Mansoor Danish – Overcoming the Fear of Going Blank During Public Speaking
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The speaker discusses the fear of forgetting in public speaking and how to overcome it through strategic rehearsal. They explain that memorizing a speech is crucial to building on the knowledge of the topic and creating a memorable presentation. The speaker also emphasizes the importance of doing a lot of rehearsal at home and practicing on keywords to maintain audience engagement.
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Hi, everyone. I hope all of you are
keeping well. In today's video, we'll be talking
about glossophobia, the fear of public speaking. We
look at some of the concerns and problems
that we face while addressing a large audience.
We'll also try and look at some strategies
to deal with them. First up,
the fear of forgetting in front of a
large audience. It's a common concern which makes
us all freeze in front of a large
audience. What if I forget in the middle
of my speech?
You may have memorized your speech very well,
but the moment you see a large audience
in front of you, the thought keeps coming
in your mind, what if I forget in
front of this large audience? This large audience
is going to judge me. And that fear
of being judged often makes us freeze in
front of an audience. The mind goes completely
blank. Have you ever encountered a situation like
this where you went completely blank? If yes,
please share what your thoughts were and how
did you overcome those situation.
Let me share with you how we can
overcome this situation in a more strategic manner.
1st and foremost, I'm not in the favor
of memorizing the speech. You must never try
to memorize your speech. You must be familiar
with the topic that you're going to address.
And if you are familiar with the topic,
you really don't need to memorize a speech.
Instead, what you need to do is you
need to have your points ready. For example,
for this particular video that we're making, I
have my points in front of me. All
I have to do is I need to
glance and have a look at my point,
and I can continue my speech. I can
continue my presentation.
The moment we memorize a speech, we are
always trying to recall what is going to
come next and so that we can present
it in front of an audience. The moment
you miss one queue in the middle, you
go blank. You don't know how to proceed.
However, if you have your points in front
of you, you can build on the points
based on the knowledge that you have on
the subject. So it's extremely critical that you
speak on a matter where you have good
knowledge,
you familiarize yourself with the topic, you keep
your points handy, and there's absolutely nothing wrong
if you pick up your points and have
a quick look at them while you're making
your presentation.
Whatever you do, do it with dignity
so that you don't feel awkward about it,
and nor does your audience feel that you're
trying to,
recall things that you've forgotten and you're nervous
about it, you're anxious about it. You have
to remain calm. That's point number 1. Point
number 2, it's extremely important again that you
do a lot of rehearsal at home before
you make your final presentation.
We often underplay this. We feel that we
know the content. We know the topic. I
can go ahead and make my performance,
deliver my speed.
Anyone and everyone who has to make a
presentation
must do some performance rehearsal at home. Make
a presentation in front of the mirror. See
where you're going wrong. See how your body
language is coming along. See how your voice
modulation is coming along. Sometimes you might have
to rehearse and practice on modulating on keywords
in order to ensure that your audience remains
gripped and remains with you during your presentation.
All of this will be discussed with you
in the next few videos which we'll be
making on public speaking. Please remember to like
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my channel. Thank you so much for watching
this video.