How to develop excellent communication skills? (for conversation and public speaking)?
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Read for better conversation. Socialize regularly for public speaking.
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1. Plan. For every presentation, plan well. Everything can be overcome with the right amount of planning. Including stage freights.\n2. Articulate well. Practice in front of the mirror. Think everytime before you speak. When you are making a speech or presentation, you are trying to deliver a message or information. Keep in mind: what is most important is not how you look or how interesting what you are saying is, but how you deliver the message so that everybody understands. Talk slowly, take your time. If you're loud and clear, everybody will listen.\n3. Put the spotlight on the audience. Do not imagine that all eyes are on you. Imagine that all eyes are on them, like they themselves are on the stage and you are in their seats telling them what to do like director.\n4. Practice proper posture and gestures. This helps, and allows you not to be too verbal and express yourself in another way. It adds in the overall positive effect too.\n5. Be objective. Say only what you need to say, no less and no more.\n6. Have enough rest before every presentation. It clears your mind and lets you muster the confidence factor.\n7. Smile. (You're on candid camera. =) )
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As my experience says, I used to use Paltalk software. It is voice based chat software. There are several channels and according to your choice you can join any room there. Rooms are very decent. No loose talk. If anybody is found doing so, he/she is pissed off from the room. Native speakers run the room as Administrator. They are very helpful. There are several room for people desirous to learn speaking English. Listening helps a lot.\n\nAlright!!!\nMantra to improve English\n1- Improve your vocabulary.\n2- Learn the formation of sentences.\n3- Try to speak small sentences, and gradually try to seapk big sentences connecting them.\n4- Further phrases and idioms guild a lilly in you speech. \n5- Listen to people who are native speaker. \n6- Dont imitate. Listen, try to speak in your way.\n7- Keep on reading paragraphs in English a little loudly. \n8- Be use to speak casually.\n9- Last but not least, Action is eloquence. Be Confident and willing to get your target.
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Practice.\nTry using different kinds of speech. \nTry to put customer service as the number one priority.\nTry writing your words and sentences before on a piece of paper and practice talking before. Record it and hear it yourself.
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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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Get into the habit of reading books loud, this will help you increase the pronunciation and vocabulary skill.\nPractice in front of mirror, \nJust put your mind at ease, your main aim is communication, so try to say what you are thinking.\nUse short sentences, simple words and good pauses. \nYou will do fine
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First- start talking to people who are speaking the language you want to learn better.\n\nSecond- Listen to the radio, talk radio, this will help in learning usage of words. Live music concerts and lectures are great to go to also.\n\nThird- You can also have a pen pal or two. Online or via mail.\n\nFourth- Get some books on tape, listen to some each day.\n\nFive- vocabulary is something we work on improving for a lifetime, but you can get a good Dictionary and a good Thesaurus, these will help a lot. Refer to these whenever you see a word you do not understand or know how to use. I have these on hand myself all the time.\n\nSix- Written communication is good to work on right along with verbal skills. Listen, speak and write it down on paper.
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I sufered the same problem till I read some books about the subject.They were "How to win friends and influence people" by Dale Carnegie & "The Art of conversation" by James Morris.\nBut more importantly,practice what is in these books.
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To improve communication skills is like learning how to ride bike, the more you do it the better you become and the more confident you become. Focusing on 'the oral communication' is also focusing on personal fear, but to focus only in the emotion and what you want to say will give you that extra push. here is a example: say you were going out on a date and you take that someone special to a place to eat, are you going to assume that the waiter will already know what you want without saying the words? or are you going to 'orally communicate with them and tell them what you and that special person wants?\nWhat i usually do is i 'mentally' tell myself " OK these people do not know what I'm going to say - so therefore I'm the teacher and the more i communicate with them, the more they'll learn" keep it alive, exciting and get them involved. also practising on a computer mic also helps, or practise with a answering machine or voice mail message, this way you can hear for yourself where you can improve or leave it alone. i send you the best of luck with this, i know how you feel, before i did seminars i feared the same things you do.
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Public Speaking is easy, I assume you don't think so, having asked these questions, so here's how I do it:\n\n* Know your stuff - know *about* what you are going to say, not *what* you are going to say\n* Don't prepare a speech and try and learn it. If you miss a line, you'll panic. Instead, remember what points you want to make, and the general flow of the speech. If you know your stuff, you'll naturally fill in the blanks\n* Time yourself talking about the subject - talking aloud to nobody is a bit weird, but it helps cement in your mind what you'll say, and check it meets the time slot given.\n* Slow down. It's easy to panic, rush through your stuff, and run out of material.
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Watch the news and practise how they speak. Start takling to well spoken people that'll help you
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How about COMMUNICATION
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Hi there! First of all..Your avatar looks cute! And, you dont need to waste your time responding to Jcleann13..I mean.. she/he doesnt even have one! \nAnd..about ur communication skills: \nIn order to master them you should first watch your language, be an active listener and connect with the person you are talking with. Then..There are some websites that will tell you more abt it than I could possibly do.. So u might wanna go to:\nhttp://www.mindtools.com/CommSkll/CommunicationSkills.htm or http://www.inc.com/articles/2000/03/18145.html.\nGood luck ;)
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The best way to improve is to practice.  I second the person who said to join Toastmasters (www.toastmasters.org).  I was in it for six years and it helped me immensely.  I miss it.\n\nWhen I was in grad school I put together a silly little site with some specific tips.  They are the same things I would tell you here, so you may want to take a look at it.  I promise it will not try to sell you anything, except for the normal Lycos ads.\n\nThe address is: http://stevefournier01.tripod.com/tips/tips-index.html\n\ngood luck.
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Communications is one of the greatest asset given to man. Without it, how can we socialize, or get anything done?
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clearly, you have to speak well. No horible accents or lips or anything. Also, you cant be shy.Public speaking is not for the faint of hear.\nLastly, it helps if you a) loveable or b) hot.
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The best thing you can do is PRACTICE.  Write an outline on a couple notecards -- that are the major points of your speech.  Remember those points - and you will be able to talk freely on the topic.  But really, just practice what you need to say - and it will go smooth.