Sunday, April 26, 2009

15 Ways to overcome your STAGE FRIGHT!

15 Ways to overcome your STAGE FRIGHT!

1. Be well prepared. Rehearse several times 

2. Co-operate with your body - rest, eat and sleep well 
beforehand 

3. Dress in clothes that make you feel good 

4. Take several deep breaths to relax your body 

5. Concentrate on the messages you want to get over to your 
audience 

6. Move around and release your nervous energy. 

7. Visualise yourself doing well 

8. Remember that your audience want you to do well 

9. Think of a similar occasion in the past when you did it 
before and did it well. Think about it for a moment. 

10.Make no negative confessions "I'm so nervous" 

11.Put the situation into perspective 

12.If you get nerves during your talk, move around or do 
something different to get into a different "state"

13.Pick out some friendly faces and make eye contact with 
them 

14.If you make a mistake you make a mistake, laugh at it 
and the audience with laugh with you. Make a joke out 
of it. 

15.The more you do it the better you will become. 
Practice makes perfect.