Public Speaking...Anyone?

Written on December 7th and edited on 15th December

Speaking in front of people usually cause my stomach rumble crazily, or at least I got this instant shaking mouth or hands while delivering the speech. I personally believe I am not a good public speaker especially when it is in English and it is FORMAL.=)

However,today we had a very interesting trainer to teach us about the art of public speaking, Mr Hisham Abdul Karim. I would say that he is VERY,VERY good in Public Relation. Well, he is very good in guessing people's personality by just knowing their names and facial expression. After being asked if he is a psychic, he denied and said it was merely because of his 20 years of experience with people that made him an expert. I wish I had that quality.This makes me remember a 'K.H' because she had the same quality as well although she is only 26 years old, a lot younger than Mr Hisham. No offence Mr Hisham, I just missed my friend so much.=p

We were given a task to give a 5 minute impromptu speech on our drawing of what comes first in our mine. I was not selected or it is more appropriate to say that I did not volunteer myself to go infront for the speech. Although each of my selected friends were given last-minute instructions, I would say they had done quite well. I drew a microphone, which is the same with Nabila, one of the selected speakers.

A second task is more interesting where every group has to present an object in the most creative way. The objects given are like a box of an iPad, a squeeze ball, a brush and other things that normally used in daily lifes. All groups had done it in their own ways, mostly by acting. I was impressed of how creative we all can be actually.

The trainers made clear to us what are the common mistakes that most of us did whenever we speak. Obviously, our acting is very spontaneous but the common mistakes are like using a bad body posture, using a lot of fillers(eg. aaaaa...), reluctant to open our mouth and project the words clearly.Some were told to use wise words in order to not offend others.

Overall, there is a lot to improve and public speaking is definitely a life-long learning process for those who are not born to speak.