...The slightest thought of public speaking can bring an overwhelming fear to most people. It can cause someone to shake and sweat and even have heart palpitations when it’s mentioned. There are a number of different reasons an individual may fear public speaking and in order to overcome that fear it is important to identify those reasons. For some the thought of public speaking can bring fear because they doubt their abilities or feel they may fail their audience. Others may not want to be judged by their audience or they simply feel vulnerable when speaking in front of an audience. One writer, Christopher Carlin states that no matter what your reason for public speaking is it is best to overcome your fears and become an active public speaker (Carlin, 2008). Overcoming a fear of public speaking can be done with hard work, dedication and practice. The more an individual takes an opportunity to speak in front of an audience they more comfortable they will become. According to one article the good thing about overcoming your fear of public speaking is that the fear is learned and with lots of determination and practice this fear can be unlearned (Colombo, n.d.). For me personally public speaking has never been one of my great fears. Luckily, at a young age I was taught to be comfortable with speaking in front of any type of audience, large or small. In middle school and high school I participate on a debate team as well as the school’s drama club. In both activities I...
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...Executive Summary Glossophobia is the fear of speaking in public settings. People with an anxiousness of public speaking likely either exhibit the phobia or similar symptoms related to the phobia. The purpose of this report is to find and understand ways to deal with public speaking anxieties as it is a common fear among the general population. This report focuses on defining glossophobia, or more commonly referred to as public speaking anxiety (PSA), and elaborating on strategies/tips for overcoming this phobia. Symptoms of public speaking anxiety can be feeling intense anxiety prior to, or at the thought of having to verbally communicate to a group of people. Another symptom would be feeling physical distress, nausea, or feelings of panic in some cases. Possessing good public speaking skills is a very important skill one can possess and having this skill to speak efficiently and effectively to an audience gives a person numerous advantages throughout their lifetime. This report is to help our audience understand the different ways of overcoming PSA in hopes of achieving a better communication process during presentations, work environments, or any situation that may require speaking in a public setting. This report focuses on six strategies to accomplish this: 1) preparation, which focuses on preparation of the speech and content before the actual speech; 2) know your audience, which helps for a better communication process of the message; 3) creating an outline, which...
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...A special skill that I have is presentations and public speaking. My presentations and public speaking skills can be utilized for business, sales, and training. Presentations skills and public speaking skills are very useful in many aspects of work and life. Effective presentations and public speaking skills are important in business, sales and selling, training, teaching, lecturing and generally entertaining an audience. Within my adult years I have acquired the skills and overcome the natural fears of presentations and public speaking. Developing the confidence and capability to give good presentations and public speaking, are extremely helpful competencies for self development. Presentations and public speaking skills are limited to certain special people. Not just anyone can give a good presentation, or perform public speaking to a professional and impressive standard. Like many other things in life, it is simply an acquired skill. The formats and purposes of presentations and public speaking can be very different. There is oral, multimedia, power point, short impromptu presentations. Educational training sessions, lectures, or simply giving a talk on a subject to a group requires presentation skills as well. Even speeches at weddings and eulogies at funerals are types of presentations that require skill. All of them are certainly a type of public speaking, and are extremely stressful to most people. Every successful presentation needs the essential technique and structure...
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...it is the fear of public speaking. Public speaking is a common fear that plagues most, some cases more severe than others. However, you never really know how serious the issue is until it is time to get up and deliver that speech to the crowd. Bruna Martinuzzi’s article “11 Easy Ways to Finally Overcome Your Fear of Public Speaking” attempts to eradicate the source of tension caused by the fear of addressing a crowd, while Nick Morgan’s, “Bad Rules Never Seem to Die: the Five Worst Rules of Public Speaking” dispels the typical remedies and advice for uneasiness. Through rhetorical strategies such as the use of common ground, credible support, and structure Martinuzzi approaches the topic with the intention to aid the fear-stricken while Morgan utilizes bias and tone to tell his audience why all other information on the subject is invalid. In the article ’11 Easy Ways to Finally Overcome Your Fear of Public Speaking” the author says the best way in attempting to manage your fear is to first understand what is causing it. Martinuzzi goes deep into talking saying “understanding that our brain can not tell the difference between a real threat (a pack of wolves about to attack you) and an imagined threat (a group of your peers watching you present) is the first step to overcoming the fear. She uses Berkun as a as a reference to back up her explanation of the root of fear. This helps you know that she has references to helping you understand your fear of public speaking. Martinuzzi...
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...role in Atticus, Scout, Warren Buffett and the Jew’s Lives, positively or negatively, in the three books, the main aspect is racism. Racism plays an enormous role in society. Racism can affect where someone sits on the bus, and how you are treated. In the first paragraph, Atticus and Scout have a hard time because of liking black people. Warren Buffett will have to face his fear of public speaking, overcoming with the thought of racism. In the plague strikes, the Jews have to deal with getting blamed for causing the diseases just because they have a different religion. In To Kill a Mockingbird, racism was negative towards people in society. Mr. Ewell is an example of the racism in the book. He accused an innocent black man of raping his daughter. Due to the negativity in society, everyone had believed he had done it, simply because the color of his skin. Another example in the book is when they made fun of Atticus and Scout for liking black people. Mr. Dubose and Francis affected Atticus and Scout negatively because of how they like black people. Due to the racism in society, innocent black people live in fear of getting killed,beat up, or put in jail, just because the color of their skin, and or sothey are affected negatively. Racism was negative...
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...where I am today. Also coming into this course my biggest fear was knowing that I was going to have to possibly do a presentation in front of my classmates. Well I have learned a lot more than I thought I would, from overcoming my fear of doing public speaking to learning what type of learner I am. This course has expanded my knowledge to a wider width, I have already started applying some of the skills and techniques I have learned from this course to my life. I have encountered a lot of personal obstacles along the way, and even though times got hard and tough I overcame them and kept pushing myself. One of the major things that changed from the first day of class to the final day of class was that I changed my study habits. Before this class I never actually set time aside to study. With the strategies I learned, I now set time aside to study every day. One of the assignments that helped me do this was making a personal schedule. By doing this I learned how to consume my time in a manner that is effective and not wasteful. For the final project I chose a topic that was very personal to me. By choosing this topic it made working on it a little bit easier, the problem I had was panning it out and making it a presentable project. This project has made me feel more comfortable working with another person to complete a task. It also has lessened my fear of public speaking, and to think I would never overcome that fear! I am very appreciative of all the valuable lessons and...
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...changing the way people thought. Other iconic figures including Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Nelson Mandela displayed courage in their heroic acts by risking their lives to bring groups of people out of struggle. There is not just a specific category of courage; there are several intellectual ways that humans can display courage. In society, courage and bravery can be seen in the smallest of actions. It takes courage to do something minor such as speaking up for someone...
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...Running Head: Overcoming Language Barriers in NC Pre-K Classrooms How to Overcome Language Barriers in NC Pre-K Classrooms FCS 711- Research and Inquiry in Family and Consumer Science Dr. Rosa Purcell Meisha Conrad April 28, 2014 Introduction Being a teacher at a Head Start/ Early Head Start program I have experienced the language barriers between teachers and students from different ethnic groups. I can say it is not easy when you and your students cannot communicate. Dealing with the situation makes you question yourself and how you can fix the language barriers in your own classroom and also the school. What can teachers do to overcome the language barrier in our classrooms with our Latino children? What are some activities, lessons, games, and etc., that we can do to make a connection and also help them learn? There are many ways I think we can put a stop to the language barriers in school. We may not be able to completely fix the problem but there are ways and things we can do to make our Latino children and parents feel welcome and comfortable when they walk into the schools. Communication is an important part of teaching because the children have to be able to understand the message that the teacher is trying to convey. Children also have to be able to communicate with each other. There are a number of factors in the classroom and many...
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...Communication anxiety: Name: Tutor: Institution: Date: Abstract Communication essentially refers to passing of information from one party to another. There are generally two forms of communication. The verbal and the non-verbal communicatiuion. Verbal communication is basically the spoken or written means of communicating. On the other hand, non-verbal communication refers to those acts, gestures or suggestive body movements that relay information without spoken words. The importance of communication cannot be overstated. In every sphere of life, good communication plays a cruicial role in ensuring starndard if not outstanding performance as well as sustainability. Success in virtually all endevours calls for good communication. For a healthy family setup, communication between the parents and the children has to be efficient. In business, good communication is vital for smooth running of every organization. Despite the known facts about the heavy significance of good and effective communication, since the 19th centuary communication apprehension has been persistently a ruccuring hindarance that has never been fully addressed. Families have fallen apart as a result of barriers to communication. Employees have lost their jobs to communication anxiety. Organistation have fallen to the ground due communication breakdown. Students have registered low grades attributed to communication anxiety. Communication apprehension is now established as the biggest...
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...like Steve Jobs and Walt Disney took huge financial risks to follow their dreams. Courage ranges from physical strength to mental stamina. There are probably more kinds and examples of courage than what I'm going to talk about,but I'm just going to touch on a few. The first kind of courage is overcoming fear,so you can do what needs to be done. It could be something as small as overcoming the fear of speaking in public. Whatever your fear, it will take courage to face that fear. Fear of failure kept me from going back to school and furthering my education. Finally,at age thirty-eight, I overcame my fear and returned to school. I regret not doing it sooner. Nelson Mendela once said” I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.”( qtd. Mandela) People feel fear all the time; for instance, soldiers and police officers are terrified at times, but they chose to be heroic anyway. I’m sure Martin Luther King was scared,but he stood up for what he believed and eventually was murdered for it. If you are afraid of fear then fear has won, and it has power over you. It took courage for me to leave a...
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...Each and every person is unique and has their own experiences, but if there’s anything that we all have in common is having fear. Fear is a feeling that everyone has felt at one point in their life; whether it’s fear of spiders, public speaking or heights everyone has felt it and has possibly tried to overcome it. In my case my fear was roller coasters back in eighth grade and just like many people I was determined to overcome my fear. There are three things to look forward to in eighth grade; being the oldest and feeling a sense or leadership, being the last year of your middle school experience, and the end of year field trip to Six Flags. Of course I was excited for all these things except for one, the Six Flags field trip. However, fourteen...
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...seat in the first couple of rows, because I knew I'd benefit from avoiding anonymity - and this stemmed from being responsible and accountable for my self and my own education. I feel this will help me remain a successful student while transitioning from my RN to my BSN, RN. Lake and von Baeyer. (2005). Tips for Successful Students. Retrieved June 23, 2015, from http://homepage.usask.ca/~clv022/success.htm 6/26/15: What do you look forward to as you begin this educational experience and your personal search for purpose? What is your greatest fear? How can you overcome it? Write about one specific educational experience from your past in which you addressed a fear and overcame it and how you succeeded in this process. Me: I am looking forward to obtaining my Bachelor’s degree. I am excited everything has gone smooth up to this point transitioning. My fear, however, is this won’t be smooth sailing the whole time. I fear I’ll struggle with online classes and be unable to fully commit as I plan. My plan to overcome this is to stick to a schedule made out by myself the week in advance, to stay on track. Time management becomes difficult with a family and a new night-shift job. Balancing personal, professional, and academic obligations won’t be easy at first – but I know it...
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...beginning of high school, I was a very quiet kid. I was scared to talk to people I did not know, especially people my age. This prevented me from making new friends, asking for help in class, speaking in front of groups, and participating in social events such as dances. I thought I would never be able to socialize normally. This all changed in tenth grade. That year, I took a technology class. In the first week of the class, I suggested to the teacher that we learn how to code using Codecademy. She decided to set aside around a month for it.. Since I already mostly knew JavaScript, this was my opportunity to help teach others coding. Everyone got through the first few sections without needing any help, but when someone got stuck I would go to their computer and explain the concept or their mistake to them. After helping my classmates individually for a week or two, my teacher asked me if I could teach a section to everyone at the same time. At first, I was very reluctant, but I ended up agreeing to do it. The next day, I entered the computer and nervously walked up to the front. I introduced the section to the class, and then started teaching the class the section. As we went along, I answered the questions they had. Doing this really helped me in the process of getting over social anxiety and my fear of...
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...Character strengths What is strength? Webster defines strength as the "Ability to maintain a moral or intellectual position firmly", or "the capacity or potential for effective action. No matter how you word it, strength is an excellent character attribute to possess. Every person has their own strengths and weaknesses and it is always a personal choice how they will use them. Today I took a survey that showed me my strengths and I want to speak about them. The two positive strengths that contribute to my personal life , my surrounding, and my learning experience are gratitude and a positive attitude. I have noticed being a grateful person allows you to have interpersonal relationships with people around you. When you care about people, they care about you too. I always had a close relationship with my family; from early childhood I have been taught to be thankful for everything. If you are enjoying every day of your life, as well as thanking the people around you for that, there will always be a flow of positive energy amongst you. Having a positive attitude is a strength of mine that contributes to a happy personal life, and a good work environment. A positive attitude is contagious. How can anybody be mad or upset at a person who is always positive and giving compliments? My personal life is great because there is no negative energy in it. I have recognized these as my top strengths, I will always be mindful of them, and try to utilize them in every moment of my life...
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...if it was intimidating to me. My skills with the computer were not as good as they needed to be for a college class, but with help, and a few mishaps, I learned quickly. I came to class every day with everything I thought I needed. I worked well with my classmates, and made some friends along the way. My favorite assignment was the argumentative essay, which was my first research based essay. I learned how to use the library resources for finding articles on the subject I chose which was about parents monitoring their children’s clothing choices. I knew what my opinion was, but I had to find others that agreed and disagreed with my opinion. So too, my mid-term presentation was a very stressful assignment that required research and overcoming my fear of getting in front of people. I managed to do it well, and I think my classmates enjoyed it. Participating in the different activities in class has helped me become a better college student in general, not only in my English class but my other classes as well. My progress in writing an essay has improved a lot since the beginning. An example of a big improvement was my rhetorical essay for The American Dream. My first attempt was not good at all, since I summarized it instead of doing what I was supposed to do. I received a seventy-five on it and, in contrast, I got a ninety-five on my second attempt. To get there, I went to the writing center twice, and redid my outline for which I got advice from Dr. Kennedy on how to improve...
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