The document outlines 10 tips for developing confidence when giving speeches. The tips are to expect nerves, prepare thoroughly, practice frequently including rehearsing aloud, focus on breathing and relaxation techniques, simplify the message, visualize success, connect with the audience, and portray confidence through posture and eye contact even if feeling nervous internally. Confidence is defined as a firm trust in oneself and a feeling of certainty in one's own abilities.

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How to Develop Confidence
Presented by: Nadeem Ahmed Siddiqui
Business Communication
Institute of Business Administration, Karachi, Pakistan

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The ability to give a speech is one of
the most valued business skills today.
And yet most people report that giving
a speech is their number one phobia.

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• Is it feeling superior to others?
• Is it being stubborn and single minded?
• Is it about being oblivious to other people?
• Is it about be self-centered?
Confidence ?

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"firm trust, a feeling of certainty,
sense of self-reliance, boldness".
Confidence

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Confidence

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10 Tips to Develop Confidence
1. Expect to be nervous.
2. Prepare..
3. Practice.
4. Breathe.
5. Rehearse.
6. Focus on your audience.
7. Simplify.
8. Visualize success.
9. Connect with your audience.
10. Act confident.

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1- Expect to be nervous
• Getting nervous is natural.
• Eliminate nervousness and
use energy to boost delivery.

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2- Prepare
• What you are going to say?
• Why you want to say it?

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3- Practice
• Speak to supportive audiences.
• Speak to smaller groups.

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4- Breathe
• Before you begin speaking, take
three slow, deep breaths through
your nose, filling your belly.
as you breathe out slowly.
• Say silently to yourself, “Relax.”

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5- Rehearse
• Stand up and walk around as you
practice out loud.
• Don’t memorize your speech or
practice it word for word.
• Talk it through, point by point.
• Imagine you’re explaining your main
ideas to someone who likes you.

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6- Focus on your audience
• Don’t focus on yourself.
“How am I doing?”
“Am I making any sense?”
• Focus on your audience.
“How are you?”
“Are you getting this?”
“Can you hear me?”

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7- Simplify
• Never try to accomplish too
much in a speech.
• Always communicate what your
audience can hear and understand
in the limited time you have.
• Keep it short and simple.
Simplify
Never try to accomplish too
Always communicate what your audience
can hear and understand in the limited
time you have.
Keep it short and simple.

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8- Visualize success
• Practice relaxation techniques in
the days before your presentation.
Lie down or sit comfortably in a quiet place.
Breathe slowly. Close your eyes. Scan your
body, consciously relaxing any tense
muscles. Imagine your upcoming speaking
engagement. Picture yourself speaking with
confidence.

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9- Connect with your audience
• Make the audience your allies.
• Talk to individuals before your presentation
to get to know them.
• Look in the eye of audience as you speak to them,
one person at a time.
• If your audience sides with you, your job as a
speaker becomes much easier and you can relax.

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10- Act confident
• Never show your nervousness.
• Smile.
• Stick your chest out. Look confident,
even if you don’t feel it.

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Now Develop confidence through...
1. Expect to be nervous.
2. Prepare..
3. Practice.
4. Breathe.
5. Rehearse.
6. Focus on your audience.
7. Simplify.
8. Visualize success.
9. Connect with your audience.
10. Act confident.

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Confidence is …

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