I love speaking to a crowd. It often gives me my only chance to teach as part of my job, and I get to pretend I’m an graphic designer for a while. But a majority of Westerners list public speaking as their worst fear, beating out death, the dark, financial ruin, and spiders and snakes. For me it’s the dark, followed by David Hasselhof in a speedo.
But though I enjoy it now, I started out with serious fear of public speaking. As I started caring more about my own speaking performance—and getting feedback on my shortcomings—I started noticing how other speakers did things. Most of them, even the really effective speakers, shared some of bad habits.
Some societies believe that the knowing the name of an evil being that’s giving you a hard time will enable you to control and defeat it. Here are 7 names that can give you some power over your own bad speaking habits.
1. The “uh” and the “ummm”
“So, ummm, what I’d, uh, like to, uh, talk about today is, uh, the weekly finance figures and, ummm, and how they, ummm, how they impact the, uh, monthly projections.”
No, really. People do talk this way. If you don’t believe me, read it out loud and it won’t sound quite so outlandish.
It is human nature to sprinkle speech with these fillers when we get nervous. In a public speaking setting though these fillers can seriously detract from your listeners’ ability to care about what you are saying. Break this habit early.
2. The jingle
One of my favorite deadlies is the jingle, and I most often see it manifest with men who jingle what sounds like $80 in nickels stowed in their pants pockets.
If you are a jingler, and you know who you are, empty your pockets. Do not carry keys, change, or RAM chips in your pockets. No chapstick, no lipstick. Nothing. I mean it. Your audience will thank you, and your message will have one less thing to compete with for your audience’s attention.
3. Cup talking, face stroking, and the adjustment
If you aren’t a jingler, then you might fit into this category. Happily, I fit into both categories so I have a long pre-talk checklist.
When I speak in front of larger groups, for whatever reason, my throat goes dry pretty quickly and so I usually have a cup or bottle of something on the podium to drink. Early on, however, I formed a bad habit: cup talking. I would usually take a drink at a pause in the presentation, for example following an audience question. Then, intent upon answering the question and not paying attention to the cup, I’d start talking before the cup was away from my mouth, muffling the first part of the answer.
The same kind of problem happens when you are constantly stroking your chin/check/neck or adjusting your tie/jacket/microphone. Be aware of what your audience hears.
4. Appearing alive, but not too much so
While most of us fall in the middle of the expressiveness range in a public setting, we all need to be aware of the dangers that lie at the two extremes.
On the one end is the speaker who stands rooted to one spot, hands white-knuckle clenched on either side of a lectern, evidently battling each word out of his mouth through an expenditure of self control that would make Saint Francis look like a lush. On the other end is hopped-up-on-speed-guy. He doesn’t stand still for a second and is really Really REALLY excited about every single word he has to say.
Yikes. I’ve seen them both, and once or twice I’ve probably been both. As with most things in life, the key to deciding how animated you need to be is to search for moderation.
5. The block
The block happens when a speaker puts up a slide and then promptly stands in front of it. The block is most commonly spotted in the wild when an overhead projector is being used, but there is no technology that’s completely immune from the block. So your speaking skills are going to have to compensate. Know where your projector is, and where you can stand without blocking the information you are there to share.
6. The rush
You’re really nervous. You’ve rehearsed your talk a million times, and even taped some of the practice sessions. You’ve had good feedback, and worked on crushing a couple habits. Then it’s show time and you turn an hour’s worth of material into a 20-minute stream of information concentrate, thank the audience for their time, and bolt out the door.
You actually rehearsed so much that you memorized a script, and once the time came to recite that script, you went to town. Prepare; just don’t over prepare.
7. Communing with nature
When you are speaking to a group you are supposed to be having a conversation with that group. If you think back on your conversations today I’ll bet that most of them had one thing in common: you were talking to your conversational partner. As in facing him or her. Making eye contact. Not facing the opposite direction, not looking at notes, not staring out the window.
The rules don’t change when you are the only one standing, and everyone else is listening to you. Don’t talk to the screen. Don’t talk to your note cards. Don’t talk to your coffee. Look your audience in the eye and talk directly to them.
Thank you.
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NAME : NUR ATIQAH BT YAACOB
ID : BHD 08 07 771
CLASS : HND 1 SEC 4
Here are some annoying public speaking habits. They can be deal breakers, so avoid these annoying habits at all costs!
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Voice Trailing Off – Many speakers let their voices trail off at the end of every sentence. The audience can hear the first part of their sentence, but they have no idea what pearls of wisdom might be lost in the whispers at the end.
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Looking Down – Sometimes this speaker will deliver complete sentences inaudibly while looking down — obviously not interested at that moment in engaging the audience.
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Mumbling – Mumbling is not cool. Inexperienced speakers will often speak at conversation level, not giving any thought or consideration to the people in the back of the room. Recently, I sat in on a panel discussion at a workshop. The panelists chose to sit instead of stand to address the standing-room-only crowd, which I thought was rude. And one man, whenever it was his turn to speak, would rest his elbows on the table and fold his hands in front of his mouth during the entire time that he was speaking.
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Reading – Some speakers are not good readers. If you are not skilled at reading something out loud, don’t do it while speaking. Especially avoid doing this secretly. In other words, if you plan to deliver your speech by reading all or part of it, and you do not have good out loud reading skills, forget it.
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Not keeping everyone involved - Inexperienced or thoughtless speakers leave members of the audience out. When an audience member asks a question, it is rarely heard in the back of the room. I’ve seen many expert speakers respond to the question by engaging in a one-on-one conversation with this person while the rest of the audience is left wondering. Speakers, I urge you to repeat the question so everyone is on the same page. And then respond to the question so that everyone in the room can hear it.
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Sitting Down – Some speakers choose to sit down on the job. In a very small, intimate group or when the audience is sitting in a circle of chairs or on the floor, for example, speaking while seated is generally okay. But if you have a room containing six rows of chairs or more, you really should express respect for those in the back of the room by standing so that you can be seen as well as heard.
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Filler Words – Even some professional speakers still use too many filler words. It takes practice, but you can rid your vocabulary (especially while speaking in public) of those filler words like, uh, ah, er. Also avoid connecting sentences by overusing “and.”
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Overshooting Time Allotment – Many speakers have trouble staying within the time allotment. Most programs or presentations are carefully organized. Each segment is designed to fit into a specific time slot. I’ve seen speakers completely disregard their time constraints and foul up the entire evening’s program. Not cool.
NAME: MOHAMAD SHARULAZWAN BIN SHARUDIN
ID: BHD 08-07-805
SECTION: HND1 (1)
thanks madam for the advise....
i think i can suggest how to prevent bad habit...
this it the tips...
1 - Avoid constantly making "um," "er," and "uh" noises during your speech. If you can't find the word you're looking for, then just pause for a moment. That's much better for the audience than constantly hearing fill syllables. You can say the "um" in your head if that helps you, but just don't let it out of your mouth.
2 - Don't begin your speech by apologizing for your lack of adequate preparation. Even if you really weren't able to get a great speech together, you don't need to notify your audience - that will just better help them find fault with your speech.
3 - Don't fidget, jiggle, or play with objects like keys, coins, or notes. Doing so directs valuable energy from your speaking and is a definite distraction to your audience.
4 - Avoid constantly speaking to your notes. You want to connect with your audience and have a conversation with them. While you must look at your notes from time to time, be sure that you know every aspect of your speech well so that you can spend a good bit of your time looking at the people in your audience. It's rather disappointing to the audience for them to expect a speech but instead come for monotonous mumbling and a good look at the top of somebody's head.
5 - Don't use jargon or "high language" that's unintelligible to your audience. Some speakers, especially beginners, think that's impressive. It's not. Not only that, but it's very possible that you will alienate your audience. If you must use a "big word," then explain it without appearing condescending.
6 - By avoiding these distracting speaking habits, you can be sure that your next speech will be the best you've ever made!
Thank You....
NAME: JASRUL ADZLI BIN MOHAMMAD
ID: BHD 07-07-681
SECTION: HND1 (1)
I agree about bad habit article that mentioned above.each person have their own bad habit when presenting a speech.So I want to share some of bad habit that we must not to do and some way on how to prevent it.
Bad Habit 1 - A strident high pitched voice. This has the hallmarks of a nervous person. It is hard on the listeners and many will find it difficult to listen to the point they lose interest.
Remedy - Take several deep breaths, this will help to calm the nerves and make it easier to control your voice.
Bad Habit 2 - A monotonous drone, speaking too slow or deliberately. This will ruin even the best prepared presentation by making it sound dull and may even put some people to sleep.
Remedy - Pick up the tempo of your talk through thinking faster. You will naturally talk faster when your zest to do your best gets into gear.
Bad Habit 3 - Rapid delivery - this exhausts the audience and they will lose the context of your ideas.
Remedy - Start off slow and adopt a conversational manner as talking to a friend. Make sure you enunciate clearly.
Bad Habit 4 - Too soft - who will know what you said?
Remedy - Test the volume when you speak. Ask whether they can hear you at the back. Most audiences will appreciate you taking the time.
thank you..
NAME : NUR AMILIAH BT RAHIM
ID : BHD 08-07-757
SECTION : HND1 (1)
Salam Pn Mimi.
Here I have some tips to how to prevent bad habit.
Firstly, speek so faster.You cannot talking so faster because audiences do not understand what you are trying to tell them.So from that, the audiences can become bored and cannot focus while you give the speech.
Then,try to avoid say "urmm" something like that.It is show that you never prepared about the speech.One more thing,if you forget what you need to talk,you just go on to the next point in your speech.
Next is about your voice.You should be speak loudly because the audiences need to hear what you are talking about.Please to speak clearly to make your audiences understand your speech.
Other than that, you also need to looking to your audiences.You cannot looking down while give a speech.It can make audiences thinking that you dont talking with them and also do not respect them.You should make sure that you always together with them while give a speech.
I hopefully that you all can ensure that you dont do the kill bad habits while doing the speech.
Thank you.
NAME : MOHD KHAIRUL ANUAR BIN RAMLEE
ID : BHD 08-07-870
CLASS : HND1 (SEC4)
Assalamualaikum
Our voice has the ability to convey an incredible range of meaning and emotion when you present. It s an important part of your non verbal communications, or body language, and can help you can communicate your message clearly and effectively to your audience.
Avoid these five common mistakes in order to tap into the full power of your voice:
1. Speaking Too Fast
How fast is too fast? It depends. You have to speak slowly enough so you can enunciate your words and the audience can understand you. Slow down even more if you are speaking in a language that is not native to the audience or if you are presenting new, complex information. Your rate tends to increase when you are nervous, so be aware of your nerves.
2. Speaking Nonstop
Speaking nonstop means that you will run out of breath by the end of the sentence and your voice will sound strangled as it trails off. Instead, use pauses to catch your breath and give your audience a chance to catch up. You can also pause before an important word to clue the audience that they should pay attention; for example, the results this year have been [pause]… excellent. Pausing to take a breath also means you are less likely to use pause words like um and ah.
3. Speaking Too Softly
How soft is too soft? If your audience has to struggle to hear you that mean you are speaking too softly. You also need to speak more loudly than usual if you are in a large room or any size room with poor acoustics. If you have the opportunity to use a microphone, use it. As long as it is working properly, a microphone can make it easier for the audience to hear you. As you increase your volume, it may feel like you re shouting. Chances are, you are not, but to be sure, you can record yourself or ask an audience member for an honest assessment of your volume.
4. Speaking in a Monotone
A monotone robs your voice of inflection and does not allow you to emphasize different words and emotions. Using inflection in your voice can convey your precise meaning to the audience. For example, your voice inflection can convey the difference between these two sentences I love Brussels sprouts! (bring me a big plate of them!) and I love Brussels sprouts? (are you kidding? I hate them!)
5. Speaking in a Tone that Does Not Match Your Words
As with all other elements of non verbal communications, your voice should match the words that you are saying. If you say I know this is going to be a great conference, but your voice conveys boredom or sarcasm, the audience will believe your non verbal rather than your words.
If you avoid these five common voice mistakes, you’ll be able to harness the power of your voice so that you can connect to your audience and communicate your meaning effectively.
NAME : NURUL AIN BT.IDRIS
ID : BHD 08-07-821
CLASS : HND1 (SEC2)
Most of us are going to have to give more than one or two speeches during our lives, and many have to give speeches on a very frequent basis. Here are a few tips how to avoid a bad habit during public speaking:
1- Avoid constantly making "um," "er," and "uh" noises during your speech.
If you can't find the word you're looking for, then just pause for a moment. That's much better for the audience than constantly hearing fill syllables. You can say the "um" in your head if that helps you, but just don't let it out of your mouth.
2- Don't begin your speech by apologizing for your lack of adequate preparation. Even if you really weren't able to get a great speech together, you don't need to notify your audience - that will just better help them find fault with your speech.
3-Don't fidget, or play with objects like keys, coins, or notes. Doing so directs valuable energy from your speaking and is a definite distraction to your audience.
4-Avoid constantly speaking to your notes. You want to connect with your audience and have a conversation with them. While you must look at your notes from time to time, be sure that you know every aspect of your speech well so that you can spend a good bit of your time looking at the people in your audience. It's rather disappointing to the audience for them to expect a speech but instead come for monotonous mumbling and a good look at the top of somebody's head.
5- Don't use jargon or "high language" that's unintelligible to your audience. Some speakers, especially beginners, think that's impressive. It's not. Not only that, but it's very possible that you will alienate your audience. If you must use a "big word," then explain it without appearing condescending.
By avoiding these distracting speaking habits, you can be sure that your next speech will be the best you've ever made!
NAME : NURAFIFAH BT ZAINOL ABIDIN
ID : BHD08-07-815
CLASS : HND 1 SECTION 2
I’m absolutely agree with your statement.
"The 7 deadly religious sins may keep you out of heaven but the 7 deadly public speaking sins will put your audience through hell!"...Michael Cloud
Here I want to share some tips on how to avoid the deadly public speaking sins.
~If Failure to Practice Properly is the Sin, what is the REDEMPTION?~
* World Class Speakers like Dale Carnegie have mirrored their way to speaking success. You can, too. Practice your speech 3 to 7 times in front of the mirror. This provides immediate, visual feedback on how you look to your audience. Mirror practice also helps you see what to change. Make these modifications and then practice them another 3 to 7 times.
* Tape record and/or video tape your practices and all live performances. Replay the recordings. What did you like? What needs to be changed? Make the changes and practice them in front of the mirror.
* Solicit feedback from audience members on all live performances.
~If the Absence of a Well-Defined Theme is the Sin, what is the REDEMPTION?~
A perfect speech theme is the same as a perfect bumper sticker. Before writing your speech, identify the one message you want the audience to take home with them. Summarize it in one sentence - this is your theme.
Write your theme sentence of the top of a piece of paper. Every point in your speech should then contribute to, enhance or illustrate your theme. When you establish a clear theme you are not tempted to include unrelated material.
~If Not Focusing on Your Target Audience is the Sin, what is the REDEMPTION?~
* Identify and profile your target audience. Age? Gender? Income? Occupation? Education? Lifestyle? What distinguishes them from the other audience members? What do they have in common with each other? What are their issues, concerns and 'hot' buttons?
* What does your target audience already know about you and your message? (this allows you to limit the time spent on developing these points). Focus on what they need to know to respond in the way you want.
~If Lack of Passion is the Sin, what is the REDEMPTION?~
* Express, act out, demonstrate your passion and commitment to your message.
* Let your passion be your guide. If you cannot develop enthusiasm for your topic, you have the wrong message.
~If Wasting the Opening is the Sin, what is the REDEMPTION?~
* Start strong. Leap right into your speech. Remember, it is never necessary to recover from a great beginning.
* Create a positive first impression and the audience will not only get on your side, they will stay there.
~If a Weak Close is a Sin, what is the REDEMPTION?~
* Write the conclusion first. This is your most powerful point.
* Don't thank the audience for listening to you.
If Failing to Write the Speech Script is a Sin, what is the REDEMPTION?
1. Write down everything you can think of that deals with your topic for 20 minutes. Then, put it away.
2. Review these ideas a day or two later. Add to them.
3. What's your main point (theme)?
4. Write your theme sentence on the top of a blank sheet of paper. Copy the ideas from items 1 and 2 under your theme sentence.
5. What point belongs first? Second? Speech Writer's Rule: open your speech with the second most important point and close with the most powerful point.
6. Write down examples, evidence and reasoned argument that support each point of the speech. Speech Writer's Rule: no more than 3 powerful points. All examples should support these 3 points.
7. Write your speech script from these notes. Speech Writer's Rule: Write the conclusion first.
8. Talk your speech script into a tape recorder. Play it back. While listening to your recording, write in any needed changes.
9. Practice 3 to 7 time in front of the mirror. Give it everything you've got.
10. Make any needed changes.
That’s all..thanks..~
NAME: NURULIZZATI BINTI BURHAN
ID: BHD 08-07-868
CLASS: HND1 (SEC 3)
Thank you madam,for the post. To make sure that we don't do the mistake in our speech i want to share the tips 'how to avoid bad habit during speech'.
Avoid constantly making "um," "er," and "uh" noises during your speech. If you can't find the word you're looking for, then just pause for a moment. That's much better for the audience than constantly hearing you fill
syllables. You can say the "um" in your head if that helps you, but just don't let it out of your mouth.
Don't begin your speech by apologizing for your lack of adequate preparation. Even if you really weren't able to get a great speech together, you don't need to notify your audience - that will just better help them find fault with your speech.
Don't fidget, jiggle, or play with objects like keys, coins, or notes. Doing so directs valuable energy from your speaking and is a definite distraction to your audience.
Avoid constantly speaking to your notes. You want to connect with your audience and have a conversation with them. While you must look at your notes from time to time, be sure that you know every aspect of your speech well so that you can spend a good bit of your time looking at the people in your audience. It's rather disappointing to the audience for them to expect a speech but instead come for monotonous mumbling and a good look at the top of somebody's head.
Don't use jargon or "high language" that's unintelligible to your audience. Some speakers, especially beginners, think that's impressive. It's not. Not only that, but it's very possible that you will alienate your audience. If you must use a "big word," then explain it without appearing condescending.
By avoiding these distracting speaking habits, not only can you be sure that your next speech will be the best you've ever made, but you'll know that you've communicated to your audience in the clearest way possible.
NAME : NURAZIEMAH ASMADI
ID : BHD 08-07-856
CLASS : HND1(SECTION 3)
Thanks madam fo your tips.Here are some tips to avoid bad habits during public speaking.
1- Reading Your Speech
You need to connect with your audience during your presentation and you won’t be able to do this if you are tied to your notes, your slides, or even a script. Instead, practice, practice, practice. Once you really know your material, then you’ll be able to deliver it without notes.
2- Poor Eye Contact
They say that the eyes are the windows to the soul. Well, you’ve got to be looking in those windows in order to be able to determine what is going on inside of your audience’s heads. Too many of us will spend an entire presentation looking at something, anything, else besides our audience. You need to consciously make an effort to make eye contact with your audience at least 90% of the time that you are speaking
3- Bad Body Language
While you are talking, your body may be having a conversation with your audience at the same time. If your hands are fumbling with a pen, coin, or a ring; or if you are pacing, swaying or other wise making movements that distract the audience from what you are saying, then you are sabotaging your own presentation. The best way to stop doing this is to practice in front of a mirror or videotape your practice.
Thank you.
Nur Hazirah bt Rusli
Bhd08-07-797
Hnd1(2)
Assalamualaikum madam...
The main thing to avoid all of this bad habits by doing a practice. At least three to six times, out loud by saying it differently each time to keep the spontaneity. Practicing in your head where you are eloquent won't work as well than actually saying it. If you will be delivering your speech standing up, then practice the same way using a similar room setup. If you can't practice in the actual room where you will be speaking, improvise. Set up the chairs in the way they will actually be used. If you can practice in front of someone, their comments will help you to refine your presentation. Tape record yourself. Remember, if you don't find your presentation interesting no one else will either.
Thank you...
NAME : NURAZIZUL BIN ABU BAKAR
ID : BHD 08-07-863
CLASS : HND1(SECTION 1)
Assalamualaikum to my beloved lecturer madam mimi...
Here I want to share some tips how to prevent bad habit.
First:Reading Your Speech
You need to connect with your audience during your presentation and you won’t be able to do this if you are tied to your notes, your slides, or even a script. Instead, practice, practice, practice. Once you really know your material, then you’ll be able to deliver it without notes.
Second:Don't use "high language" that's unintelligible to your audience. Some speakers, especially beginners, think that's impressive. It's not. Not only that, but it's very possible that you will alienate your audience. If you must use a "big word," then explain it without appearing condescending.
Third:Don’t fidget, jiggle, or play with objects like keys, coins, or notes. Doing so directs valuable energy from your speaking and is a definite distraction to your audience.
That all.
Thanks you.
NAME: SITI NUR NAZEHA BT SAIFFUDDIN ZUHRI
ID: BHD08-07-817
CLASS: HND1/2
Our speaking voice should be a wonderful expressive instrument for communication. However, many of us have unconsciously fallen into bad habits either in conversation or public speaking. Others will inevitably associate the habits of our voice with habits of our mind and will use these habits to draw a conclusion as to our character. Very few of us ever make the time to improve the quality of our voice to make it pleasing and melodious. We do have the makings of a good voice and training will help make it better.
An excellent check on the qualities of your voice is to record it and play back. Even without this a little listening practice will make you conscious of your voice. Listen to your voice and honestly analyze to determine any bad habits.
The most common public speaking bad habits, their consequences and their simple remedies are listed below:
Bad Habit 1 - A strident high pitched voice. This has the hallmarks of a nervous person. It is hard on the listeners and many will find it difficult to listen to the point they lose interest.
Remedy 1- Take several deep breaths, this will help to calm the nerves and make it easier to control your voice.
Bad Habit 2 - A monotonous drone, speaking too slow or deliberately. This will ruin even the best prepared presentation by making it sound dull and may even put some people to sleep.
Remedy 2 - Pick up the tempo of your talk through thinking faster. You will naturally talk faster when your zest to do your best gets into gear.
Bad Habit 3 - Rapid delivery - this exhausts the audience and they will lose the context of your ideas.
Remedy 3 - Start off slow and adopt a conversational manner as talking to a friend. Make sure you enunciate clearly.
Bad Habit 4 - Too soft - who will know what you said?
Remedy 4 - Test the volume when you speak. Ask whether they can hear you at the back. Most audiences will appreciate you taking the time.
Remedy 5 - Additionally many voice faults can be remedied by reading "out loud." Read a variety of material; try everything from casual quotations to vigorous argument. The "out loud" reading must have feeling put into it. Reflect the feeling of the words in your voice. Experiment with words that reflect love and compare the sounds with words that convey hatred. Your voice will reflect the mood you have in mind and the audience will target in on it. Practice rounding out your syllables and opening you mouth wide to raise the resonance of your voice. This will help cure mumbling. However, be careful you don't end up with an affected accent that sounds worse than the original issue.
By understanding your own voice bad habits and tackling them you can replace these habits with good "listening" tones. It is useful to recall that Demosthenes a famed Greek orator from long ago struggled with stammering. It is recorded that he overcame this challenge by filling his mouth with pebbles and talking over the roar of crashing waves.
NAME: ABDULLAH SHAKIR B MOHD NGADIL
ID: BHD08-07-802
COURSE: HND1 [1]
Assalamualaikum to my beloved teacher madam Mimi. i want to share with everybody my opinion to avoid bad habit in public speaking. This is the step maybe useful:
1. Tone of voice: How you say something can be more important than what you say. Vary the tone of your voice and avoid monotony otherwise your audience might doze off.
2. Eliminate Umm'ss and Aaah's: While speaking, sometimes you may get stuck and take time to think of what or how to say. At such times, many people may make sounds like Ummmh or Aaah etc.
This kind of thing may make you look stupid. Avoid doing it as it is a bad public speaking practice.
Instead of that remain silent for a few moments while trying to come up with something to say. Silent pauses are better than making such sounds.
3. Pace: Nervousness and public speaking go hand in hand. If you are nervous, you may tend to speak fast.
It is important to speak slowly and clearly. If your words are not clear, then its very difficult to make any sort of good impression on the audience.
4. Volume: The volume of your voice is also very important. It should not be too high so that it looks as if you are shouting, nor should it be so low that the people have difficulty in hearing
you.
5. Get to the point quickly: While giving speech, it is better if you get to the point you want to make quickly and not beat around the bush for long.
You don't need to tell the audience everything you know about a subject, but only of what they need to know. Try to pick out only the most relevant and best information to give to your audience.
Studies have shown that the people remember very few facts that were conveyed during the speech anyway. So stay with the most important information.
6. Pay attention to your arms: Its important that you do not fidget with your arms. Also remember not to put your hands in pocket, nor place them behind the back.
It is preferable to leave the hands comfortably by your sides. They should also move freely so as to allow free and natural-looking gestures.
7. Posture: Keep a relaxed and upright posture while giving speech. Leaning either forward or backward should be avoided. Keep your legs shoulder width apart in order to get good balance.
8. Correcting your mistakes gracefully: If you make a mistake and it is obvious, do not apologize. Just make the necessary correction and carry on with your speech.
9. Preparation: Prepare well for your speech as that can prevent panic. Preparation consists of knowing the audience and knowing the subject.
Know the needs of your audience and match your content accordingly. Also know the subject thoroughly so that you can approach the stage with self-confidence.
10. Calmness: Appear calm and relaxed even if you feel nervous inside. Speak slowly and clearly, put necessary emotions in your voice.
Conclusion:
The above tips should prove useful to you in giving a good presentation or speech on the stage.
that's all i want to share about.
thank you
NAME : HASMAH BINTI KHALID
ID : BHD08-07-869
CLASS : HND1 SEC 3
Assalamualaikum...
Thanks to madam for that tips. I have a tips to prevent bad habits during public speaking.
1) "vocal fillers"
Expression and noises such as "you know?", "you know what I mean?", "Um!", "Er!", "Uh" are called "vocal fillers". they distract from the speaker's message and signal that he or she is uneasy. They cause the speaker to appear even more nervous than he or she really is.Speakers who use well-placed pauses and avoid vocal fillers are regarded as being more confident and knowledgeable than speakers who don't. For some reason, many people are uneasy with silence and feel that every second needs to filled with sound.
2) Discard apologies
too many speakers use oppologies for their comments before they even begin their speeches. Apologies are remarks than weaken or diminish the impact of what the speaker is about to say. Likewise, when speaker apologizes for a speech beforehand, he or she makes an admission that is less than perfect before the members of the audience have the chance to judge the speech for themselves. They can kill good ideas before they're even born.
Thats all, thank you..
NAME :NAJIAH BT.ZANIAL@ZAINAL
ID :BHD08-07-842
CLASS:HND1 SEC2.
Assalamualaikum to madam.
Thank you for the post given.It can give me some information for what needs to avoid habits of public speaking.There are some tips that can also can helps during public speaking.
1)How to face fear.
When facing something fearful do the same thing that you do when you have a success. Our body will remember the success and your energy will come back up.
2)Overcoming your fear of public speaking.
It is normal to be a little nervous about your presentation. If you're not then you're not normal. But this is how to overcome this anxiety or nervousness.
The way this works is to celebrate your mistakes. If you are feeling butterflies in your stomach. Or you’re nervous, take both hands and thrust them in the air and scream “Yah!” Like you are celebrating. When you think about going on stage and your fear of public speaking comes up. Just celebrate.
What this will do is to anchor your celebration into your mind. Whenever you get nervous you will celebrate.
3)Make overcoming your fears a habit.
Finally, practice overcoming your fears in daily life. Whenever you feel some sort of fear coming up in your mind, (not anything that would put you or someone else in danger just something from everyday life,) just do whatever you were thinking of.
For example, let’s say you see someone you’d really like to ask out on a date, but you feel a knot rising in your stomach. Don’t think about anything, just go and talk to that person.
If you’d like to ask a question during a presentation but think that someone may think your question is stupid, just do it. Ask the question.
~Thank you~
name:hamimra binti mohamad Jali
Id:BHD08-07-823
class:HND/SEC B
Assalamualaikum madam mimi
i would like to share the information of this topic.I hope the information maybe useful for everbody.
The Deadly BAD of Public Speaking
1. Sloth: failing to prepare for your speech or presentation
2. Envy: believing that great speakers are born with their skills
3. Lust: quelling your nerves by picturing the audience naked
4. Gluttony: believing that more words/slides/facts/numbers is always better
*Slot
Speaking in public, whether formally or informally, is an essential activity that requires effort. Yet, the majority of people expend no effort to improve their effectiveness as a speaker. Tragically, they are content to drift from one frustrating presentation to the next.
You can avoid sloth in a number of ways:
• Enroll in a public speaking course
• Read public speaking books
• Read public speaking blogs
• Join Toastmasters or another local speaking club
• Study great speakers
• Hire a speaking coach
“ Speaking in public, whether formally or informally, is an essential activity that requires effort.”
*Envy
Envy is characterized by a false belief that great speakers are simply lucky to have been born with natural speaking skills.You’ve heard the excuses from your colleagues, haven’t you?
• “She’s so lucky! She’s a natural speaker!”
• “Hmph! It’s so easy for him to speak in front of people.”
• “No, I couldn’t deliver the proposal. I’m not a speaker.”
People who are envious of the “natural” skills of others are more likely to apply misguided solutions when confronted by an unavoidable speaking situation:
• They steal stories and anecdotes from others rather than creating original ones
• They copy PowerPoint slides from others even if they don’t quite apply
• They mimic the oratorical style of others and lack authenticity
Because of bad habits like this, speakers suffer from lack of confidence. They know the stories, the slides, and the words are not their own. Nervousness results because they fear being exposed, and this nervousness leads to crazy behaviors like…
*Lust
“Please don’t picture the audience naked, especially if I am in your audience.”
The lustful speaker attempts to calm their nerves by applying the common (yet terrible) advice to picture the audience naked!Please don’t picture the audience naked, especially if I am in your audience.In theory, picturing your audience naked makes them seem as vulnerable as you feel. It may provide a brief lighthearted moment to feed your teenaged appetite, but it won’t help you speak better.More likely, it will cause an additional distraction and impede your efforts to connect with your audience. Consider this: how easy is it for you to communicate something meaningful to a room full of naked people? Can you inspire them? Impossible.Nervous speakers who avoid this lustful deadly sin are, unfortunately, still prone to committing another deadly wrong
* Gluttony
Gluttony is exhibited by speakers who believe that more is always better.
More slides, more bullets, more examples, more facts, more numbers, more details, more words — more of everything.
Packing all possible material into your presentation and then speeding through it is flawed, despite your best intentions to provide maximum value. More is (usually) not better. Cognitive research shows that people have a limited capacity to absorb information Overloading that capacity will reduce their ability to absorb anything at all! Quantity is no substitute for quality.
It is better to focus your presentation on your core message, select only the very best support material (facts, slides, anecdotes), and speak at a reasonable pace. Supplementary material, if necessary, belongs in a handout.
thank you
Nur Ain Fatihah Binti Juniani
BHD08-07-789
HND 1 Section 2
Assalamualaikum.
I enjoyed read your post about killing the 7 deadly habit of public speaking. First thing that i want to say is practice your speech early. From the practice, it make us feel confident to give speech in front of a lot of people. We can also get some help from our friends to hear and give feedback on how the speech that we give. Then, from the feedback, we can improve the way that we give the speech. For example, we can add some visual aid like pictures. From that, it can make audience feel interesting to hear our speech.
Thank You.
name: siti nursyarifah bt hussin
id: BHD08-07-793
class: hnd1 sec2
I think this topic is most probably would be happen. If they we out of idea we will doing that what are they stated above like “uh” and the “ummm”, Cup talking, face stroking, and the adjustment.It sometimes make me feel weird and funny when i flashback it again. Normally, it so difficult to change the habit. As you know, we will automatically nervous and feel so stress when have to speaking in the public. Not many people can do well, but we have to try to be relax and more confident when delivering the speech. To become like this, you have make a early practice and practice..
thank you ..
Name : Shafiq Izwan B Shamsuddin
ID : BHD0807813
Section: H1(section1)
Hello there,
Firstly, thanks for your post madam and i likes this post a lot. A topic about killing 7 deadly habits of public speaking.
So, here i would like to share some lovely habits of public speaking to all of you.
Firstly maintain good eye contact with the audience. Don't keep contact with only one group of the audience. Spread your attention around the room.
Secondly KISS. No - not kiss the audience - Keep It Simple Stupid. Reduce your presentation to simple concepts and your audience should be able to follow you. This can make audience easy to understand.
Thank you..
NAME: AHMAD SAFWAN B. MOHD SULAIMAN
ID: BHD 08-07-825
CLASS: HND 1 SEC 1
Assalamualaikum.
Thanks to you madam for this post. Here is some tips to avoid in public speaking:
1. Avoid constantly making "um," "er," and "uh" noises during your speech. If you can't find the word you're looking for, then just pause for a moment. That's much better for the audience than constantly hearing fill syllables. You can say the "um" in your head if that helps you, but just don't let it out of your mouth.
2. Don't begin your speech by apologizing for your lack of adequate preparation. Even if you really weren't able to get a great speech together, you don't need to notify your audience - that will just better help them find fault with your speech.
3. Don't fidget, jiggle, or play with objects like keys, coins, or notes. Doing so directs valuable energy from your speaking and is a definite distraction to your audience.
4. Avoid constantly speaking to your notes. You want to connect with your audience and have a conversation with them. While you must look at your notes from time to time, be sure that you know every aspect of your speech well so that you can spend a good bit of your time looking at the people in your audience. It's rather disappointing to the audience for them to expect a speech but instead come for monotonous mumbling and a good look at the top of somebody's head.
5. Don't use jargon or "high language" that's unintelligible to your audience. Some speakers, especially beginners, think that's impressive. It's not. Not only that, but it's very possible that you will alienate your audience. If you must use a "big word," then explain it without appearing condescending.
6. By avoiding these distracting speaking habits, you can be sure that your next speech will be the best you've ever made!
Thank you.
Name : Faten Hannani Binti Mohd Isa
Id : BHD 08-07-758
Class : HND 1 (Section 1)
Salam madam Mimi,
For me this bad public speaking habits is happen when we focus entirely on ourselves and not keep the audience's needs in mind.
So here I would like to share with you some simple public speaking delivery tips which would enhance the effectiveness while on stage.
Firstly is tone of voice that describe how we say something can be more important than what you say. Vary the tone of your voice and avoid monotony otherwise the audience might doze off.
Secondly is we should eliminate umm'ss and aaah's while speaking, sometimes we may get stuck and take time to think of what or how to say. This kind of thing may make we look stupid. Avoid doing it as it is a bad public speaking practice. Instead of that remain silent for a few moments while trying to some up with something to say. Silent pauses are better than making such sounds.
Thirdly is pace which nervousness and public speaking go hand in hand. If we are nervous, we may tend to speak fast. It is important to speak slowly and clearly. If our words are not clear then its very difficult to make any sort of good impression on the audience.
NAME: NURULATIKA BINTI SAID ABU
ID: BHD08-07-772
CLASS: HND1 Sec 1
Salam madam....
First of all, I would like to say that it is the interesting topic. This students always make this habit including me. It is because the nervousness factor. I want to share with you the other seven habit that the student always made.
Listeners don’t give their attention lightly and it doesn’t take much for it to wander. Here are seven bad speaking habits that will guarantee your listeners will be focusing on other things, instead of what you’re presenting.
1. Rambling
– if you don’t know where you’re going, the audience is not going to follow. If you do not have anything to say, sit down! No one has ever complained about a speech that ended early.
2. Speaking in a monotone
– not only are you at risk of losing their attention, you might even put them to sleep. Speaking in a monotonous voice is a real communication killer. When you don’t vary the pitch of your voice, it is difficult for the listener to maintain any interest in what you’re saying.
3. Appearing to have limited topic knowledge – people come to listen because they expect you know what you’re talking about. You need to know your topic backwards and forwards. Research your topic thoroughly while preparing your speech.
4. Poor eye contact
– lack of eye contact creates a barrier between you and the audience. Make a connection to the listener; they want to know you’re speaking to them.
5. Pacing, wandering or fidgeting
– often a sign of nerves, it can be distracting to the audience. You may not eliminate the nerves, but preparation and practice can reduce the appearance of nerves.
6. Lack of preparation
– if you haven’t made the effort to prepare, why should the audience make the effort to listen?
7. Poor storytelling skills
– nothing communicates concepts better than stories. If you want to hold on to the listener’s attention, learn to tell stories well.
It takes a lot of preparation to craft the kind of speech or presentation that is going to grab your listener’s attention. Once the speech is crafted, you need to spend a lot of time practicing, so as to make sure you keep their attention.
Thank you...
Name : Nurul Aida Bt. Mohd Bisri
Id : Bhd 08 07 773
Section : hnd 1 (section 1)
There are a few tips to share with you to avoid this killing habit happen when giving a speech.
1. Look at the audience – If you ever wondered where you should be looking when presenting, the answer is right in front of you. Don’t just single out one person, but instead try to make eye contact with numerous people throughout the room. If you don’t do this then you aren’t engaging the audience, you are just talking to yourself. This can result in an utter lack of attention from your audience.
2. Be honest – A lot of people present to the audience what they want to hear, instead of what they need to hear. Make sure you tell the truth even if they don’t want to hear it because they will respect you for that and it will make you more human.
3. Don’t over prepare – If you rehearse your presentation too much it will sound like it (in a bad way). You need to be prepared enough to know what you are going to talk about but make sure your presentation flows naturally instead of sounding memorized. Usually if you ask experienced speakers what you shouldn’t do, they’ll tell you not to rehearse your presentation too much because then it won’t sound natural.
4. Watch what you say – You usually don’t notice when you say “uhm”, “ah”, or any other useless word frequently, but the audience does. It gets quite irritating. So much that some members of the audience will probably count how many times you say these useless words.
Thank You.
name: SHAZRIN NADIA BT MOHD AZMAN
section: HND 1 (2)
id: BHD 08-07-770
assalamualaikum madam....
here i want to comment on the post above..
here are other bad habits that we must avoid during a public speaking.
-Avoid constantly making "um," "er," and "uh" during your speech. If you can't find the word you're looking for, then just pause for a moment. You can say the "um" in your head if that helps you, but just don't let it out of your mouth.
-Don't begin your speech by apologizing for your lack of adequate preparation. Even if you really weren't able to get a great speech together, you don't need to notify your audience
-Don't jiggle, or play with objects like keys, coins, or notes. Doing so directs valuable energy from your speaking and is a definite distraction to your audience.
Avoid constantly speaking to your notes. You want to connect with your audience and have a conversation with them. While you must look at your notes from time to time, be sure that you know every aspect of your speech well so that you can spend a good bit of your time looking at the people in your audience. It's rather disappointing to the audience for them to expect a speech but instead come for monotonous mumbling and a good look at the top of somebody's head.
-Don't use jargon or "high language" that's unintelligible to your audience. Some speakers, especially beginners, think that's impressive. It's not. Not only that, but it's very possible that you will alienate your audience. If you must use a "big word," then explain it without appearing condescending.
NAME: NOOR FADILAH BT YUSOF
ID: BHD08-07-862
CLASS: HND1 SEC4
Assalamualaikum. Now, I realize that all those thing will spoil a speech. I have some tips that i want to share to you.
1)Hyperventilate your way to a successful talk
Everyone is nervous before a delivering a speech. But if you find your nervousness might distract you from being effective, do what I have told.
A series of six or seven really short breaths will starve your brain of a little oxygen, and give you a slightly “buzzed” feeling. It only lasts for a few seconds, but if you time the breaths with the beginning of your talk those seconds can be just enough to get you over getting started, which can be the hardest part of all.
2)Nervous energy gives you the edge
Giving a public talk or presentation is a performance. Even seasoned actors will tell you that they get butterflies every time they go out on stage. If your attitude is that being nervous is a sign of inadequacy on your part, then you will curse yourself for being nervous and try to bury the feeling.
Instead of shunning the feelings, embrace them. Tell yourself that this nervous energy is going to give you that little extra kick you need to stay fresh, focused, and connected with the audience.
3)Empty your pockets
You already talked about the why of this tip in the deadly habit of jingling. Empty your pockets before you get up to speak. This tip has the added advantage of improving the drape of your clothes—no extra weight to tug at your jacket and bulge your pants. I often don’t even carry my wallet or handphone when I’m speaking infront of the audience.
4)Note this. Or don’t.
When you start reading books on effective ways to give presentations, you’ll run into the idea of notes.
If having a set of notes puts you at ease and you can manage them without distraction, then you should use them. Just be sure, if you are going to use notes, that they are only notes and that they’re easy to manage. Ideally they should fit into your pocket and be few enough in number so that they can be quickly reordered if you do drop them.
I hope that tips will improve you a lot in delivering your speech.
Thank you.
NAME:WAN NURNADI SHAFIKA BT WAN MD NASIR
ID:BHD08-07-859
CLASS:HND1 SEC4
Assalamualaikum Mdm mimi.Thanks for the good points.I have other tips to share with you.
1. Reading From Notes (know material so well, you don’t need notes – that isn’t to say you can't sneak a peak every once and awhile as I have mentioned before)
2. Avoiding Eye Contact (“maintain eye contact with your listeners at least 90% of the time,” according to Carmine)
3. Dressing Down (always dress appropriately, but “a little better than everyone else”)
4. Fidgeting Or Using Annoying Gestures (conveys nervousness. If guilty of doing so, practice with a video camera)
5. Failing To Rehearse (winging it is never a good idea, even if you know your material by heart. See an earlier post on this point here)
6. Standing At Attention (move around, use body language, be “animated in voice and body”)
7. Speaking Too Long (if you can get message across in less time, do it. Carmine says “listeners lose their attention after approximately 18 minutes”)
8. Failing To Excite Audience (tell them why they should be excited about your talk and give them a “reason to care”)
9. Ending Without Inspiring (its okay to summarize your talk, but leave audience “with one key thought”).
So, how many bad habits do I have? Ain't tell’n. BUT I may see a point or two that I could improve on. How about you?
NAME : NUR IFFA AQWA BINTI ZAWAWI
ID: BHD08-07-765
CLASS: HND 1 (SECTION
Salam to pn mimi...
As a normal being, we're not missed to make mistakes during delivering a speech. Even a professional speakers facing a nervousness during giving a speech in front of crowds.
The “uh” and the “ummm” words come out when the speakers forget their lines. So, in order to covered the mistakes, we'll say the "uh' and "ummm".
Here I would like to share several steps on how to speak well and confidently in order to avoid to repeat the habits of public speaking like above.
1. Learn how to have conversations with people. Your ideas or opinions may not always be accepted by others, but this is nothing unusual. Open your mouth, express your beliefs! This will improve your courage.
2. Don’t be afraid and speak loudly. If you speak in a low voice, not only will others not be able to hear what you say, but you will also portray a submissive demeanor, which suggests the opposite of a confident one.
3. Make eye contact when you speak. For one thing, it is polite for others. Also, eye contact will help others to listen to your thinking carefully.
4. Praise yourself everyday! This will promote your own confidence, which is important when you speak. With more confidence, people will take your thinking more seriously.
Below is some tips how to build self confidence:
1. Don’t be nervous when you make mistakes. Human error is far from being a new concept — nobody is perfect! It is normal for everyone to make mistakes. Just calm down and keep speaking bravely.
2. Try and try again! This may be difficult for a shy person at first, but you need to force yourself to speak, and not seclude your thoughts. If you have some ideas, then try to speak out! Don’t just keep them in your head.
3. If you have self confidence issues, try to think that you are the only one who has sound knowledge about the topic. Then go ahead and impart your knowledge to the audience in an effective way.
4. Remember that there is a fine line between confidence and arrogance. Don’t portray an exaggerated amount of confidence, or you will come off as arrogant, believing that your ideas are better than the ideas of everyone else.
Thank you and have a nice day!
NAME:MUHAMAD SYARAFUDDIN HILMI BIN ISMAIL
ID:BHD08-07-794
CLASS:HND1 SEC4
Assalamualaikum Pn Mimi, i just read your 7 deadly habit of public speaking, from my experienced, many amateur public speaker have actually have this bad habits in giving their speech and by that i also want to add some other bad habit that i found in the internet. This bad habit that i found actually being presented in the point of view of sins. Before that 1 of your student here before me had already gave 4 sins (bad habit) out of 7 that i found. So here i would like to share with you the complete version of it and i think this would help other student to improved in their public speaking.
There are actually Seven Deadly Sins of Public Speaking
The first one is Sloth which are actually
Sloth, or laziness, is committed by speakers who fail to prepare.
Speaking in public, whether formally or informally, is an essential activity that requires effort. Yet, the majority of people expend no effort to improve their effectiveness as a speaker. Tragically, they are content to drift from one frustrating presentation to the next.
“Speaking in public, whether formally or informally, is an essential activity that requires effort.”
You can avoid sloth in a number of ways:
* Enroll in a public speaking course
* Read public speaking books
* Read public speaking blogs
* Join Toastmasters or another local
speaking club
* Study great speakers
* Hire a speaking coach
Failing to prepare for life by improving your speaking skills leads to a chain of excuses, characterized by…
The second sins is Envy
Envy is characterized by a false belief that great speakers are simply lucky to have been born with natural speaking skills.
You’ve heard the excuses from your colleagues, haven’t you?
* “She’s so lucky! She’s a natural speaker!”
* “Hmph! It’s so easy for him to speak in
front of people.”
* “No, I couldn’t deliver the proposal. I’m
not a speaker.”
People who are envious of the “natural” skills of others are more likely to apply misguided solutions when confronted by an unavoidable speaking situation:
* They steal stories and anecdotes from
others rather than creating original ones
* They copy PowerPoint slides from others
even if they don’t quite apply
* They mimic the oratorical style of others
and lack authenticity
Because of bad habits like this, speakers suffer from lack of confidence. They know the stories, the slides, and the words are not their own. Nervousness results because they fear being exposed, and this nervousness leads to crazy behaviors like…
The Third Lust
The lustful speaker attempts to calm their nerves by applying the common (yet terrible) advice to picture the audience naked!
Please don’t picture the audience naked, especially if I am in your audience.
In theory, picturing your audience naked makes them seem as vulnerable as you feel. It may provide a brief lighthearted moment to feed your teenaged appetite, but it won’t help you speak better.
More likely, it will cause an additional distraction and impede your efforts to connect with your audience. Consider this: how easy is it for you to communicate something meaningful to a room full of naked people? Can you inspire them? Impossible.
Nervous speakers who avoid this lustful deadly sin are, unfortunately, still prone to committing another deadly sin…
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NAME:MUHAMAD SYARAFUDDIN HILMI BIN ISMAIL
ID:BHD08-07-794
CLASS:HND1 SEC4
Fourth One is Gluttony
Gluttony is exhibited by speakers who believe that more is always better.
More slides, more bullets, more examples, more facts, more numbers, more details, more words — more of everything.
Packing all possible material into your presentation and then speeding through it is flawed, despite your best intentions to provide maximum value. More is (usually) not better. Cognitive research shows that people have a limited capacity to absorb information . Overloading that capacity will reduce their ability to absorb anything at all! Quantity is no substitute for quality.
It is better to focus your presentation on your core message, select only the very best support material (facts, slides, anecdotes), and speak at a reasonable pace. Supplementary material, if necessary, belongs in a handout.
All of this gluttony — too many slides, too many stories, too many details — leads the speaker down a dark and dirty path towards…
The fifth Greed
Greed is the deadly sin of excess, and is committed by a speaker who goes over time.
Does this sound familiar?
* “Oh, is that clock correct? I’m only halfway through…”
* “I haven’t gotten to the good part yet…”
* “Are there any objections to cutting our lunch break in half so I can finish this?”
If you go over time, negative emotions begin to fill the room, making you more susceptible to experience…
The second last is Wrath
Wrath, or uncontrolled anger, is committed by a speaker who handles problems in the worst possible way.
As a speaker, you should always remain in control. No matter how bad your presentation is going, keep calm. Don’t let these frustrations provoke you:
* When you make a mistake (even a big one), resist the urge to draw more attention to it by cursing yourself in an attempt to draw pity.
* When an audience member is disrupting the room, resist the urge to “solve” it with sarcasm.
* When the room or venue logistics fail, don’t start blaming the organizers or anyone else. Instead, roll with in and move on.
* When an audience member is heckling you, do not take the bait.
Getting angry — whether at yourself, someone in the audience, or some other factor — is one of the worst things you can do. Your audience will feel uncomfortable and your credibility will be diminished considerably.
Finally, the first six speaker sins are all symptoms of the deadliest speaking sin of them all…
PRIDE
Pride is committed by a speaker who believes that public speaking is about them.
It’s not.
* It’s never about you.
* It’s never about your impressive accolades in your introduction.
* It’s never about your dazzling delivery where you channel Churchill.
* It’s never about your sumptuous slides which prominently feature your company logo beside dazzling 3-D pie charts.
Public speaking is always about the audience and the message you want to convey. Failing to put the audience first will kill any presentation. You need to perform audience analysis to discover how best to structure your presentation and deliver the message.
Avoid this sin by starting to analyze your presentation from the audience’s perspective. Amazingly, most of the other speaking sins will go away.
You’ll recognize that you need to prepare. (Sloth)
* You will realize that you are uniquely capable of delivering your message to this audience. (Envy)
* You will trim all of the fluff to deliver a message which is focused and easy-to-understand. (Gluttony)
* You will respect the time your audience has given you. (Greed)
* You won’t saddle your audience with your problems. (Wrath)
As for Lust when speaking, well… that’s just silly.
So that's what i read from the internet which interest me because the unique way that the write expressed the bad habit of public speaking...
i hope this will help other in overcoming and stay away from this bad habits which can effect when they about to give a public speaking or speech..!!
NAME: LUQMANUL HAKIM BIN AHMAD ABDILLAH
ID: BHD08-01-743
CLASS: HND1 SEC4
There are the things that you are advised not to do too in case of public speaking. Here are some significant ‘don’ts’ about public speaking:
1. Don’t waver from the main message that you are seeking to convey. Always bear in mind that the audience cannot retain more than two or three things presented in a speech. So, lay emphasis on the main points while speaking.
2. Don’t ever start fidgeting in front of the audience while speaking. Even if you are not fully confident of something you must take care not express it this way.
3. Don’t lean while speaking.
4. Don’t look down and maintain eye contact with your audience while delivering your speech.
5. Don’t make use of vocal pauses like ah, umm… etc. Make use of a proper word instead like ‘now’.
6. Don’t waste too much time on answering questions asked and clarifications sought by listeners. You must make sure that the main message that you wish to express via your speech is conveyed within the time allotted for your speech.
NAME : NOR AISYAH BINTI MOHD ISA
ID : BHD 0901896
CLASS : HND1/SECTION4
Salam..
Madam, your article is very useful in delivery speech..
Here, i want to share how to avoid deadly habits of public speaking..
First, the “uh” and the “ummm”
To avoid this, you must rewrite your speech over and over until it is exactly what you want it to be. You will feel more awkward speaking to a crowd if you are not totally comfortable with your speech.
Second, the jingle.
In delivering speech, this must be avoid. To avoid this, you give your speech with relaxing and do not put your hand inside your pocket. you must have you confident in yourself.
Third, cup talking, face stroking, and the adjustment.
To avoid this,practice in front of a mirror. Practicing in front of a mirror will help you see what you will look like or what you will be doing in front of your audience.
Fourth, appearing alive, but not too much so.
In appearing alive, you must know what is your speech. With this way, you will effect the audience attention to you.
Fifth, the block.
In giving the speech, you cannot block the audience. It will seen you not respect to audience. To avoid this, when you use visual aids, make sure you will stand beside the visual aids.
Sixth, the rush.
Everyone have nervous, included me. That's why we must practice in front of a practice audience. Ask some of your family and or friends to sit and listen to your speech. This will allow you to practice your speech in front of real people and get feedback before the real thing.
Lastly, communing with nature.
When you speak in public, you must confident. You must have powerful eye contact with the audience. So that, the audience did not so bored when hear you deliver your speech.
That's all..thank you..
mohd faizal
bhd08-07-855
sec3
i am interest to give my opinion with this sentence-,
"When I speak in front of larger groups, for whatever reason, my throat goes dry pretty quickly and so I usually have a cup or bottle of something on the podium to drink. Early on, however, I formed a bad habit: cup talking. I would usually take a drink at a pause in the presentation, for example following an audience question. Then, intent upon answering the question and not paying attention to the cup, I’d start talking before the cup was away from my mouth, muffling the first part of the answer."
may be what i want to say not in topic.. from the sentence. i think drinking is one ways to be cool our self.. when speaking in public.. we need energize new idea. so when the presenter need to energize new idea, he/she can show take water acting like drinking but same time is thinking a new idea. I think this is better than showing to the audience that presenter are waiting... and can solve from the first point ("1. The “uh” and the “ummm”")
tq.
NAME: MUHAMAD AZRI YUSRI BIN CHE YAHAYA
ID: BHD 08-07-874
CLASS: HND1 (SEC 4)
This is something that I want to share with everyone. There are some tips on how to overcome the bad habits in public speaking.
Find your confidence
The art of public speaking starts with confidence. You want the public to buy into what you are saying. So have a confident tone in your voice, which can't be that difficult. Practice the pitch tone you use, because it's very important.
Realize the audience doesn't care.
I think everyone makes a much bigger deal out of public speaking, than what it really is. The public will either listen to you, or tune you out. They don't care if you're nervous, because they honestly understand and can relate if you are. If you stumble over a word, no one cares.
Take public speaking courses.
This is a great way to truly not only get better, but overcome fear of speaking in public. Try taking a public speaking course. They'll give some useful public speaking tips that can help you quite often.
Name : Nor Azura binti Mohd Ali
ID : BHD08-07-769
Class: HND1 (4)
Madam,
i am familiar with the deadly habits of public speaking but there are also have "Deadly Sins of Public Speaking" and i would like to share some of it. these are some of the sins.
Deadly sins number 1: Sloth
Sloth or laziness is comitted by speakers who fail to prepare. you can avoid sloth in a number of ways. 1.enroll in public speaking course. 2.study great speakers 3. read public speaking books and blogs.
Deadly sins number 2:Envy
Envy is characterized by a false beleive that great speakers are simply lucky to have been born with natural speaking skills. because of bad habits like this, speakers suffer from lack of confidence.
Deadly sins number 3: Greed
greed is deadly sins of excess, and is comitted by a speaker who goes over time. speaking for more than your allotted times violets the contract you have with audience, and thats never good.
Deadly sins number 4: Wrath
Wrath or uncontrolled anger is comitted by a speakers who handles problem in the worst possible way. As a speakers you should always remain in control. No matter how bad your presentation is going, you must always keep calm.
NAME: NUR SYAFIQA BINTI MOHD SHAHRUDDIN
ID: BHD08-07-759
CLASS: HND1 SECTION 4
ASSALAMUALAIKUM..
thanks for your guidance madam. here i want to add some bad habits that we as a speakers do.
First, we always mumbling but don't have any point. this habit is not very good because audience will not pay attention to what we are going to say.
Second is sitting down. if you are in a group contains of six to ten persons, sure you can sitting down. but if you are in the hall or seminar room, you should respect other people because people behind might not see you in front. it is same like you only talk to the people in front of you only.
Third is looking down. sometimes speaker say some sentences by looking down. it was so rude. it is because while we give a speech we must have a good communication to audience. it is include eye contact and it is very important.
i hope, we all can improve our style to give a speech. thank you.
NAME: NURUL FAEIZAH BINTI HUSIN
ID.NO: BHD08-07-774
CLASS: HND1(SECTION 4)
Assalamualaikum...
Thanks to madam Mimi for this special topic.
I interested to this topic.Here I also want to share a some examples typical bad habits in public speaking.
Reading From The Script
A script gives the speaker a false sense of security. They think that with a script, they won’t have to memorize anything. And even better, they won’t have to engage their audience since they are busy listening to him read.
Interrupting
Deborah Tannen, Ph.D., a professor of linguistics at Georgetown University in Washington, DC, says “Interrupting can be just as much about showing the other person that we’re paying attention as it is about trying to take the floor.” She recommends figuring out why you’re interrupting and if the interruption is welcome.
Apologizing Before Speaking
“This might be a dumb question but,”… We’ve all probably prefaced a question with that phrase at one time or another. In some ways, the apology gives us permission to be removed from what we’re saying if it’s not well received.Rather than trying to please people by qualifying your thoughts and questions, pay close attention to how they’re speaking, then focus on molding your conversation to theirs.
Using Speech Tics Like Er and Um
We say things like um, ah, you know, like, and sort of in a subconscious effort to plan what we’re going to say next, to keep the floor, and of course, to fill silent spaces. One way to stop adding tics to your sentence is to slow down when speaking. Allow brain time to plan ahead while you’re yet talking.
Grasping for Words Mid-Sentence
Call it perfectionism or simply talking too fast, but either way, you’re bound to grasp for words or lose your place in mid-sentence when you’re always searching for a better word. The hesitation in speech is what calls greater attention in those moments. Admit you’ve lost your place and keep the collaboration going without filling spaces. Start by saying something like, “What I meant to say is…” or “Getting back to my point…”
Finishing Others’ Sentences
Completing someone else thought might give the impression you’re so into the conversation and you simply can’t help yourself. But doing it over and over again can indicate impatience. You might as well say, “Get to the point.” When you find yourself continually speaking for somebody, count to seven before opening your mouth.
name: khaliq naru bin abd hamid
id: bhd 08-07-806
section: HND section 1
Habit of speaking
It’s really hard to avoid bad habit when performing a speaking; I myself find that it is impossible for me to avoid the bad habit in speech, even do I have practices to avoid the bad habit still when dealing with the audience, all the preparation seem to gone out site of the window
The blog that u (madam) post really helps to avoid bad habit when presenting a speech, the tips help me to avoid some of the bad habit that I’ve been dealing it thought out of my speech
At the end of it, the speaker itself need to have the confident to present a perfect speech without having the bad habit such as (pointed in ur blog), and I hope that I able to used the tips that u have pointed that used it to perfect my speech
NAME : NURAZLINA BT MOHD NOR
ID : BHD 08-07-837
CLASS : HND1/ SECTION 4
Assalamualaikum madam..
I want to share some of bad habit that can make our speech become trouble.
1. Do you look at your watch to check the time? Time is extremely important when we are presenting. We don't want to talk past our limit, but we do want to fill the time we are expected to fill. This causes many presenters to look at their watches continually. This causes the audience members to start looking at their watches and become more concerned with the passage of time than the important information we are trying to impart.
2. There are several ways to work around this distraction. If you have a lectern or a table, you can place a small travel clock that it easy to read from a distance, so that a quick glance will be inconspicuous. Another aid is to ask a friend to sit fairly close to the front of the room and give an agreed-upon signal when you have five to ten minutes remaining, so you can start your closing without rushing.
3. Keep your hands off and out of your clothing. Talk about a distraction! I also witnessed a well-known woman speaker who kept smoothing her skirt and another who kept pulling the front of her jacket together. Neither was aware of what she was doing, but part of the problem arose because they were either nervous and/or uncomfortable with the clothing they were wearing. If you can find someone to video your presentation, you will be amazed with the little habits you have acquired over the years.
4. Looking Down – Sometimes this speaker will deliver complete sentences inaudibly while looking down — obviously not interested at that moment in engaging the audience.
5. Mumbling – Mumbling is not cool. Inexperienced speakers will often speak at conversation level, not giving any thought or consideration to the people in the back of the room.
6. Reading – Some speakers are not good readers. If you are not skilled at reading something out loud, don’t do it while speaking. Especially avoid doing this secretly. In other words, if you plan to deliver your speech by reading all or part of it, and you do not have good out loud reading skills, forget it.
7. Using Inappropriate Stories. Stories can be inappropriate for a variety of reasons in addition to them being risk. Here are some of the more common reasons stories are inappropriate :
• The story is too long for the speech (or is too long for making a minor point).
• The story has a point that conflicts with the key beliefs of the audience.
• The story doesn’t fit in the speech – this happens when it seems like the speaker re-worked the speech just to fit in a particular story.
• The story is confusing or hard to follow.
• The story doesn’t illustrate the point well.
8. Using Too Many Stories. Audiences can become frustrated when they feel like they need to read between the lines to take useful information away from your speech. Also, as a rule of thumb, only use one story to make a point. Building your case with more and more evidence to prove your point is great in the courtroom, but doing so during your speech will cause your audience to mutter “yes, we get it!” under their breath as they clench their teeth.
9. Getting Too Personal. If you find that you do this, it’s relatively easy to fix with a little bit of practice.
I hope it’s useful to everyone and we will not make a same mistake.
NAME: AYUNI BINTI WAHAB
ID: BHD 08-07-847
CLASS: HND1/ SECTION4
The Seven Deadly Sins of Public Speaking. There are:
1. Sloth: failing to prepare for your speech or presentation
2. Envy: believing that great speakers are born with their skills
3. Lust: quelling your nerves by picturing the audience naked
4. Gluttony: believing that more words/slides/facts/numbers is always better
5. Greed: speaking over your allotted time
6. Wrath: rigidly reacting to problems and losing your cool
7. Pride: placing yourself ahead of the audience
NAME : Nurulain bt Adanan
ID : BHD08-07-871
CLASS : HND1 Section1
Assalammualaikum
thank you to madam mimi for this interesting topic. I would like to share some bad habit typical in public speaking.
1. The speaker put their hand in the pocket. When see the speaker like this, the audience will thing that the speaker are rude.
2. Too much body movement.
If too much body movement, we can see that the speaker not really confident. Beside that, too much body movement can make the speaker lose their idea.
3. speaker don't look through the audience.
This habit can show the speaker not confident.
Name: Mohamad Syafiq Aqammar B. Zulkipli
Id.No: BHD08-07-761
Section: HND 1 (sec. 3)
Assalamualaikum…
Firstly, I want to thank for this article. From this article I can learn more about how to be a good speaking. Feeling some nervousness before giving a speech is natural and even beneficial, but too much nervousness can be detrimental. Here are some proven tips I want to share about how to control your butterflies and give better presentations:
1.Know your material
Pick a topic you are interested in. Know more about it than you include in your speech. Use humor, personal stories and conversational language – that way you won’t easily forget what to say.
2.Practice your speaking
Rehearse out loud with all equipment you plan on using. Revise as necessary. Work to control filler words; Practice, pause and breathe. Practice with a timer and allow time for the unexpected.
3.Know the audience
Greet some of the audience members as they arrive. It’s easier to speak to a group of friends than to strangers.
4.Know the room
Arrive early, walk around the speaking area and practice using the microphone and any visual aids.
5.Relax while give the speech
Begin by addressing the audience. It buys you time and calms your nerves. Pause, smile and count to three before saying anything. ("One one-thousand, two one-thousand, three one-thousand. Pause. Begin.) Transform nervous energy into enthusiasm.
6.Visualize yourself giving your speech
Imagine yourself speaking, your voice loud, clear and confident. Visualize the audience clapping – it will boost your confidence.
7.Realize that people want you to succeed
Audiences want you to be interesting, stimulating, informative and entertaining. They’re rooting for you.
8. Concentrate on the message – not the medium
Focus your attention away from your own anxieties and concentrate on your message and your audience.
9.Gain experience
Mainly, your speech should represent you — as an authority and as a person. Experience builds confidence, which is the key to effective speaking. A Toastmasters club can provide the experience you need in a safe and friendly environment.
NAME : MOHD SYAZWAN BIN MOHD SALIHIN
ID : BHD08-07-866
CLASS : HND1 Section3
SALAM TO MADAM
First of all,thanks for your post.This tips is really useful to me.As a speaker sometimes we can't avoid all of this things.
so we must find our confident actually try to be cool and not nervous in front an audience.
we also can try to be relax and be comfortable in the situation.Keep practice and prepared the speech.
the others ways better refer to the person that can teach us how to overcome this problem.Maybe we can get alot of tips and skills by refer to the person like lecturer or consultant.
i hope i ll use this tips while doing a speech.
NAME : NUR ZARINA BT MOHD ARIFFIN
ID : BHD08-07-836
CLASS : HND1 SECTION 2
Assalamualaikum Madam Mimi. I like your post above about Killing The 7 Deadly Habits of Public Speaking.So, here I want add some tips.
1.Research your subject thoroughly –
turning up on the day and trying to improvise just isn’t going to work. As the old saying goes, if you fail to prepare then prepare to fail, it’s a cliché but it’s true. The internet is an invaluable research tool if used correctly. Try to make your speech original and unique though, people tend to get bored listening to the same old stuff.
2.Give your speech a clear structure –
like every good story your speech should have a beginning, middle and an end. This will not only help you but also help keep the attention of your audience.
3.Practise your speech –
Don’t leave it to the night before to practise your speech, go over it at every opportunity and get someone else’s feedback if you can.
4.Use cue cards –
By practising your speech a lot you should have it down to a tee but nerves can get to us all. A good way to avoid forgetting your words is to use cue cards with key points written on them just to jog your memory. Don’t be tempted to write the whole speech down as you’ll end up staring at the cards and ignoring your audience.
5.Don’t get drunk –
Nerves are only natural. Drinking alcohol before delivering your speech is not a good idea. You don’t want to be too relaxed, use your nervous energy to get you through it. If you do need a drink, wait until you’re down and then you can relax and really enjoy it.
6.Imagine the feeling - when your speech has been a success and everyone is applauding and congratulating you at the end. Imagine how you’ll feel when that happens and picture it in your mind.
7. Make eye contact and talk to the whole room –
don’t look down, straight ahead or focus on just one person or group. Everyone is there to hear your speech so involve them all by making eye contact with different people in the room at different stages of your speech.
8.Remember to pause in the right places – don’t try to speak over laughter or applause. It’s natural if you’re nervous to try and get through the speech as quickly as you can. Be prepared that people might laugh or applaud in places you hadn’t expected. When they do, just relax and wait for it to finish before continuing.
9.Take deep breaths when you can and keep hydrated –
During the pauses mentioned above, help yourself to relax by taking long deep breaths and sips of water to keep yourself hydrated. It’s amazing how dry your mouth can get when you’re nervous.
10. Finish your speech with a bang –
Whatever the occasion, it’s good to go out in style. Finishing with a great toast or powerful message will give people a positive memory of your speech to take away and make sure your speech is talked about for all the right reasons.
Thank You..
WAN AZIM BIN SHABUDDIN
BHD0807840
HND1 (3)
Assalamualaikum madam..
what a good tpic actually. l love and interest to the topic,but the speaker turn it to something different, which make the speech look not good enough.
i would like to give my point of view in two thing.
firstly, look at the using of "um" and more something like that in giving a speech, it actually was a problem to a speaker which they make the speech to something bored because audience maybe alert that the speaker was in nervous. so the speech will be something that bored.
second, we realize that most speaker used to ask for apologize when do some mistake, on the other hand, it was a good thing to ask for the apologize when make a mistake but, it totally not need in giving a speech because it will spoil the speech because the audience will realize that the speaker make lot of mistake, so the speech will turn to the bored one.
thanks.
NAME : MUHAMMAD AMRI BIN YUSOB
ID : BHD 08-07-826
SECTION : HND 1 SECTION B
Assalamualaikum,,
Here i got some tip to avoid bad habits during a speech.
Avoid constantly making “um,” “er,” and “uh” noises during your speech. If you can’t find the word you’re looking for, then just pause for a moment. That’s much better for the audience than constantly hearing fill syllables. You can say the “um” in your head if that helps you, but just don’t let it out of your mouth.
Don’t begin your speech by apologizing for your lack of adequate preparation. Even if you really weren’t able to get a great speech together, you don’t need to notify your audience – that will just better help them find fault with your speech.
Don’t fidget, jiggle, or play with objects like keys, coins, or notes. Doing so directs valuable energy from your speaking and is a definite distraction to your audience.
Avoid constantly speaking to your notes. You want to connect with your audience and have a conversation with them. While you must look at your notes from time to time, be sure that you know every aspect of your speech well so that you can spend a good bit of your time looking at the people in your audience. It’s rather disappointing to the audience for them to expect a speech but instead come for monotonous mumbling and a good look at the top of somebody’s head.
That is the tip from me that i want to share.
Salam,,
NAME: MOHD FAREIZ ADZMI
ID NUM: BHD 0807865
CLASS: HND 1 SECTION 1
Assalamualaikum. Thanks for the effective post. As I read the article on Killing 7 Deadly Habits of Public Speaking, I found that it is the common thing that we heard before faced by the speaker in front of the crowd. Well, I think, if we believe in ourselves, I am pretty sure that we can do everything in the best way. As long as we have faith in ourselves we can achieve it. I do not want to paraphrase the 7 deadly habits of public speaking because I am sure that everyone has read it as everyone has been asked to do a reflection on it right? I think it is easy to avoid those things. Like I have mentioned before, we need to be confident in whatever we do. The habits that mentioned in the article happen just because of we think that the audience stalk on us. Do not misjudge the audience. All we can do is engage them during the speech and attract them with your speech and just take it as easy as ABC. It is not that hard like what is your mind. The matter is, you are thinking and care too much about what people say about you. It is not really good actually. Well, when you are giving a speech, just take it as a usual conversation with your friends. They are your friends and all yours. When delivering your speech you can also ask them some questions on your topic so that, there will be two way communications between you and the audience.
thank you.,=)
NAME: DZUL RAHMAN BIN ROSELI
ID: BHD08-07-807
CLASS: HND1(1)
The bad habits of public speaking usually come when u are nervous and anxious on doing a public speaking.
I would to share on the best thing that we can do to overcome Fear of Public Speaking.
The best thing to do is to come up with a strategy to overcome your fear. The sooner you make up your mind that you can get more comfortable with public speaking, the easier it will be to take necessary actions.
Here are tips on how to overcome the fear of public speaking.
* Be as prepared as you can be.e
For most people, the fear of public speaking will subside once they get going. So one of the smartest things you can do to deal with your nerves is to be really prepared.
If you are speaking on a topic, you need to really know your stuff! That way, you will be able to adjust if you jump topic slightly. And you will be calmer about any questions you may get from the audience members.
* Practice, practice and practice some more
It is crucial that you practice your delivery. Some people give their presentations in front of a mirror. That way, they can see some behaviors they may need to modify, such as stopping themselves from talking with their hands.
You can practice your presentation while commuting to work. Or you can deliver your speech in the shower! The more you deliver your speech ahead of time, the better you will feel when the actual delivery day arrives.
If your speech has a time limit, be sure to practice with a stopwatch. If you need to cut out some of the content or add more, you can make any needed modifications.
* Seek candid feedback
Successful speech givers usually have been mentored along the way! In other words, most of them are not developed overnight!
It is really wise to seek candid feedback from your boss, professor or spouse. Go to someone who is qualified to give critical comments and who is willing to do so.
You will be far less nervous if someone has helped you tweak and fine tune your presentation. You may not realize, for example, that you have a bad habit of inserting the words "you know" throughout your speech.
While this habit may be a natural result of nerves, you will be more likely to stop if it is drawn to your attention. And my improving your presentation, you will feel far more confident about it. Confidence, fortunately, lessens fear.
* Take a few deep breaths.
While it may sound cliched, there is a reason you often hear to take deep breaths when you step to the lectern. Deep breathing will relax your nervous system prior to your starting to speak. Take two or three. It works!
* Picture your audience members in their underwear.
While this tactic may sound preposterous, many public speakers have attested to its effectiveness through the years! It supposedly calms the nerves to picture your audience members in their underwear. Somehow this mental trick may make the faces out there seem less intimidating.
* Deliver presentations and speeches frequently.
Finally one of the best ways to overcome fear of public speaking is to engage in this activity often. The more you force yourself out of your comfort zone and deliver presentations, the more comfortable you will get with this activity. It really does get easier over time.
Name: ABDULLAH BIN ISMAIL SHAUKI
ID NO: BHD 08-07-841
CLASS: HND1(SEC 3)
Assalamualaikum...
I want to share my opinion for bad habit during speaking from what I have learned..
1. Eat or drink during speech
- Eat or drink during speech will make your audience think you take your speech lightly. Your speech will doesn't not attract the audience.
2. Feel nervous during speaking
- During give a speech make sure you fight the nervous feeling so your speech will flow very well.The nervous feeling will make your audience feel boring with your speech. Make a good preparation before start the speech.
3. Volume up hand phone
- When the hand phone ringing during your speech, the speech will get distracted. Your speech maybe run from the right way because the point in your head had just flying away.
4. The 'mmmmmmm' in speech
- Good speech will attract the audience. Don't fill your speech with nonsense word like 'mmmmmmm' or 'hmmmmmmm' or 'ehemm' because it will make your speech look weak and doesn't attract the audience.
4. Wear the wrong outfit
- Wear the wrong dress will effect the attraction of your audience. The outfit must suitable with your speech so your speech will be a great speech.
5. Use wrong additional tools
- During speech, the wrong usage of additional tools will effect your performance. Using the right tools will help you a lot in your speaking.
That's all from my opinion and I hope it will help for who want to be a good speaker..thank you.
Name: MOHAMAD ZUHIR BIN MOHAMAD ZALILAH
ID NO: BHD 08-07-824
CLASS: HND1(SEC 1)
I want to share how to avoid word whiskers and other habit
1. Being fluent in speech delivery comes naturally to some people, but to others, their speeches are riddled with word whiskers, stammers and long pauses. Avoiding these problems is a must if you want to excel in public speaking. Like um, yeah, you see, er, ah, I’m getting to the point but it’s taking me a while and in the meantime I’m frustrating my audience. Although word whiskers are viewed as a normal part of every day speech they will not be tolerated in speech presentation.
2. Prepare your speech with words you are familiar with. If you need to use terminology or jargon that is new to you, make sure you research it and practice saying it. Get the new meanings clear in your mind before you even think about talking about them.
3. Tape your speech and listen for any word whiskers. If there are a number that appear regularly write them down on a piece of paper. Now draw a circle around the word and strike a red mark through it. Now practice your speech and every time you want to use the word whisker, slow down and pause. Take a breath and move on to the next point in your speech. Be careful that you don’t exchange one word whisker with another. If you practice and be diligent you will rid your speech of any unwanted habit.
thank You..:)
Name: MUHAMMAD HAZMAN BIN MANSOR
ID: BHD08-07-830
Class: HND1 Section 3
It stated that the 7 habits of public speaking are :
1. The “uh” and the “ummm”
2. The jingle
3. Cup talking, face stroking, and the adjustment
4. if too much being appeared alive
5. The block
6. The rush
7. Communing with nature
From my experiences and observations, these habits been carried out by every person that is not used to public speaking. Yes, most of us think that all of the habits can be countered just by over practicing. But what do you know, the 7 habits is still there. In my opinion it is all about nervousness and stage fright. To encounter nervousness and stage fright is to practice, move around, control breathing and try to include the audience.
When you are giving a speech, stop thinking too much about what the audience rate your appearance or even your speech. Just wear the correct attire and be prepared for your speech will make you feel just fine and more comfortable to give a good speech.
As conclusion, we can overcome the 7 bad habits if we have faith in ourselves by practicing, move around, control breathing and try to include the audience.
NAME: SYARIFAH NUR LIYANA BINTI SYED NAZARUDIN
ID NO: BHD 08-07-767
CLASS: HND 1 / SECTION 2
Assalamualaikum Madam,
Thank you for all the content above, from that I learn that we are not suppose to be so nervous and must be control it.
Because when we in condition to nervous, many bad habit will appear and it will ruin our speech. From all the points above, we can conlude that before we want to give speech, the preparation is the most important and controlling our nervous also we have to practice it.
Thank you.
NAME: NUR NABILA BT MOHAMED ZIN
ID: BHD07-07-627
CLASS: H1(2)
Assalamualaikum.. I would like to give some tips that you can use while holding a speech.. Good Luck!
1. Confidence
You have to have a positive sensory orientation towards your speech, learn to have confidence. Unfortunately there is no secrets to this, you have to rehearse over and over again until your confident that you can make it.
Did you know that most people can easily distinguish between a speaker who is confident and an uncertain one? This is why you ought to never read your speech directly from a piece of paper. It gives people an extremely bad impression.
2. Spice your speech
"Well-timed silence hath more eloquence than speech"
Make your performance remembered, make it tasty and try your outmost not to bore people. We all dislike hearing a boring professor speak, why commit the same mistake? A good way to spice your speech is by adding quotes to it, the more the merrier.
By the way, young folks are part of this culture where one uses some keywords over and over again which could make your whole presentation contaminated. Watch out for words such as; "like", "well", "you know" etc. A good way to counter this is by using alliterations, ie.
A sentence where all the initial letters in every word start by the same letter. For example: Cool! Crusty´s car crushed Carl. The important things is; be innovative when it comes to speeches!
3. Your posture
Your "body language" could turn out to be more crucial than you think, some people even claim that it might be more important than the speech it self!
Make sure you have a firm control over your body and try your out most to diminish the use of unnecessary movements. This might distract the audience and your recital might even be viewed as void.
4. Eye contact
Be cautious concerning your eye movements. You should avoid starring at someone/thing provocative, you do not want to be angered, annoyed or aroused when speaking.
5. Water
I think that this one concerns the guys a bit more; we (male gender) have this thing, we speak louder and less calmer then women. God knows, you might even become thirsty or lose your voice in the middle of the presentation, bad idea!
If your equipped with a bottle of water, your problem is fixed, plus you get a few seconds to fetch your thoughts when drinking.
6. Cards
Ever watched one of those lousy talk shows they air all the time? I am sorry if I brought back bad memories from the days you use to watch this garbage, but in case you paid attention back then you've probably noticed how all the talk shows hosts use cards when speaking.
This is an excellent move, because:
a) Looks professional. b) By using keywords and sentences, you can summarize a long speech. c) You avoid using normal (A4) paper, if your hands shiver when you speak in public, the paper might shiver and produce a certai sound of embarrassment.
7. Tools
Do you know how to make a power point, flash (or the like) presentation? If the answers yes, then what is stopping you?
In case you do decide to use a sideshow, be sure to avoid weird animations or music, this might distract your audience. Keep it simple, it usually works the best.
8. Your clothing
People don't usually think of this, but be aware of the clothes you wear that day. You don't want to wear tight/revealing clothes.
The whole point of the speech is for people to listen to your words, not be aroused by your looks.
9. Speak well
This must be emphasized; speak in a gentle and respectful matter. You have to avoid using bad words or phrases, such as the notorious f word.
10. Your ending
Try to make your ending summarize your whole speech, be innovative and make sure you don't neglect this part. A good ending compensates a bad introduction.
Name: Azreen Syazwana binti Razali
ID No: BHD 08-07-852
Section: HND1 (3)
Salam Madam....
Speaking in public, whether formally or informally, is an essential activity that requires effort. Yet, the majority of people expend no effort to improve their effectiveness as a speaker.
Here are a few unsightly habits to avoid in your next speech.
First,avoid constantly making "um," "er," and "uh" noises during your speech. It will makes you sound young and inexperienced.
Then, if possible, don't use high language or jargon. Some speakers, especially beginners, think that's impressive. It's not. Not only that, but it's very possible that you will confused your audience.
Plus, avoid ending sentences using a rising inflection as if a statement were a question.
Besides that, my favorite deadlies is the jingle. It may distract your audience.
Most important that, avoid constantly speaking to your notes. Be sure that you have a good eye contact with your audience by looking at them, not at the notes. It's rather disappointing to the audience or will boring your audience.
By avoiding these distracting speaking habits, you can be sure that your next speech will be much better.
Thank you:)
NOORASYIKIN MOHD NOORZALY
BHD08-07-858
HND1(section3)
Salam..
I would like to thanks to you for your giving us the good tips of public speaking.
As we know, people have a bad habit public speaking.
For example are :-
1. The “uh” and the “ummm”
2. The jingle
3. Cup talking, face stroking, and the adjustment
4. Appearing alive, but not too much so
5. The block
6. The rush
7. Communing with nature
When we don't know what we want to said, we automatically will say "uh" and "umm". This is not good actually when we're giving the speech. It is because it can remove our confident level. When it happen, the audience will feel bored and the speaker will lost cofident and felt panic. So, we must avoid to said "uh" and "umm" when we're giving speech.
The bad habit that usually the speaker do is the block. When the speaker feel nervous, they always think that if they block anything like projector or some picture to cover her/his nervous. Its just can make the audience will think you're annoying when you do like that. So, you must avoid to make things too.
When you stand to give your speech, you must confident to speech. Do not facing the opposite direction, not looking at notes, not staring out the window cause you just act stupid when you do like that. You must confident with what you want to said cause everyone want to listening at you and you must attract the audience to hear your speech.
Whatever it is, you must confident with your speech and do whatever you want but make sure its good for you and the audience. Take a deep breath and speech..
Thank you
ZURINA BT ABDUL RAHMAN
BHD08-07-818
HND1SEC2
Salam madam.
i really like this post because it shows some habits that we sometimes are not notice that we are doing it when we delivering a speech.All of this due to our nervousness. Now, I want to offer some tips to help deal with nervousness. Notice that I didn't say "overcome" nervousness? That is because I believe that there is nothing that will make you instantly calm while speaking in public except of course, for horse tranquilizers. The secret to achieving true calm, without drugs, is in practice. So I'd like to share some tips that will make you appear calm while you are working at expanding your comfort zone.
First of all, the very best way to deal with nervousness is too practice. Practice your speech so much that you can do it while on autopilot. That way, your lips and body will know what to do even if your mind has checked-out.
While speaking, concentrate on breathing slowly and deeply. Not only will you not hyper-ventilate this way but you will also keep a nice steady supply of oxygen flowing thru your blood stream. Nervous people have a tendency to take short shallows breaths.
Hum a key before you begin to speak and lower your voice just a tiny bit. The resultant noise will sound less like the pitch of a nervous mouse and more like a normal speaking voice. Avoid nervous hand gestures, too. Don't pretend that you are Adam and give yourself a fig leaf. Don't wring your hands like a substitute teacher in the wildest home room. If you haven't got a good use for them at the time, keep those hands hanging freely at your side.
And try to put the whole thing into perceptive. What's there to be afraid of anyway? Does the state of world peace hang on the result of this one presentation? Are small children going die as a result? Will it even be something that you remember in five years time? Why are we afraid of public speaking anyway? There is no good reason. We got something to say, why can't we say it? Some fears we have for a good reason. For instance, I'm not planning to take up sky diving any time soon. I'm not quite ready to die yet. But fear of public speaking? It is completely irrational. Think of the fear in that way and try to see it for what it really is.
Thank you.
Nurhafiza Bt Yazulla
BHD08-07-784
HNd1(2)
Assalamualaikum Madam,
I agree with this article. If we want to deliver a good public speaking, we should not do this kind of things eventhough we have a lot of butterflies in our stomach. I know many people did'nt relize that they do the 7 deadly habits in public speaking, but as we all know the 7 habits will contribute the factor of why the audience bored with our speech.There are several reasons why we should not do the 7 deadly habits.
One of them is the audiences will expect that we are not ready to deliver our speech. We let the nervous feeling control us until we do the 7 bad habits. Other than that, like i said before, the audiences will bored with what we are talking about eventhough it should be an interesting topic to be listen for. Next, we fail to deliver the speech in an effective way to the audience since the purpose of our speech is to give an effect to the perspective of the audience.
Thats all and thank you.
Name: Nor Afifa binti Ismail
Id: BHD08-07-811
Class: HND1(4)
frankly speak,this entry that you post are very useful to us. here, i have some idea to share about how to change bad habit especially when doing some speech..
Identify a habit that you would like to stop. Keep this a secret, not telling anyone about your plans. Family and friends have a way of sabotaging our good intentions. It doesn't take much, just a negative statement, and we have lost our courage to pursue.
1. Purchase a spiral notebook.
2. List the bad habit on the top of the first page.
3. Make a list of all the reasons why you would stop the bad habit.
4. List all the negative things you can identify about the bad habit.
5. Do a research of the bad habit, looking in magazines and professional journals. Accumulate all the information that you can accumulate on the bad habit.
Make pictures of yourself doing the bad habit. Make pictures in different settings, in the settings in which you do the bad habit. Arrange these pictures in your spiral notebook so that you can review the pictures periodically.
Place the spiral notebook next to your pillow. Study your lists of reasons to stop the bad habit and the pictures of you doing the bad habit. Before you go to sleep think about the bad habit and why you want to stop. Perhaps you will begin to dream about the bad habit and your concerns, and this will help you to put the bad habit in proper perspective.
NAME : RINA FADZILA RAMLI
ID : BHD 08-07-844
CLASS : HND1(SECTION 3)
Salam madam..
Thank you for this post and i like this post because tell about "Deadly Habits of Public Speaking".I also usually do this habits when make a public speaking.
I want give my option about that habits.
1. The “uh” and the “ummm”
This situation usually be when we don't have idea to talk about our speech. To solve this problem, make point about the speech before give that speech. So, we just remember the point and not all the speech.
2. The jingle
This act no good for the audience because it can make audience feel not comfortable to listen the speech. It also can make they bored when we give the speech. So, don't put your hand in your pocket.
3. Cup talking, face stroking, and the adjustment
To avoid this habits, take a deep breath when give the speech. Besides that, drink water before give the speech.
4. Appearing alive, but not too much so
Prepared and practices before your give the speech so you can conceive how the audience accept the speech.
5. The block
This situation can make our confident level in low stage because it can bother us when give the speech. So, firstly, check the projector at where. If use a visual aid, make use you stand behind the visual aid. So, the audiences can look what you what to present.
6. The rush
Ask your family or friend to listen you speech. And ask them to comment. Besides that, you can also practice in front minor to make your nervous decreases when give the speech.
7. Communing with nature
Just be yourself and relax when give the speech. I'm sure the audience fill happy to hear the speech.
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