Mastering the art
Memorizing does not have to be as hard as most people make it. The problem is that most people only know how to memorize by reading the same thing over and over again. * Memorization - The property of permanent terms to be stored in permanent memory and be amenable to retrieval. * How to memorize * Practice Recalling not Repeating * Reading is the way a person gets information from written letters and words.

* Speaking from notes- There is a right way and wrong way to use speaking notes when delivering a presentation. The wrong way is to read directly from your notes. The right way is to glance at them throughout your presentation to keep it on track.
If you want to use speaking notes, here are a few tips you can use to ensure that you do not end up reading them word for word: * Use speaking notes to capture the outline of your presentation. If you write out everything you want to say, you will likely end up reading it to your audience. * Use speaking notes to capture additional points or points of interest you want to mention. * Put your speaking notes on index cards, instead of full sheets of paper. Index cards are easier to hold (and have less space for notes!). * * Impromptu speaking * without preparation * Made or done without previous preparation: an impromptu address to the unexpected crowds. * Overcome Anxiety and stage fright * The first step in mastering stage fright, and all kinds of performance anxiety, is to get a good understanding of just what kind of problem you're dealing with. There's a trick to stage fright, as there is with most phobias, and you really need to understand the trick to find the solutions you need. * Tip # 1: Practice, Practice, Practice! * Sometimes, our performance anxiety comes about because we have not practiced our song enough, and we are still not 100% sure of our lyrics or the song we chose to sing. * When we step on stage without having made all the preparations possible, we are more prone to feeling anxious and that makes us more nervous and certainly unable to perform to the best of our ability! * Being well-practiced before our audition or competition day will help us to reduce this feeling of nervousness and make us more confident onstage! * It will also reduce the possibility of making mistakes because we are so familiar with the lyrics and the song that we are singing. * You can try out these great vocal warmups to do before singing onstage, to give yourself the competitive edge and also make yourself more confident to sing! * Tip # 2 : Practice with a Listening Audience * It helps to practice with a listening audience present, either your friends, family, or even complete strangers! * You can start off with your best friend as your audience, and slowly increase the number of people whom you sing to. * You may even wish to start off by singing in karaoke rooms, and maybe move to the karaoke halls to sing to a larger audience! * This allows you to build up confidence in your singing ability, and also makes performing in front of people a regular habit, so that it becomes less daunting for you as a performer! * When you finally go onstage to perform, you will be more prepared and less affected by nerves as compared to the other contestants! * Tip # 3: Make Fun of Your Audience In Your Mind * One effective and well-known tip for reducing stagefright is to imagine your audience in funny ways, so as to make it less daunting to perform in front of them! * You could imagine their heads to be watermelons, and think of how silly it would be to have an audience of watermelons watching you sing! * Or, you could imagine all of them to be totally NAKED! * That would make them more nervous than you, and it would certainly take away the jitters from you immediately... (although you would have to stop staring at them... ;-p) * Another useful tip would be for you to look through your audience by fixing your visual focal point at a point far behind them. * The audience will still think you are looking at them, but because you are not looking at their faces or their eyes, it makes it less scary for you onstage as a performer!