Business Tips: How to Improve Public Speaking Skills

my name is Liz Crompton I’m a member of
the speak with style Toastmasters club
for the last year and I have served us
the vice president of public relations
and as VP of Education never turn down
an opportunity to speak in public even
if you are a confident speaking you’re
confident you have to keep using it
because otherwise we lose it as they say
no your material if you’re comfortable
with your material and you’ve read it to
do more research than you need you have
it always at your fingertips arrive a
little bit early especially if you’re
not familiar with it if you need to hand
out materials or if you need to practice
with a mic practice with the laptop or
just get a sense of the lay of the land
it’s better to get there a little bit
sooner and to be comfortable with these
things get it all set up before the
people come in relax that’s a hard one
but you’ll see the great speakers really
look very comfortable in front of a
large number of people it’s like they
were having a one-on-one with them I
contact is another one I have trouble
with eye contact myself because I find
that when I look at somebody I
completely forget what I was going to
say next movement you’ll notice someone
isn’t static they’ll move around a
little bit and if someone is very tight
and standing like this and not looking
around too much that shows that they’re
a little bit closed often not not
feeling very comfortable you might feel
like you’re exaggerating your movements
but in reality you probably aren’t
feedback is critical for the good and
for the bad because even the best
speakers even the people who are at the
top of the game and whatever field they
are there’s always room for improvement