How do I go about becoming a motivational speaker?
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If you aren't already a professional speaker, start with Toastmasters. \n\nDevelop your own presentation and market it to corporations or associations who might be interested. Once you've done a few paid gigs, THEN contact your local speakers bureau. \n\nOr, get all the education you can about your specific topic and bill yourself as a consultant ... who also is available for speaking engagements, and then only market the speaking aspect. \n\nYou have to have some kind of niche, though, because there are so many motivational speakers. Will you focus on faith? Overcoming depression? Families? Balancing life and career? Productivity at work? You'll need to know well before you join a bureau! Look up Tom Antion on the web, or someone like that, and get on their mailing list - they send you helpful info all the time.
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motivate people, speak good, and then get it certified. that is the answer to life my friend.
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make sure it's not dragging...limit time for giving speeches. and get a very good emcee.
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http://www.toastmasters.org\n\nIt is what they do!
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When you are planning to deliver a speech, concern much undermentioned factors because they are very important to a speech at the public.\n\n1) The topic that you select should be familiar with you.\n\n2) Read books and other materials to collecting data and facts.\n\n3) Make a brief note using the facts you collected\n\n4) Study them much and then build logical ideas.\n\n5) When deliver your speech, maintain an appropriate pattern of behavior.\n\n6) When you are presenting your ideas, stay in a polite and cool nature.
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Here are some more thoughts ....\n\nMake sure you project your voice, and make your voice interesting and expressive. Speak clearly, and slower than you would if you were just chatting with friends. Don't move around while speaking - try to stand in one spot, which makes it easier for those listening. Don't fidget. Try to use some humor. Use an ice breaker for the beginning of your presentation. One good one is to get everyone to tell something they have done that they think no one else in the room has done. You find out lots of interesting stuff about the group. Start on time and finish on time. Get their attention - don't try to talk over a lot of noise. Find ways to involve them - try to plan some activity that will teach them something and that will fit well in your time frame. Dress in a manner that suits your topic.\n\nI hope this helps.
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the #1 key to making a good speech is to believe in what you are saying %100. \n\neven if you dont neccessarily agree with the topic of the speech, speaking with conviction will make your speech more effective and boost your confidence while speaking.\n\ninstead of thinking about what people will think or how well you will do, just try to speak as if your only goal is to convince one person in the room that what you are saying is true. \n\nand dont just ramble off a bunch of facts. put things into context and give examples that will relate your subject matter in many different ways. \n\ngiving a good speech is a matter of interacting with your audience, not lecturing them.
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Keep one thing in mind. English is just a language i.e a way to express you self. Your thoughts and your content is far more important. U have to overcome this fear once for all because if u buckle and give up now, u will need much more courage when you do it next time. Every time you escape it'll get even worse. Life will keep giving u situations when you will have to speak to people and the sooner you start the better it would be. All the nice speakers that u come across were not that good when they started. \n\nAbout ppl making fun - You will always find people who get satisfaction by humiliating other people and they do this on any pretest , be it language, looks, beliefs, dressing sense ---- everything. Its for you to decide whether u want to quit because of stupid people or u want to progress and improve your confidence for your own good\n\nPlease note language and words are important but your confidence , body language and your determination is heard more loudly than your words. So be brave and face it all- u'll see a marked difference in you the second time you do it and slowly u will emerge as a good speaker. Be confident.\nBest of luck!
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First take some speech classes.
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Might I suggest a speech class? \n\nIf your writing is any indication of your public speaking skills, then you definitely need some help.\n\nGo to your local community college and enroll in a Speech 101 class. You might even learn some "openers" while you are improving your speaking skills!
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Since I don't know what your hobbies or interests are, my advice is to offer you a few suggestions to guide your thinking as to the choice of topics. In my experience, the best speech you can give is about a subject that: \n\na) you know very well, so that you will have some material to talk about for five minutes. Because this is a persuasive speech, you should think about at least three arguments that support your position on the subject. You may be able to come up with more than three but pick the three strongest ones and go with those. \n \nb) you feel passionately about, so that you will be persuasive. See a) above.  \n\nRemember, when you deliver your speech you become the expert on the subject. Your knowledge and passion about the subject are what will make you persuasive. \n\nSee if you can come up with a list of a few topics just by brainstorming about things that fulfill both criteria above. Then narrow it down to a subject that you feel you can write and talk about.\n   \nLastly, five minutes is not a very long time in terms of speeches, so you might want to practice your speech with a timer so that you can be sure to make it within the time limit. Practice also helps you memorize your speech so you won't need notes, in case you lose them.\n\nGood luck and have fun!
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Follow the following simple steps:\n1.Prepare a good story on the stuff that you wish to speak. Understand them well .\n2.Remember the story by heart.\n3.Stand in front of a mirror and repeat your story as many times as possible till you don't fumble and can speak continuously. Remember unless you can memorise and vomit wthout fumbling you can't deliver the results.\n4.After this make this presentation with your youger ones and with family and friends.\n5.Once you are confident jusk tell your friends to ask questions and start answering them. If you have problems then think of as many questions as possible and their best possible answers.\n6.Repaet the presentations with small groups of family and friends.\n7.IMPORTANT: WHILE MAKING THE PRESENTATION REMEMBER YOU HAVE MADE LOT OF EFFORTS AND YOU KNOW BETTER THAN YOUR AUDIENCES. HENCE  SPEAK CONFIDENTLY.\nIf you have any doubt in answering a question just answer and tell "This is what best I can think of. There may be better ways . "\nOr Just say" This is what I think. Correct me if I am wrong"\nHENCE THE KEY IS CONFIDENCE LEVEL. JUST MAKE THE PRESENTATION WITH FULL CONFIDENCE. THIS CAN BE DONE ONLY WHEN YOU HAVE PREPARED YOUR STORY WELL AND HAVE PRACTISED IT WELL.
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Ok, so it's not a pill...but they have tons of great ideas to help you with your specific demons.\n\nToastmasters - http://www.toastmasters.org/\n\nI heard about them for years, and often would people reccommend them to me. I had lots of excuses:\n"I'm an instructor! I talk in front of people all day!"\n"I am too tired when I get off work to add something else"\n"I took Speech class in school"\n\nWhen I finally got around to going I was amazed - it worked! A few tips -\n* Try different clubs as a visitor until you find one that fits. Each club is run by the members - which means that each club is a little different.\n* Once you join, make a committment to stay at least long enough to finish the first book. It will help you work through the rough spots. Because Toasmasters is ongoing, there is no "end" like there would be with a class.\n* Toastmasters really helps you work through your specific issues whatever they are. The variety in my club is not unusual: IT guys, non-native speakers, trainer/instructors, retired, unemployed, FT employed, student...etc. Everyone starts from thier own place.
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Try http://speeches.com/
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There are two really good books that you have to read.  The first is called, "Ultra Marathon Man"  and the second is called, "The Know-It-All"\nBoth are very motivational.
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I feel for you. My very first public speaking was in front of a 1000 people and my legs were like wobbling jelly.\n\nI just believe in three things when I do this. The first is I want to improve myself, the second is what I communicate is essential and the final is the more you do it the easier it gets.\n\nOne important thing to do is to write notes on your speech so that if you go blank then the notes can get you going. Always as your talk take a second or two to keep your notes up to where your speaking and take a small break as standing out front riffling through notes is not a good sight.\n\nWhen speaking to a large group, speak up and look at your audience. As you talk always move your eyesight around the people in the audience to make everyone feel part of your talk.\n\nFinally work out your talk/speech in advance and give it in front of a mirror to see your looking up and out and make the speech second nature.\n\nKeep going, it will get better and believe what I said in the first paragraph.
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Find someone who is closest to what you consider as a "succes man", and ask that person to be your mentor, or to give you suggestions to your situation, or give you names of people who may be able to provide you guidance in building self confidence and be a "succes man".\n\nMany people have succeeded in attaining their goal with the help of mentor(s) in their lives.