Sorry about the catergory. I have an oratory contest this weekend, Sunday. The woman in charge told me that it is not neccessary, but would greatly improve my score if I had my speech memorized. I have already submitted my speech, and it falls into their time limits - five to seven minutes.
So how can I prepare for this. I don't think I'll have too much trouble with memorizing the three pages. What would be the best way to memorize it or learn it. I need to stick to the speech if I did memorize it - so that would mean keep my ideas in order.
Also, I'm afraid that when it comes to actually speaking, I'll get stage fright (heart stomping out of your chest feeling). That always messes me up. Any ideas or suggestions? Things to remember for when I practice? How to practice? Thanks a lot - will rate.
Notecards work good. Get the large notecards and write your speech out in outline form. Go over it 5-10 times until you can go through it smoothly. Some people say that if you go over it right before you have to give the speech, then it will completely mess you up, so I'm not sure if I would suggest that. But it really does depend on the type of speaker you are.
You should also practice breathing. I know that when I have to get up and talk in front of people, I have an extremely hard time breathing and end up trailing off. So, if you practice breathing say, after saying every paragraph, just take a second to breath, then you'll feel better about taking a second or two without talking to just breath once your in front of the group.
So, practice the outline, and practice breathing. You'll feel much better when you get up there and you already have time to just breath durring your three pages of speech.
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thanks, the breathing idea was good - i never thought of it
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