why do i feel nervous in front of the public and how do i overcome the nervousness

Why do I feel so nervous in front of the public?

        Not confident.

When I was in front, I felt very nervous because too many who look at and focus only on us immediately. All that has been planned to be delivered to the public will disappear by itself and my tongue will become numb to speak. Fear of making mistakes always have in mind.

        Afraid to people will laugh with me

I am so afraid to people will laugh with me when I was in the front because I always felt inferior. I always feel myself not perfect and that’s why there’s shame. In addition, I also feel afraid to people laugh with me when I make mistake in pronouncing the word. This is because I am not good at speaking in English.

        Shy

When I in front, I felt very embarrassed because the audience will only focus on me. I would have lost all focus and my voice will become increasingly slow. This condition will cause so bored to the audience.

How do I overcome the nervousness?

        Redefine the audience

Redefine the audience generally means changing how to see the audience. Instead of seeing them as lecturers who are evaluating, maybe we can convince you that they are fellow students who are in queue to present after this. They are all equally nervous so there is no reason why we should be too. Besides that, throw all sense of nervousness and try to return confidence and always think positive.

        More practice

I need more practice to talk in front of audience or people. When I was always at the front, I might be the confident and able to escape the sense of shame lies within me. In addition, I will try to ignore what people want to say and try my best. I will also try to always to think positive because in the world no one is perfect except God Almighty.

        Invest in visual aids

Imagine a presentation with beautiful PowerPoint slides and even more impressive notes given to each of my audience members. Half of the time, their eyes will not be on me. They will read through the notes and my fancy slides. This will help a lot as i can then speak to the people who are not looking at me. When they look at me, i just change their focus to other people who are not looking. Giving a speech to people who are not looking at you is always easier.