to deal with rude interruptions in a seminar?
The following situation has occurred several times with B (the same person, in the audience), A (a speaker, different from time to time), and C (the audience, mostly the same).
A is presenting some topic at a seminar
A presents some background…
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