7 Steps to Overcoming “Speakers Anxiety”

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Conducting a workshop can often be more stressful than presenting a speech.  With a workshop, you are not just presenting your ideas, you are responsible for ensuring that your audience stay alert, interested, become involved and learn.

Generally, participants pay to attend a workshop, and their expectations are higher than if they’re just listening to a speech. They come to learn new ideas, new skills or new strategies. The added expectations can often place more pressure on the presenter and may account for higher levels of nervousness or fear.

To overcome this, here are seven steps that will bring you closer to the audience and help you to overcome any fears that you may have. Please login or register to view this content.