Public speaking tips:
These exercises should be done for 15 minutes in the morning daily.
Read the Bible or read some poetry. While reading record yourself on audio or on a video recorder. Watch and listen to the recording after your done. When you do these below exercises, with time, you will watch yourself grow.
Practice reading in four different ways to enhance those ways. Read a passage below with the focus and aim to improve in your speech in that area.
1. Read a passage first with the focus on speaking with passion/feeling. The more you do this, the more such tones will be reflected in your speech.
2. After doing this above exercise, read another passage with articulation, (clearly pronouncing the word).
A thing to do, that I recommend, (though silly), is to turn your finger sideways, and place that finger into your mouth. Note: "Demosthenes (384 BC–322 BC) was the greatest orator of ancient Greece. He overcame stuttering by speaking with pebbles in his mouth to improve articulation." I am not saying to put rocks into your mouth, that may not go well with you, as a choking hazard. But if you put the side of your finger into your mouth and try reading a passage, you will notice a improvement with articulation.
Also, practicing tongue twisters can help. It can help you become more nimble on your feet with word play. This can become useful, when reading hard to pronounce names in the Bible, etc.
Here are some tongue twister exercises, (www.smart-words.org/tongue-twisters.html).
More tongue twisters can be found on Google, etc.
3. Read a passage with inflection, (inflection means to give a word life. If you say "love," make them feel the meaning of the word, if you say "forest," make them feel the meaning of the word, etc).
For improving in inflections: I'd suggest this exercise. Imagine in your mind an image of people/friends caring for each other, (in behavior) if your trying to invoke vocal inflection in the word "love."
If you mention the word, "forest," think about a forest and the senses involved in being in a forest. It may be hard, but the more you just intend to invoke a word, the less effort/concentration you will need to invoke it. The more you practice the better you get. With time such behavior will come naturally.
4. Read with rhythm, this may be hard, but practice, practice and more practice, will lead to results. May sound awkward and not sound right doing this exercise at first, (as with any of the above exercises), but the more you practice, the more natural you will become in this exercise.
If your not sure what "rhythm" speech is, go to YouTube and watch the motivational speaker, Les Brown https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlUMrzwmbyo
Rhythm has tempo, kind of like music, it moves up and down, it pauses, it moves with beat and life.
Watch other motivational speeches/video's to listen, to "rhythm."
https://www.youtube.com/playlist…
Do these exercises regularly. The more frequently you do this the more you will improve in public speaking.
(If you read the pages before this one, you will be shown keys to dealing with social anxiety and nervousness, in the public forum).
Practice reading in four different ways to enhance those ways. Read a passage below with the focus and aim to improve in your speech in that area.
1. Read a passage first with the focus on speaking with passion/feeling. The more you do this, the more such tones will be reflected in your speech.
2. After doing this above exercise, read another passage with articulation, (clearly pronouncing the word).
A thing to do, that I recommend, (though silly), is to turn your finger sideways, and place that finger into your mouth. Note: "Demosthenes (384 BC–322 BC) was the greatest orator of ancient Greece. He overcame stuttering by speaking with pebbles in his mouth to improve articulation." I am not saying to put rocks into your mouth, that may not go well with you, as a choking hazard. But if you put the side of your finger into your mouth and try reading a passage, you will notice a improvement with articulation.
Also, practicing tongue twisters can help. It can help you become more nimble on your feet with word play. This can become useful, when reading hard to pronounce names in the Bible, etc.
Here are some tongue twister exercises, (www.smart-words.org/tongue-twisters.html).
More tongue twisters can be found on Google, etc.
3. Read a passage with inflection, (inflection means to give a word life. If you say "love," make them feel the meaning of the word, if you say "forest," make them feel the meaning of the word, etc).
For improving in inflections: I'd suggest this exercise. Imagine in your mind an image of people/friends caring for each other, (in behavior) if your trying to invoke vocal inflection in the word "love."
If you mention the word, "forest," think about a forest and the senses involved in being in a forest. It may be hard, but the more you just intend to invoke a word, the less effort/concentration you will need to invoke it. The more you practice the better you get. With time such behavior will come naturally.
4. Read with rhythm, this may be hard, but practice, practice and more practice, will lead to results. May sound awkward and not sound right doing this exercise at first, (as with any of the above exercises), but the more you practice, the more natural you will become in this exercise.
If your not sure what "rhythm" speech is, go to YouTube and watch the motivational speaker, Les Brown https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlUMrzwmbyo
Rhythm has tempo, kind of like music, it moves up and down, it pauses, it moves with beat and life.
Watch other motivational speeches/video's to listen, to "rhythm."
https://www.youtube.com/playlist…
Do these exercises regularly. The more frequently you do this the more you will improve in public speaking.
(If you read the pages before this one, you will be shown keys to dealing with social anxiety and nervousness, in the public forum).