speak in front of an audience without being nervous

i just moved to a new school, even in a new state, and im doing my last year of highschool… as always theres your required speech class. and being the new kid, its sooo frightening. i dont know how to go in front of a group of people, ecspecially a group i dont even know, and speak. i love talking but its so hard to be able to have the confidence without being nervous… and for a grade. how do people do it.. how am i suppose to do it.

just do it

it works

I’m in speech class, but I always get so nervous…I wish I could just go through an entire speech without getting freaked out.

i dropped my speech class this semester. i went for a while and figured..forget this! i’m so not on the right road with this

today i had to talk to my class about some thing or other and i was soooo damn nercous and shaking and my voice was trembling. I wish i wouldn’t get like that because nothing i want to say comes out when im it that stage of nervousness. And i do want to say a lot. I’m kind of okay when i just have to stand and read from a paper. but when i just have to come up with something or remember something and look just at the audience i become fidgity and crazy nervous, it kinda sucks!

I’ve been doing public speaking since high school. As I get older, it seems to get easier. I conduct workshops and seminars on various topics in my field and have done so for all types of audiences. The key is preparation without rigidity. Know what you’re going to say but loosen up enough to roll with whatever flow starts with your audience. If you have a local Toastmasters group in your area, join it and practice.

I get so nervous like I am going to pass out, my heart is racing, and I sweat. I feel like I am shakey. Why can’t I just pretend like it’s a conversation? It’s so intimidating and I feel like I am going to forget what I am going to say and just freak out.