Archive for September, 2008

Ever since I moved to the US, I’ve had a tremendous fear of public speaking. Almost 10 years later, this fear is still hunting me–shaping my life as I try to avoid it.

I’m a member of a local Toastmasters club. The practice does help. But for some reason, the fear is still there. Since I started, I’ve become so accustomed to the audience there, that it stopped being a challenge. However, every time I even think about speaking at work, my hands would sweat.

I know how important it is for my future to reduce the fear.
However, there are so many methods out there that I’m just confused at this point as to which one I should try. If you have personal experience in this area, please let me know what is the best way to reduce this fear. Thank you

i previously aksed a question about majoring in business in college (im a sophomore in highschool), and one of the answeres said:
“Business induces a lot of communication skills, public speaking skills and detail oriented dynamics; and again, it depends what in business you want to pursue. In high school you should be good in english, math and any specific classes that are relevant to what i listed.”
-SamK

How can i go about this? I am not that bad at talking but i am not much of a talker who spreads his opinions to everyone.

I want to take one over the summer, but I don’t want to be bored. I’m comfortable speaking to a crowd, but not so great ad libbing. Will I benefit? Does it depend on instructor? Does it teach speech writing?