Other Interesting Public Speaking Exercises
There are a few more exercises you can try out, specifically targeted to improve your public speaking skills! It’s normal to feel scared to speak in front of people and this doesn’t come to many people naturally. However, there are a lot ways that can help you on this! In this lesson topic, we discuss some of these exercises as adopted from Ethos 3. We will help you practice your public speaking skills so that you can also become better at pitching!
Public Speaking Exercises
Practice your speaking skills so that you can become better at pitching!
Here are some fun exercises to do:
Speak About Anything
Delivery matters, often more than the content you are delivering. If you are unable to deliver your points across properly, then what you say won’t even matter because no one can understand you. Hence, mastering delivery comes first! So to practice this, we want you to find a a short excerpt, paragraph, article or story online that you have no knowledge on and practice saying it aloud as if you’re giving a speech. Keep in mind your tone, inflections, and how you are using your voice to create more interest.
30 Seconds Without Fillers
Filler words like “uh” “um” and “hmm” are not always nice to listen to. It makes it difficult for people to listen to you and keep engaged. You also present yourself as unprepared. For this exercise, record yourself giving a talk on any topic for 30 seconds, remembering to be careful of using filler words. Whenever you notice that you are using a filler word, we challenge you to start over and try again. Now take this a step higher and do the exercise five times, completely filler-free.
Q&A With You As An Expert
We ask you to find a friend for this one. Choose a topic, interest or job that you don’t have much knowledge on. Now, ask your friend to interview you about this topic and you will act as an expert answering their questions. This will help you practice on both your delivery and stage presence.
