PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT INTRODUCTION Personal development to support communication

PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT

INTRODUCTION Personal development to support communication ability is very important for a public speaker. There are some questions that we can ask to ourselves relating to the personal development of being a public speaker: Questions Am I shy? Am I hesitant? Am I inconfident? Am I nervous? Do I get stage fright? 1 2 3 4 5

GOOD ATTITUDES FOR A PUBLIC SPEAKER • Self-confidence: this attitude can be trained by taking many chances to speak to many people such as in front of a class while becoming as a presenter or master of ceremony. • Sympathy: It can be trained by trying to feel what the audiences feel in that moment. For example, the audiences might feel sad because theme of your public speaking is about some ways of accepting The God’s Decision after many of their families passed away due to earthquake, for example.

GOOD ATTITUDES FOR A PUBLIC SPEAKER • Enthusiasm: a public speaker should have spirit to address the topic which might be ‘hot potato’ at that time. • Wide interests: A public speaker can develop their knowledge by reading many books or listening to any video that contributes to the knowledge needed by him/her. • Humility: this is very important attitude, especially for social cases. • Cheerfulness: a public speaker should ‘enjoy’ the moment of addressing the speech.

GOOD ATTITUDES FOR A PUBLIC SPEAKER • Concentration: More practices can help this concentration to be better. It can be done in front of different audiences and different circumtances. • Sincerity : any expression that come from the deepest heart has good effect on the message a public speaker tries to address; moreover, it can make the audiences interested. • Appropriateness : don’t try to behave too much. It might bother the audiences.

GOOD ATTITUDES FOR A PUBLIC SPEAKER • Convincing : the public speaker is not hesitant about what s/he addresses; therfore, s/he should master the topic s/he is addressing. • Sense of humour : this is very good strategy to make the audiences enjoy the speech. It can be trained a family time when having relax and non-formal situation.

BAD ATTITUDES FOR A PUBLIC SPEAKER • Inferiority • Superiority • Over-Confidence • Fear of making mistake • Apologizing too much • Self-Absorption

PERFORMING A SPEECH HOW TO BE CONFIDENT