Pitching Your Speech

I’m not talking about marketing here, but the pitch that you use in your speech.  Do you remember the music teacher using a special instrument (known as a pitch pipe)to ensure that everyone was on tune? EFFICIENCY THROUGH CHANGE OF PITCH Speech is simply a modified form of singing: the principal difference being in the…

Developing Confidence in Speaking

ACQUIRING CONFIDENCE BEFORE AN AUDIENCE Students of public speaking continually ask, “How can I overcome self-consciousness and the fear that paralyzes me before an audience?” Did you ever notice in looking from a train window that some horses feed near the track and never even pause to look up at the thundering cars, while just…

3 Easy Steps

Throughout the history of human civilization, people have been expressing their confidence and strength, not only by force, but also by the noble art of public speaking. The orators of ancient Greece were highly respected and valued in the community. Likewise, today’s world leaders are admired and esteemed when they have the power to address…

Speech Contests

By Eric Monse (edited by Fran Watson) I have a fear of public speaking. More precisely, I should describe it as a phobia. I’m not really scared, I just react badly when I get up in front of a large group of people. My blood pressure starts to rise, my skin starts to get flush,…