Comments on: Public Speaking Success: The Effect Public Speaking has on Your Confidence http://blog.jvf.com/2008/05/27/public-speaking-success-the-effect-public-speaking-has-on-your-confidence/ Achieving Fast Results through Powerful Communication Thu, 29 Jul 2010 05:50:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Public Speaking Success: It’s How You Say It - Part 1: Enthusiasm | Overnight Sensation - Public Speaking, Communication and Personal Development http://blog.jvf.com/2008/05/27/public-speaking-success-the-effect-public-speaking-has-on-your-confidence/comment-page-1/#comment-1257 Public Speaking Success: It’s How You Say It - Part 1: Enthusiasm | Overnight Sensation - Public Speaking, Communication and Personal Development Tue, 14 Apr 2009 02:32:33 +0000 http://blog.jvf.com/?p=168#comment-1257 [...] more believable and more likable. The act of speaking with enthusiasm makes you come across as more confident about what you’re saying which also generates interest. Have you ever witnessed several instances [...] [...] more believable and more likable. The act of speaking with enthusiasm makes you come across as more confident about what you’re saying which also generates interest. Have you ever witnessed several instances [...]

]]> By: Public Speaking Blog Articles: Week in Review [2008-05-31] http://blog.jvf.com/2008/05/27/public-speaking-success-the-effect-public-speaking-has-on-your-confidence/comment-page-1/#comment-186 Public Speaking Blog Articles: Week in Review [2008-05-31] Sat, 31 May 2008 07:18:24 +0000 http://blog.jvf.com/?p=168#comment-186 [...] Feudo ponders the cause-effect relationship between speaking success and confidence. So the next time you’re faced with having to give a speech and pondering whether it’ll affect [...] [...] Feudo ponders the cause-effect relationship between speaking success and confidence. So the next time you’re faced with having to give a speech and pondering whether it’ll affect [...]

]]> By: James http://blog.jvf.com/2008/05/27/public-speaking-success-the-effect-public-speaking-has-on-your-confidence/comment-page-1/#comment-178 James Thu, 29 May 2008 20:55:59 +0000 http://blog.jvf.com/?p=168#comment-178 Jonathan, Wow. I agree 100% - there is no better feeling in speaking than knowing that your talk has saved a life. That's excellent. It's interesting because when I teach people to overcome their fear of public speaking, I explain how others can be better off by listening to our talks. What better example than yours? Thanks for sharing your story, James Jonathan,

Wow. I agree 100% – there is no better feeling in speaking than knowing that your talk has saved a life. That’s excellent.

It’s interesting because when I teach people to overcome their fear of public speaking, I explain how others can be better off by listening to our talks. What better example than yours?

Thanks for sharing your story,

James

]]> By: Jonathan Steele http://blog.jvf.com/2008/05/27/public-speaking-success-the-effect-public-speaking-has-on-your-confidence/comment-page-1/#comment-176 Jonathan Steele Thu, 29 May 2008 15:55:03 +0000 http://blog.jvf.com/?p=168#comment-176 Thanks for the great post... You mentioned..."there’s no greater high than getting an audience excited about my thoughts and ideas. Seeing their smiling faces, making them laugh, overhearing them commenting to each other about how they learned something that will help them..." For me, it goes one level higher. On completing a lecture there was group lined up to speak with me. That was exhilarating in and of its self. Because of time constraints, by moving to the middle of the line, they became a group. One lady in the group asked confirmation of my name and confirmation of the hospital I worked at. At my reply she said that I saved her daughters life. I never saw her daughter so was curious how this could be. Turns out I gave a lecture at the hospital, which in turn resulted in the doctors calling me regarding my nursing specialty and providing care that saved the young womans life. This would not have happened if I never spoke in front of a group of people about the passion for my nursing specialty (bloodless medicine and surgery). So for me, saving a life is an even greater high. It is a high that many speakers may have some day. They can only have it if they put the audience ahead of their own feelings and share their knowledge and passion with the audience. Thanks for the great post…

You mentioned…”there’s no greater high than getting an audience excited about my thoughts and ideas. Seeing their smiling faces, making them laugh, overhearing them commenting to each other about how they learned something that will help them…”

For me, it goes one level higher.

On completing a lecture there was group lined up to speak with me. That was exhilarating in and of its self. Because of time constraints, by moving to the middle of the line, they became a group. One lady in the group asked confirmation of my name and confirmation of the hospital I worked at. At my reply she said that I saved her daughters life.

I never saw her daughter so was curious how this could be. Turns out I gave a lecture at the hospital, which in turn resulted in the doctors calling me regarding my nursing specialty and providing care that saved the young womans life.

This would not have happened if I never spoke in front of a group of people about the passion for my nursing specialty (bloodless medicine and surgery).

So for me, saving a life is an even greater high. It is a high that many speakers may have some day. They can only have it if they put the audience ahead of their own feelings and share their knowledge and passion with the audience.

]]>