Nervous for Speech Help !?

Question

I have a speech on saturday school an im really nervous . ? N my friend says that he cant wait for me to read my one cause he thinks that im gonna b funny while doing my speech and this is making me more nervous than i already am . Its gonna b a around 7-min -9 mins speech so ill bup thre for along time . Can someone please help me n tell me what i can do to calm myself down and not look like a clown ?

Answer 1

Practical help for Speech Presentations

http://www.speechtips.com/preparation.ht...

http://www.rpeurifoy.com/anxiety/pubspea...

http://www.afraid-of-speaking-a-speech.c...

Answer 2

The best thing to do is to practice over and over and over again in the mirror. Make sure you maintain eye contact with yourself. You will feel dumb and probably embarrassed while doing it, but it will help. You can then do your speech for your parents or a friend. The key is to practice, practice, and then practice some more. That way, if you start to panic during the speech in class, your memory will go on auto pilot and you will hopefully pull back from your practice sessions. You will be really nervous for the first 3 minutes or so, by the end (if you have practiced) you should feel comfortable and wrap it up on a confident note.

Answer 3

firstly when ur up there dont look at ur friend

have eye contact with everyone in the room

while your talking just keep on moving your eyes in different directions and use your body or hands while you talk

its gonna be fine

good luck

Answer 4

pitcure everyone their naked:)

Answer 5

Be well prepared----- donot look at the audience, think that who is sitting there are fools they will not understand what i am saying as i am more smarter than them u will be fine Pl. do not mistake my useing the word fools i am just giving u the moral support think u are the BEST good luck

Answer 6

Isn't it weird how we all get freaked out over public speaking?These are people who you are familiar, and lets face it, this speech is not going to impact people's influence of you. They're not going to judge you by a speech you make because i would say mostly everyone is in the same position as you....freaking themselves out.

As long as you're well prepared you'll be fine. It's only a few minutes and then it'll be over. In order to calm yourself down don't overthink about it. Like don't go home and totally spend half an hour stressing about it, and especially don't scare yourself right before the speech. The best thing to do right before a speech is completely relaxing and being less tense. Then complete ignore the fact that you have a stupid speech, just think of what you have to look forward to. Otherwise you might just make yourself sick during the speech and that, my friend, will make you look like a clown. But even so no one is going to care...

Good luck, and don't let your friend worry you. Speeches don't always have to be funny to be good, so as long as you speak with expression and confidence it'll be a success. Although it wouldn't hurt to get a laugh out of your classmates...:)

You'll do fine, and after Saturday you get to chill out.

Answer 7

Just don't think of what "may" happen (ex:failing or getting laughed at) after the speech. Just focus on the present, the time you are delivering the speech. Disregard all of your classmates and pick one of you friends in the class that you know won't laugh at you. Look at her during the speech and think that she's the only one in the room. :)

Oh, and have a good night's sleep before your speech. :D Good luck!