love you too Mary okay hi everyone so
today I’d like to talk about talking
more specifically I’d like to talk about
how learning public speaking improved my
confidence and entirely but so while I
understand that what I’m doing right now
probably seems intimidating and
threatening to most of you
it became a tool for self growth and
acceptance when they discovered it four
years ago entering high school I
struggled to maintain a healthy
self-confidence and thrive socially it
was difficult for me to find a place
where I felt comfortable and
self-assured see I felt that my thought
process and energy functioned at a
different wavelength than other people
and I felt isolated as they struggled to
express myself what I needed at the time
was a source of pride I needed something
to truly excel at so that I could be
motivated to do more but more than that
I needed a voice I needed a way of
expressing myself in a clear way to
others so that I could truly be heard I
eventually found this voice through
public speaking
after months of feeling alone and even
depressed I decided to learn public
speaking because I knew that I had all
of these strong thoughts and feelings
but I also knew that I had a lot to
learn in order to communicate them to
others while I might have been able to
predict a few of the ways this decision
changed would change my life I was
totally unprepared for the full impact
it would have
I remember the initial learning curve
vividly it was awkward unclear and
unfocused but I was also learning and
soon found that being able to stand in
front of a crowd and share my opinions
was a huge boost to my morale as I was
finally starting to find the voice I was
searching for I was starting to learn
how to express myself and improved
confidence as I gained my abilities
a speaker I remember this as one of the
most revolutionary and momentous periods
of my life perhaps more importantly
though I discovered a community of
others who shared my love for speech you
see public speaking then just give me a
voice it also gave me access to a
community of others who love the same
things that I did since then many of the
friendships and connections I’ve made in
high school have been through the public
speaking community and while I didn’t
always agree with my peers of course
found that I could always connect with
them based off of our similar attitudes
and mutual love for speech this also
helped with some of the problems I was
having in day-to-day interaction she
found that I improved communicating and
making sense of what others were saying
I found that I was also no longer as
self-conscious or worried about myself
or what I was doing when interacting
with others a year after I learned
public speaking or joined it I decided
to challenge myself a bit more
competitively this was more most
prominent in the public speaking
competition that happened right here two
years ago now at the time if you’d
public speaking is similar to writing
essays I focus on having formal
structure and strict logical arguments
but when I was writing this particular
speech I found this technique
restrictive so I went for something new
went for a looser structure and more
conversational tone brought personal
examples into the speech and by the time
the speech was done I found the product
they had was incredibly powerful
you know while winning that competition
was obviously nice what I really took
out of it was that public speaking
binges need to be a tool for arguing or
persuading people it could also be a
tool for connecting with them
emotionally since then many of the since
then I’ve been involved in public
speaking through numerous different ways
early on I joined the debate
here at Hamburg where I made many of the
connections I mentioned earlier I’ve
also been involved in several
competitions as both an individual and
team Speaker as some of you may know I
now run the same debate while they
joined so I’ve gone from an awkward
younger Eider just trying to find a
voice and some confidence to helping
dozens of others find their own voice
okay so the theme of today’s talk is
momentum and I think that applies to my
speech in two ways the first is personal
it’s how the energy I gain through
public speaking spread to many other
areas of my life in ways I would have
never imagined but the second more
relevant way that momentum applies to
this speech is the purpose of the speech
itself so again while I understand that
public speaking obviously isn’t for
everybody I would like everybody here to
just take a second to think about what
they are passionate about what I’d
really like is for everybody here to
explore their own passions and what
makes them feel like they have a voice
hopefully the momentum of this speech
can be carried out in your own lives and
how you choose to express yourselves
thank you
[Applause]
today I’d like to talk about talking
more specifically I’d like to talk about
how learning public speaking improved my
confidence and entirely but so while I
understand that what I’m doing right now
probably seems intimidating and
threatening to most of you
it became a tool for self growth and
acceptance when they discovered it four
years ago entering high school I
struggled to maintain a healthy
self-confidence and thrive socially it
was difficult for me to find a place
where I felt comfortable and
self-assured see I felt that my thought
process and energy functioned at a
different wavelength than other people
and I felt isolated as they struggled to
express myself what I needed at the time
was a source of pride I needed something
to truly excel at so that I could be
motivated to do more but more than that
I needed a voice I needed a way of
expressing myself in a clear way to
others so that I could truly be heard I
eventually found this voice through
public speaking
after months of feeling alone and even
depressed I decided to learn public
speaking because I knew that I had all
of these strong thoughts and feelings
but I also knew that I had a lot to
learn in order to communicate them to
others while I might have been able to
predict a few of the ways this decision
changed would change my life I was
totally unprepared for the full impact
it would have
I remember the initial learning curve
vividly it was awkward unclear and
unfocused but I was also learning and
soon found that being able to stand in
front of a crowd and share my opinions
was a huge boost to my morale as I was
finally starting to find the voice I was
searching for I was starting to learn
how to express myself and improved
confidence as I gained my abilities
a speaker I remember this as one of the
most revolutionary and momentous periods
of my life perhaps more importantly
though I discovered a community of
others who shared my love for speech you
see public speaking then just give me a
voice it also gave me access to a
community of others who love the same
things that I did since then many of the
friendships and connections I’ve made in
high school have been through the public
speaking community and while I didn’t
always agree with my peers of course
found that I could always connect with
them based off of our similar attitudes
and mutual love for speech this also
helped with some of the problems I was
having in day-to-day interaction she
found that I improved communicating and
making sense of what others were saying
I found that I was also no longer as
self-conscious or worried about myself
or what I was doing when interacting
with others a year after I learned
public speaking or joined it I decided
to challenge myself a bit more
competitively this was more most
prominent in the public speaking
competition that happened right here two
years ago now at the time if you’d
public speaking is similar to writing
essays I focus on having formal
structure and strict logical arguments
but when I was writing this particular
speech I found this technique
restrictive so I went for something new
went for a looser structure and more
conversational tone brought personal
examples into the speech and by the time
the speech was done I found the product
they had was incredibly powerful
you know while winning that competition
was obviously nice what I really took
out of it was that public speaking
binges need to be a tool for arguing or
persuading people it could also be a
tool for connecting with them
emotionally since then many of the since
then I’ve been involved in public
speaking through numerous different ways
early on I joined the debate
here at Hamburg where I made many of the
connections I mentioned earlier I’ve
also been involved in several
competitions as both an individual and
team Speaker as some of you may know I
now run the same debate while they
joined so I’ve gone from an awkward
younger Eider just trying to find a
voice and some confidence to helping
dozens of others find their own voice
okay so the theme of today’s talk is
momentum and I think that applies to my
speech in two ways the first is personal
it’s how the energy I gain through
public speaking spread to many other
areas of my life in ways I would have
never imagined but the second more
relevant way that momentum applies to
this speech is the purpose of the speech
itself so again while I understand that
public speaking obviously isn’t for
everybody I would like everybody here to
just take a second to think about what
they are passionate about what I’d
really like is for everybody here to
explore their own passions and what
makes them feel like they have a voice
hopefully the momentum of this speech
can be carried out in your own lives and
how you choose to express yourselves
thank you
[Applause]
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