Stage Fright Facilitative stage fright Debilitative stage fright Can improve your speech Debilitative stage fright Fear keeps you from thinking clearly Fear makes you want to escape
Debilitative Stage Fright - Sources Past Experiences Irrational Thinking Catastrophic failure (if something bad can happen it will) Perfection (the desire to be flawless) Approval (the desire to please everyone) Overgeneralization (blows things out of proportion)
Overcoming Debilitative Stage Fright Be Rational Be Receiver Oriented Be Positive Be Prepared
Types of Delivery Extemporaneous - Planned in advance, delivered in a spontaneous manner Impromptu - No prep time Manuscript – read word for word from a prepared text Memorized - learned
Visual Aspects of Delivery Appearance Movement Posture Facial Expression Eye Contact
Auditory Aspects of Delivery Volume Rate Pitch Articulation Deletion – leaving off part of a word Substitution – replace part of a work with an incorrect sound Addition – adding extra parts to words Slurring -
Practicing Your Speech “Failure to prepare is preparing to fail” Basketball Coach John Wooden Practice Steps: Talk through the speech to yourself Tape-record the speech Present in front of a small group of people Present in front of at least 1 person in your class