Consumer Note: I am in no way advocating the usage of this product. I am only providing my thoughts on the creation of such a product and what people can do for themselves without relying on tablets.

A pill has been released that claims to be a public speaking cure. Bravina is a combination of 9 different herbal ingredients including Gingko Biloba and St. John’s Wort. The website says that it aides with relaxation and concentration. Ultimately to help you overcome the fears of public speaking.

While it’s all well and good that people have attempted to create a public speaking cure, I don’t believe that there is a “magic pill” that you can take to alleviate your public speaking fears. Read the rest of this entry

You’ve probably heard the expression “great speeches aren’t written, they’re re-written”. It’s a clichéd expression that has been adapted countless times and has previously been used for novels, screenplays, theatre scripts and so on.

It’s become a cliché because an element of truth can be found in it and it’s absolutely applicable if you have to write a speech or make a presentation. One the areas that you want to watch out for when editing a speech is tautology. Fowler’s Modern English Usage defines it as “saying the same thing twice”. This is different from repetition of meaning, which can improve the style of a piece. Read the rest of this entry

I recently wrote a couple of articles on the fear of public speaking as an experiment for this new website that I’m trying out. I’m pleased to say that they both got published. Woo-hoo!

Here’s the lowdown…

The first article is titled: “Top 5 Tips for Overcoming The Fear of Public Speaking” and was picked up by prosportspeaker.com and can be read by clicking on that link.

The second article simply titled: “Public Speaking Fear” can be read on a language tutition website DandAEnterprises.com

Who knows where I’ll go from here. The site that I’m trying out is a monthly paid subscription site that allows article writers and publishers to suggest and request material. But the thing is I’m a member of about 3 membership sites at the time of writing so I’ll have to see.

We’ve all heard about how people’s number fear is public speaking. The comedian Jerry Seinfeld had this to say on the fear of public speaking:

“The number one fear is public speaking. Number two is death. Number two. That means most people would rather be in the casket than doing the eulogy”.

Although the line is funny,  to me it just doesn’t seem right. People’s number one fear is still public speaking.

So I decided to come up with a few tips that might help people conquer the public speaking fear. Here’s my Top 7 Tips that I’ve put together in order to help reduce that top spot ranking: Read the rest of this entry

I just want to touch upon some things that Nancy Tierney from Unconditional Confidence posted in my comments section relating to a previous post I made about the fear of public speaking. Re-read that here.

In case you haven’t seen it I’m going to comment on some of things that she’s written about it here. She said:

“When an actor is focused on creating a character they aren’t able to really be self-conscious. They are focused on their “work” rather than on what people may or may not be thinking of them”. Read the rest of this entry