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Originally Posted by KLPDaisy
I know that several people on here have mentioned that they've been guest speakers at various events and presentations. A friend's fraternity at SUNY Stony Brook is doing a program on Meningitis next month and asked me to be a guest speaker to talk about my friend's experience last year. I think that it's great that they're doing this and I want to support them, however, I am terrified of public speaking and am horrendous at it. If anyone can give me any tips or words of advice, that would be greatly appreciated.
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Drink before!
Kidding of course. I hated speaking in front of people, A LOT!
But with what I did in running a Local it helped and have been a speaker since then.
Know your item of discussion.
Do not just play speach talker. Do not act like a school teacher and do a cracker dry report.
1. Introduce the Topic.
2. Explain what it is.
3. Give an experience of a friend and what you did to help or knew of and how it effected them.
4. Ask for any experiences from the audience.
5. If none ask a question?
6. ? Do you really know what this disease can do to you and others?
Get the floor open and it will flow amongst them. Hopefully!
Just know your subject enough to answer any Q's! Oh, or have someone with you who can.
Have a good belt anyway, ease up and just go for it!
