Public Speaking

Public Speaking

Public Speaking is a highly sought after skill these days since it adds a lot of value to a child’s profile. As we all know, communication is a key to success in our personal and professional lives and Public Speaking is an important part of Communication Skills.

Public speaking is all about communicating one’s ideas to a group of people or a large audience. It is usually done before a large group of people, like in a school/college/university, formal or informal gatherings and our workplace.

Public speaking is important because of various reasons; some of these are listed below –

• Improves one’s communication skills
• Makes one more confident.
• Enhances one’s self-esteem
• Makes one a popular person
• Expands social network
• Helps in Career advancement
• Sharpens Critical thinking
• Leads to Personal development.

To be a good public speaker, one needs to have some important characteristics. Some of these are as follows –

• Confidence. Confidence is the most important aspect one needs to be a good public speaker.
• Passion. People who are passionate and enthusiastic about something normally perform better than others in that field.
• One should try to be natural.
• Makes one a popular person
• One should learn the art of engaging the audience.
• Humour is the key to effective public speaking.