Neverending Thoughts: August 2009

For those who know me, the Title of the post will seem funny even Ridiculous..."What the Heck?"...As i am no winner of 'Miss Public Speaking' contest. In fact i have my issues when it comes to Go up there and deliver a speech.
Yes, Dry mouth...Breaking into a sweat...,momentary laryngitis symptoms(causing hoarse voice or the complete loss of the voice )... racing heart....or momentary Amnesia(''Main kahan hun?'') before public speaking...whichever ..,I know them well...Symptoms of Stage fright!!!

Actually Yesterday, I had another bout of nerves during a presentation in college and i don't think my fellow classmates enjoyed it either.
And the fact that we were trying to drill our concept into a complete set of ...!!..uh...teachers..?[ ;)] dint help our case either.
So this set my mind reeling...which was still full of all the "HoWwwwwwww?...,HOWwww ...n HOOOOW's!!! during the session.." I began wondering.. if there were at all any possible ways to get through all these ''Mr How's" and "Miss Why's" without making a complete fool of urself....(and if luck favors...do just the opposite..[ ;}] ) Many people suggest different ways to rid this nervousness...but is it any good??? Now that I begin to think....I am not so sure.
And so the Control unit of ''Never ending thoughts" began to cook up some really tasty Khichdi...he.he..!" Here goes....Nez presents....ThRee ways to Banish 'Public Speaking' Fright...

TOP 3 WAYS:
#1. DEEP BREATHING:
assumption:Often Suggested Idea to focus on positive thoughts by concentrating on Breathing and Relieving stress.
Nez says: I think the real reason why it helps during public speaking is ..that it Gives u a distinct impression of an ASTHMATIC Patient..n the audience does not want to risk a fatal attack and hence cuts you some slack!!!
cons: Works only in situations where group-member or partner near you takes bath every-day!!!

#2.DRINK LOTS OF WATER:
assumption: Water cools off the system and moistens your throat n mouth so that you can speak without any vocal problems or nervous pauses..
Nez says:Drinking lots of water just before a presentation helps,easily finish of the presentation/speech in minutes without any delay...coz the speaker has to finish the speech in a hurry before he can rush to the loo. So full focus is on getting it over with.
pros: the person is in such an agitation to finish off that he literally Slam Dunks any doubts raised!!
cons: Speaker has to make sure that all the uh..facilities r available in the place before trying this method.

#3.WALK-A-THON:

assumption: Walking or Moving about during the presentation gives you a profession feel as well as helps spend pent up anxiety.
Nez says:Helps as the listener is too busy getting distracted by ur movements to focus on what u are saying...so u can often coolly get away wid the most ridiculous statements.
cons:should only be used by people who r sure that their supremely graceful movements will keep the listener entranced and not in fact make them a laughing stock.
Also one more method has struck me now...which is
Imagining: This method is an interesting way in case speaker is frightened or appalled by the looks of the listening audience.The trick is to imagine that the person in front of u is something that amuses u.Suppose some very strict teacher is sitting in font of u...Imagine that the person is wearing a PINK TEE Shirt and his hair and beard are bright violet in color with a bandanna tied on d head!!!The Perfect Hooligan Look will make u grin inspite of the fear!!!
Cons:Only for people whose audience already doesn't look or act like straight out of a Cartoon channel.
I hope UL will make good use of these ideas ...but make sure u don't overdo it...say Bye Bye to stage fright!! I hope these work for u..as they have not been tried by me yet.