How do I become a good public spearker?
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Eat a little something about an hour before your presentation - you don't want to pass out from low blood sugar due to your anxiety first of all. \n\nSecond, practice some breathing and relaxing exercises before your speech. Take a slow deep breath in with the nose, slow exhale from the mouth. Then do several mouth exercises - say the vowels A,E,I,O,U with very exaggerated facial muscle use - stretching each one as far as you can while saying them out loud. This will relax the facial muscles that you will use to speak as well as smile.\n\nForcing a smile, even when you don't feel it on the inside, really can improve your mood. \n\nDon't look directly at the people you are speaking to. Look just above their heads - they will not realize you are not actually looking at them.\n\nTry to relax. People are just people. To put it bluntly, we all still sit on the toilet, barf when we're sick, blow boogers out of our noses, do stupid things, have problems at home, etc. etc. etc. Don't ever put anyone on a pedestal, no matter who they are - it's easier to speak to people when you realize they are not above you.
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Join your local political party of choice, volunteer for a good few years, door knocking, talking to people, campaigning, getting known in your community. Then, ideally volunteer in an MP's office to see if you will like the job. Then work your way up, get some elected positions under your belt at local level...maybe become a local councillor. Attend lots of local-level party meetings and try and change things from the inside. Then eventually stand for a reasonably safe seat in your (ideally local) constituency, and hope for the best. Et viola!
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Like any biz, convince people are bigger and more important than you actually are. Dont claim to be start up.  Play well off and confident and it will pay off
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1. Choose a business that will not require you to talk to other people, or at least very limited. Instead of starting a Public Relations shop which requires a lot of wheeling and dealing, you may want to start an Internet business where the main form of communication is email.\n\n2. Learn more about your business. The more knowledge you have, the greater your confidence will be.\n\n3. Enroll in some public speaking courses or presentation courses; counties or local colleges can be an inexpensive way to learn.
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Write letters to the Editor and have others do so on your behalf.  Meet as many in the community as is possible and leave them with your name in their hands.  Issue as many press releases as possible.  Offer people a ride to the polls.  All of these methods have proven effective. The main thing is if you are just getting started out is gaining name recognition and these are ways to do just that.
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List down the things you think you are good at.  Be proud of them.  List out things you cannot do.  Ask yourself whether you can live without doing these.  Ignore those you dont need to pursue. Pay attention and sharpen those skills that you wish you could develop.  Practice hard.  Dont rely on what others say.  Be good at your own work and have ample faith in yourself.  Whilst at this do not get self centred.  Look around and be sensitive to others needs.  Helping someone who is in real need will surely make you feel good - no great!  Go on - try to come out of your shell as the world outside is beautiful.  Good luck!
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In most cases you need to do free lance and have someone really like your work.  You might need to start at a real low level to get you foot in the door.  An Agent might not be the best choice but the good ones will have allot of contacts.  I new a guy who worked for some small market weekly news paper and low circulated magazine, but was taking pictures at the last KY Derby for the AP.  Just keep on working hard and knocking on doors.  Never burn any bridges or stab anyone in the back.  It might get you ahead for the short score but in the long run who wants to hire a jerk.  Be nice.
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Not bad,just be honest to the person and to them in a right place and in a good manner,be a good leader,set as an example!
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Start by doing it in a mirror, I know sounds silly but if you can watch your self then getting up in front of others is easy.  After that, I would go with a lot of mental stuff, try to picture the crowd, and then give your speech.  Once you really feel good about that, invite some friends and family over and do it in front of them.
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That's a really personal decision, one that people online cannot make for you.  Do you WANT to do it?  Can you contribute anything to help them?  What are your goals, and are they realistic?  Why did they ask you in particular to be on the board?  Do you have some community pull or something?  It all depends on what YOU want to do, not what anyone out here thinks you should do.  \n\nAlso, if you are going to be making public speeches and pleas, you might want to have someone knowledgeable in English grammar look it over for you to avoid mistakes.
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Be Nice To People, Ask Them What They Think Is Fair, Usually If Your Good At Baby Sitting Then People Will Recommand You. Oh And Also Its Good To Not Have A Criminal Record Lol.
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Define your goals and what your objective is.\nListen without forming your opinion while doing so.\nBe willing to take feedback.\nHave no expectations of others, just from yourself.\nLove yourself first.\nDon't gossip\nDon't do something for another they can do for themselves.\nEncourage truthfully.\nDo your best and remember to play.\nLive your standards.\nAnd make sure your standards are good.
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If you mean how to talk in front of a crowd, I'm pretty good at it.  Just know your material, stand confidently, speak confidently, and look around at different people instead of honing in on just one person.  Here's a trick:  just pretend.  Pretend you are a good speaker and you will be.  It is sort of like an out-of-body experience.
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Dude, have I got the help for you.  I've just gone through all this mess trying to start a movement here in Tacoma.  First things first, you have to have a name that grabs peoples attention, both for the group and for the forum.  Then you pitch the idea to local groups, like the Democrats or the Greens or some other local organization.  If you're shy, you can spread the word via email lists, forums, message boards, or other media.  Then when you get a few hits of people who are interested, you can ask them if they have any resources you can use.  Use the cheapest means available to raise awareness of your event.  If there are community calendars or bulletin boards at places of social significance, plaster them liberally.\n\nStart a blog.  Check out the one I started at www.apctahoma.blogspot.com  There you can see that I really created the whole concept right there on the spot.  It takes a little work to set up and to post to, but you can do it for free over at blogger.com.  With a blog you can update members about meetings, post cool articles, and build an online community.  What you really want to do is find a techie or group of techies who like your cause and want to help promote it with their expertise.  Without that kind of help, you're stuck just working on messaging your event and tooling it to appeal to a broad base of folks.  Which can be effective, but the sooner you get an active web presence and good media materials, you won't be seen as quite professional enough.\n\nSponsors are critical, whether it's your local Labor Council or a small local business.  Use the resources you have to open up other resources.\n\nSince you're a college student, you have access to something other people don't have: college faculty.  Find a teacher who believes in what you believe, and let him tell you how it's done.  Most active teachers will love to help you set up something like this, particularly poltical science or history professors.\n\nAlso, critical to this work is picking events that have action related stuff in the ad.  So it could be writing letters, marching, hearing speeches, interacting in workshops, drumming or eating, whatever the activity is.  And it should imply that something is actually going to be accomplished.  Folks usually only like to go to process-type meetings if they're involved in the leadership, so instead set up some fun activities for the group to do.  You might even partner up with a local charity and do something jointly together as a way of bringing your networks together.  In this day and age, service attracts a lot of interesting people.\n\nAnd know your audience.  If your audience is sophomores and juniors have good music, very little drama, and a whole lot of interesting conversation, and the good times will roll.  With seniors and beyond, focus on events as they can fit into a full-time  grownup's busy schedule.\n\nAlso incorporate elements of you into everything you do.  If you like art, get some art for your event.  If you like piano, get yourself a pianist.  Remember, if it isn't fun, you won't keep doing it.  And you have to keep doing it.\n\nGo ahead and steal this title idea "Speak Your Peace - A Community Forum on the Future of Democracy" Perhaps that will inspire you to come up with good ideas of your own.\n\nGood luck, and never stop believing in the power of good people to do great things.
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Joining groups, student council, etc. are all good ideas, but to really make a difference, be your own person, stand up for your beliefs, let no person find you to be dishonest, disloyal or disobedient. Don't give in to peer pressure, let others look to you to be the example and be it.  Do well in your studies and if you are unable to get A's, do the best you can in all you do and let nobody be able to say you are a slacker.  In other words, be the best'you' that you possibly can! Good luck! Great goal!
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talk with an attitude.\ncreate a positive impact.\nhear before you speak !!
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Run for public office.