Royane Real
The Real Secret to Becoming a Great Public Speaker
By Royane Real
Author of How You Can Be Smarter - Use Your Brain to Learn Faster, Remember Better and Be More Creative
Being good at public speaking is an important skill that many of us would like to have. Unfortunately, some of us suffer from having poor presentation skills. When we suffer from having poor public speaking skills, our listening audience suffers too!
I used to train people to develop the ability to speak in public with confidence and ease. Over the years, I helped hundreds of people learn to give better presentations. I also gave about 20,000 presentations myself to various groups.
Many of the people I trained in public speaking had never spoken in public before. When they first started speaking and making public presentations, many of them were quite anxious. That`s not really a surprise because a fear of public speaking ranks number one as many people`s greatest terror.
How did these people do after a few months of learning to give presentations in public?
I can truly say that every single person who made a sincere effort to improve their public speaking skills eventually became much better at speaking in public. Even those people who had been very nervous and awkward when they first started giving presentations usually became relaxed and effective after some practice and some coaching.
Because I coached so many public speakers, I wanted to discover which factors helped people improve their public speaking skills.
One big factor that made a lot of difference in improving people`s public speaking ability was the number of speeches and presentations that they made. Those people who were willing to practice a lot and give many speeches usually progressed very quickly.
Still, it turned out that the amount of practice was not the most important factor in whether people improved their speech making skills. Some of the people who showed little improvement in their public speaking skills actually made speeches quite often.
So, what is the most important factor that determines whether or not you can become a really good speaker?
Here is what I discovered. The single most important factor in whether or not you can become a good public speaker is your own desire. If you have the desire and make a commitment to be a really good public speaker, you will be, no matter how bad you are right now. Besides your desire, you will also have to practice a lot. If you lack the desire and commitment to be a good public speaker, you won't improve very much.
To become a great public speaker, you have to want to be great. You have to want to improve every time you step out in front of a group of people. Without the desire to be a great speaker, you won't make the effort required to keep improving. You won't have the courage to listen to your public speaking coaches. You won't be interested in getting the feedback from your audience and acting on it.
It's really very simple. Those people who sincerely want to improve their speaking abilities are the ones who will improve. The people who have the desire.
If you don't have a strong desire to improve your public speaking, it won;'t really matter how much you practice. It won't matter how much coaching you get.
But if you do have the sincere desire to be a really great public speaker, you already have the most important quality it takes to succeed. If you have a sincere desire to improve your presentation skills, there’s no limit to how far you can go.
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