Stage fright in public speaking is real and universal. Knowing that throughout history, some of the world’s most famous people struggled with stage fright doesn’t help much. A partner or colleague telling you, ‘It’ll be fine’ or ‘You’ll be great, don’t worry’, doesn’t help much either. How about: ‘Imagine your audience naked’ ‘Picture your audience[…]
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The Truth About Stage Fright in Public Speaking
Anxiety, Mindfulness, Presentation Tips, Public Speaking Dec 13, 2021
5 Reasons why mindful presenting offers benefits outside of the office too
Anxiety, Communication Skills, Leadership, Mindfulness, Presentation Skills Jun 19, 2021
Mindful Presenting offers far more than the key to speaking with confidence, presence and impact. Comnunicating in a way which is clear, memorable and compelling is just the start. The original premise of mindful presenting was to equip professionals to connect with their audience emotionally as well as intellectually. The clarity of this intention[…]
7 Tips to Overcome the Fear of Public Speaking
Anxiety, nervous, Presentation Skills, Presentation Tips May 23, 2021
The fear of public speaking is as ubiquitous as it is paralysing for many people in the workplace today. Are you one of the millions of people who feel nervous or uncomfortable about public speaking? Mindful Presenter has spent over a decade helping professionals all over the world to manage and overcome their fear[…]
How to Present with Confidence in 2021 – 3 steps to liberation
Anxiety, Communication Skills, General, Leadership, Mindfulness, Presentation Skills Dec 29, 2019
If one of your goals is to present with confidence in 2021, Mindful Presenter has the solution. Standing in front of colleagues or clients to speak can be a daunting experience. Public-speaking anxiety isn’t an affliction isolated to the meek or inexperienced. It has no respect for age, position or experience; it can trouble the[…]
7 Habits of a Mindful Presenter
Anxiety, Mindfulness, Presentation Skills, Presentation Tips Aug 19, 2019
How can you become a more mindful presenter? In the increasingly disruptive and unpredictable world of business, our minds are being challenged like never before. Always on technology, information overload and ever-increasing performance demands. These are just a few of the countless pressures confronting the human mind today. That’s just in the work place. We[…]
The Graduate’s Guide to Nailing That Interview Presentation
Anxiety, Communication Skills, Presentation Skills, Public Speaking Jun 15, 2019
An interview presentation isn’t something that most of us look forward to giving. In fact, I don’t believe I know anyone who actually enjoys being interviewed. Each year as we enter summer, even though it still feels like autumn in the UK, universities up and down the entire country prepare to say congratulations and farewell[…]
The Most Important Word in High Impact Presenting
Anxiety, Communication Skills, Presentation Skills, Public Speaking Jul 22, 2018
The penultimate word in the series of The A to Z of Mindful Presenting is arguably the most important; it’s YES. One of my wife’s favourite TV programmes is an American series called ‘Say Yes to the Dress’. The TV show revolves around Kleinfeld Bridal, the Manhattan-based bridal salon where, ‘more than 250 professionals, most[…]
The most important word in public speaking and presenting is: W – Why
Anxiety, Presentation Skills, Public Speaking Jun 24, 2018
Public speaking and presenting at work isn’t easy by any stretch of the imagination. Most people would rather do anything else than stand to speak in front of the public, clients or colleagues. If it happens to be something that you enjoy and look forward to, then consider yourself extremely lucky. The National Social Anxiety[…]
Do you have a bad habit when presenting?
Anxiety, Mindfulness, Presentation Skills, Public Speaking Dec 28, 2017
Do you have a bad habit? Whether it’s our style of presenting, the time we wake up each morning, or the fact that you bite your nails, a lot of what we do isn’t by conscious choice. It’s habit With the New Year just around the corner, even something as simple as conquering a sweet[…]
The Presentation Anxiety Solution – 8 Pre-mortem steps
Anxiety, Communication Skills, Presentation Tips Sep 10, 2017
Presentation anxiety is one of the most commonly resported sources of stress in the workplace today. The symptoms of presentation anxiety can be alarming. So much so, that some people feel anxious for weeks or months before a presentation. Many will go out of their way to avoid presenting wherever possible. I’ve written several[…]
21 MINDFUL tools for managing presentation nerves
Anxiety, Mindfulness, Presentation Skills, Presentation Tips, Public Speaking Aug 18, 2017
“There are two types of speakers: those that are nervous and those that are liars.” – Mark Twain Do you struggle with presentation nerves? There are many reasons people feel anxious at the thought of presenting. The list is a long one. Here are a few of the common reasons many of our clients share[…]
The Presenters Inner Critic – 3 steps to taming it
Anxiety, Presentation Skills, Presentation Tips, Public Speaking Jul 29, 2017
Do you have a presenters inner critic? All presenters have one thing in common regardless of experience, status or confidence. It’s that voice in their minds that is always there offering unwanted and unhelpful thoughts. The volume of criticism and negativity gets the loudest the moment we stand to speak. It’s the presenters inner[…]
20 helpful tips to calm your public speaking nerves
Anxiety, Presentation Skills, Public Speaking Apr 15, 2017
Public speaking nerves is something which can effect even the most seasoned and talented professional. In fact, Mark Twain probably wasn’t too far away from the truth when he suggested,“There are two types of speakers: those who are nervous and those who are liars.” Barbra Streisand, the singer and actress is one of the highest-selling female[…]
A Presentation & Public Speaking Phenomenon – I feel terrible but you can’t see it
Anxiety, Presentation Skills, Public Speaking Oct 23, 2016
Imagine a presentation where the presenter felt terrified beyond belief yet the audience had no idea how anxious they were,. It really is a presentation and public speaking phenomenon. This week I was leading a workshop where one of the best speakers in the room said that on a scale of 1 to 10 of nervousness, with[…]
The Art and Science of Presenting: Episode 7
Anxiety, Communication Skills, Presentation Skills, Public Speaking Apr 09, 2015
“I was a tiger, a good fighter, in good shape, but I was always nervous before boxing matches.” George Foreman Even the twice heavy weight boxing champion of the world got nervous before a fight and he didn’t have to say a word. When you were a small child how many times did you have to[…]
The Real Source of Public Speaking Anxiety
Advice, Anxiety, Presentating training, Presentation Skills, Presentation Tips, Public Speaking Sep 14, 2014
Public speaking anxiety is by far the greatest issue we are asked to help professionals with every week at Mindful Presenter. I often hear professional speakers and coaches claim that the reason they believe that people suffer from public speaking anxiety is because they have low self-esteem. Whilst that may be true for some,[…]
The secret to overcoming nervous speaking and presenting
Anxiety, Presentation Skills, Public Speaking Aug 05, 2014
If you feel nervous speaking in public or presenting at work you’ll know it can be very unpleasant. Many of the symptoms of nervous speaking are very similar to other life experiences. Approaching a member of the opposite sex to ask them out on a date, going for a job interview and taking your[…]
You can be nervous and still give a great speech
Anxiety, Leadership, Mindfulness, nervous, Presentation Skills, Public Speaking, Storytelling Aug 04, 2014
You really can be very nervous and still give a great speech. At Mindful Presenter we are at very successful at helping people to overcome their public speaking anxiety If you feel nervous at the thought of presenting or public speaking, you’re not alone; in fact, you’re in very good company. The history books are[…]
Public speaking anxiety- It’s all in the mind…
Anxiety, Leadership, Presentation Skills, Public Speaking, Storytelling Jul 30, 2014
Google the search term ‘public speaking anxiety’ and you’ll be greeted by a torrent of articles. I came up with over 32 million results. Everything from: relax, prepare, practice and breathe, to imagining your audience naked. It’s all very sound advice, apart from the naked part! If you are one of the many people[…]
