Thanks for some great classes last week, the semester is off to a great start, I am happy to be working with such unique and bright individuals, thanks for signing up for my class!!! SOOO...We all get nervous before we speak, at least a little bit and especially in front of a crowd! Why? Uncertainty,
lack of preperation,
a defeated attitude,
negative self talk
unrealistic goals, (according to Scott and Brydon, 2008))
Sooooo....tell us about a time you had to take the stage despite nervousness and talk/sing/act/make a toast or perform in some way for an audience...how did it go? Can't think of one, describe being in the audience for one then....What went wrong? What went well? Was it funny? Scary? Exciting? One thing is for sure, you survived cuz you're here now! Take strength from each others' stories and remember, "we are all in this together!" Whether you're in public speaking or coms experience, you will be in front of the class making a speech or presentation soon, so, "Let the healing begin!!!" (Quote from Matt Damon in Good Will Hunting)
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I remember a time in high school when this girl got on stage to sing in a talent show. She was doing great from the beginning until she got to the middle of the song. She stopped abruptly and said that she didn't want to go on. Some of the audience were in shocked and some laughed. I felt bad because I understood the amount of pressure that she was going through up there. I guess she got nervous and lost the words/lyrics. All I know is that it takes guts to go up in front of people to perform/speak.
Anyways, I agree that this class is going to be a lot of fun. C y'all in class.
Back when I lived in Santa Barbara last quarter, my floor of the dorms I lived in was having a little floor meeting. We were sharing stories about sexual and emotional harassment some girls go through. I had a really inspiring poem in my room about this topic so i ran back to my room and got the poem. I was really excited about sharing it because it was really good, however, I didn't realize it was SO long! It took me FIVE minutes to read the poem, as my voice shaked in front of 30 girls and I heard lots of side conversations. I knew that everyone had tuned me out and it was soo embarrassing. Thats the last time I'll ever volunteer for something like that!
-Cassie Kopa
I was the maid of honor in my best friend's wedding a couple of years ago and I had to make a toast in front of all of their wedding guests. Before I made my toast, I was so nervous and anxious; during my toast to the couple, my voice was shaky, I spoke way too fast, my legs were restless and it did not seem to help that I was up on a stage with a microphone all by myself! Certainly not my forte...needless to say though, I made it through my toast and everyone seemed to enjoy it. Although, I did continue to worry about it even after it was over. :)
Emma Braley
i had to do a dance performance for my high school dance team and it was my senior year and it was my last performance so wanted to make it good. everything was going fine up until it was time to preform the Hawaiian dance, we all had to wear sarongs and i was in the dance before so i sloppily tied mine and went on stage midway through the song i noticed my tie on my sarong was getting loose i shrugged it off then all of the sudden it fell completely off. i would have just picked it up and tied it back on but i was in the front of the v formation and it would have ruined the whole dance so i just kept dancing wearing only my leotard and a red face, i was so embarrassed. when the dance was done i picked up my sarong from the ground and ran off the stage. next time i preform i'll make sure that there is no chance of another wardrobe malfunction.
In 05, a group of us went to Baton Rouge to help the victims of Hurricane Katrina. One of the events we did was a concert (just to bring a sense of fun and peace in a time of hardship). I got to sing a song by myself...and forgot the second verse because i was so nervous!! Oh it was bad. I acted like that big long silence was supposed to be some musical interlude... So, I learned to be more prepared. :) --Brittany Bianchini (COMM EXP)
Probably would have to be in my previous speech class that i took before this one. i enjoy holding conversations and speaking with people just not on topics i'm forced to talk about or have no interest in. I had to did a speech last semester on how i feel my social security is going to be affected in the future. Really stupid speech that i did not enjoy doing
Brandon Hooper
OMG! I feel so much better knowing we all feel like goofballs sometimes! Thank goodness we can laugh about it! I have a good friend whow tripped and felloff of the stage during her commencement speech, had to crawl back up and finish it off!!!--Sandra the Blogging Teacher
I remember when I was 13 years old I had to speak at my church for my confirmation. I was really nervous to get up and speak to these people who were mostly older than me. I remember shaking and making a mistake or two, but I did get through it. I am more confident now, so I hope.
A year and a half ago i was at my uncles wedding and i was sitting down with my food. i didnt get any heads up that i was supposed to say a congratulations speech. so when i heard the MC say my name, i froze and grabbed my glass of champange and walked to the front of the table and tried to qoute a line from the movie the wedding crashers. i totally failed and froze and started laughing it off. my mom got upset and told me to sit down. but when i got back to my seat, i rememebered, so i walked back up and grabbed the mic and tried to say it again... but failed! i was so embarassed, so i just said "welcome to the crazy family. itll be lots of fun." and i sat back down with my hands all sweaty. :)
-Jenilee Gayda
In 2006, I presented for the very first time at the Employer Forum. This is a huge event that the California Public Employees' Retirement System puts on every year for our employers (State, Public Agencies and Schools). I conducted eight interactive workshops over a three day period. I did experience the inevitable my first day...technical difficulties, but I managed to recover quite well because I was well prepared:>) I composed booklets, and I incorporated every example that we were going to work through in class. As a result of my quick thinking and well planning, it was a success, but I have absolutely no desire to do it again...my nerves were shot!
Since I forgot to add my name to my comment, I suppose I should mention that it was I who presented at the Employer Forum:>)
Liz M.
Alonzo - While attending a meeting to discuss how would proceed in the coming year in our basketball league. I was asked to approached by the president of the organization. He asked if I could address the group and talk about how officials view the league, coaches, players and fans. I wasn't prepare at all because he came to me 15 minutes before he wanted me to speak. I was so nervious and tried to go over in my mind what I would talk about. I was so worried about the moment when I need to speak that for the next 15 minutes I didn't hear anything else that was said in the meeting until they called my name. Things went pretty well but after te meeting I had so many things that I had wished I said.
When I was a senior in high school, I had to do a 15-minute presentation for my senior project. Usually, I'm okay with speaking in front of people, but then I saw how well everyone else was doing on their presentations. Some of them even had props to pass around to class. So I got nervous and thought my presentation was going to be boring. I didn't realise how hard it was to present for 15 minutes when I was only half way prepared. So I actually paniced in the middle of it and asked "How many minutes was that? Am I done?" :0 and the teacher said "You have 7 minutes left." So I froze, and started making up things as I went along.
Thankfully, it was just a dress-rehersal! :)
It was last year i believe when i was called to do a musical preformance for a church gathering. Gosple rap if you will. i got to the middle of the song and completly blanked out. i forgot every single lyric i had writtin and for a few moments there was complet scilence. i then just started doin what all rappers do. wave your hands i said. then i went to the course. by the time the second versue came i had forgotten that to so here comes the wave your hands again. good thing no one knew that i messed up because they didnt know what i wrote. i actualy thought it was very funny because the people loved it. lol
lovely aka saiellesse read te blog es.(practice)
I have gotten up in front of people alot over the past years and i had thought that i had for the most part gotten over any problem of anxiety that i ever had. THat of course was untill i started dating a preachers doaghter. I gave a lesson at church and i her father was right there in the fron row i felt like he was analizing everything i said. I didnt do a great job but i still did it. THe other part that made it hard Like kathy Samerson said was that most of the people i was talking to were alot older then me. So between that and dating the preachers daughter it wasnt easy. But i still lovve doing it.
Aaron Newman
I can totally relate to Jenilee's experience at her uncle's wedding. At my wedding my sister was my maid of honor and asked if she could forgo the maid of honor toast. I told her she didn't have to do a toast but she ended up getting put on the spot anyway. We are a little bit mushy in my family and about three words in her speech she started crying and couldn't continue. I had already planned on giving a small speach to thank my guests but after seeing my sister cry I had a hard time remember what I had to say. Needless to say most of my speech was done with me crying. And it's all caputured on film.
Geraldine Young
when i was a freshmen in highschool i took a beginning acting class because i thought it would be fun and easy...NOT THE CASE! i loved watching others do their final performnaces they all did it with such ease so i thought it wouldnt be that hard but when it was mine and my partners turn we both froze! she forgot her lines and i had to improvise! we did really bad but even though our grade wasnt very high we made it through and im just glad she was there to look as bad as i did!
*Linley*
I have a confession to make!
This class isn't my first intro to communication class I have had before. My first comm class was about 2 semesters ago over at SCC. Considering I am generally a friendly and outgoing person, I would have thought that my personality would help me relax in front of a classroom. It didn't turn out how I expected to be. One of the first rules my teacher was to not use filler sounds, like "um" and "ah" or words "like" or "ya' know." For my first practice speech, the first word was "um", realizing my mistake I paused longer than I should have. I then stumbled over the next few sentences. They must have been bad enough that the teacher decided I needed to stop. I felt so embarrassed! I decided to not return to the next class and dropped the course.
My senior year in high school I had to present a scene in Hamlet in which I was Ophelia. I practiced my part and remembered all my lines for the scene. However, we also had to act the part out of our character, and in this scene, Ophelia was going crazy. At first when I just started off I was fine, I remembered my lines and everything when smoothly. However, when I had to do the movements along with my words I FROZED. I was scared for some reason and started to get really nervous, and I felt my fast turn red. When I looked at my notes to try and continue from where I left off, I started studdering everything that I said.
Julia Nguyen
COMMS 301 Monday 7-10:05
About two years ago I took a vocal training class. I guess I had expected to sing in front of a classroom full of students but I didn't anticipate that it would be without music. As I made my way to the front of the room I felt the sweat start to drop down my hands. This was the first time I had ever done anything like this. As I stood there I front of 45 college students ready to belt put the song Do-a-deer I cracked a joke to help ease the tension. This was not to the teachers liking. Mind you this book came with no cd to listen to the song in there original form so we were left to guess. I ended loading points for making a joke and not having proper diction. I had never herd the song all the way through so how could I have known all the correct ways each note in the song went. I was sadly scared and dropped the class a few weeks later. I am however excited for this class and hope of will be a positive experience.
~Roger Bascou~
WELLLLL.....in junior high I was on the dance team and then in high school I was on the cheerleading team. For me performing a routine is a totally different feeling from having to speak in front of a class. When doing a dance I don't have to speak AND I'm not performing by myself. =P It is easier for me to speak/perform in a group because all of the attention is not focused on me. But if i have to do it all by myself, I get nervous because I know that it is harder to capture the audiences attention and hold it.
Melissa Xaochay
I believe I was in High school when I had to do an assignment for my History class. The assignment was to perform a play of some sort, which corresponds to the assignment currently being read. I usually do plays with a few others with me in front of the stage but one day I had to be by myself. I was extremely nervous on that day. Luckily I picked the day I was supposed to do the play.
During the play, my voice was constantly breaking up because I was really nervous. But a lot of the students were encouraging me to continue which helped me get through the 10 mins of horror. After it was over, I completely relaxed, the best feeling ever.
-Marco Ruiz
Since I was raised going to church, speaking in the front of people was a task that most of us had to do. Whether it was Easter speeches or welcoming people. But for some reason my fear of speeches or speaking in front of people did not materialize until I was an adult. About three years ago I was chosen to be a facilitator on a program at church. I took on the challenge because I wanted to defeat the fear. From the time I got up until the time I took my seat, I only remembered one statement. I did not remember anything I did or said. Everyone said that I did good. I did not defeat the fear, but I will never give up. I have learned that their of certain things that determine my level of fear.
Maxine Blake
There was not six questions for me to answer in this blog. So i dont have to write six sentences i believe.Shaiellesse
When I was younger, i was in this dance group with a bunch of my family members. We used to dance in competions and just for fun. It was a very entertaining and pleasant experience. People liked watching us and we weren't scared. We all loved it and often talk about, but it was quite some time ago.
We will definitely remember the experience for a lifetime..
I remember a time in Elementary school when I asked by my 6th grade teacher to do the daily annnouncement over the school intercom system. I was very nervous because at the time I had a crush on a boy in my class. I admantly denied these feelings when approached by other classmates. My teacher was asking me to do a school-wide broadcast, so there was no way he was not going to hear. In the midst of my aniexty, I annouce that the cafeteria was serving Ricky for lunch. All you could hear was laughter coming from all the classrooms. The only thing I could do was tell another joke to cover my past mistake. My teacher loved it so much that I was assigned to do the daily announcements for the rest of the school year.
Tyesha
i can remember a time when i was in a dance group and it was my first performance. i was so nervous yet prepared that when it came time to dance it went by quickly. i really enjoyed being infront of the people. i think it has helped me a lot in my life with being in front of people and having the ability to open up to people.
i can remember a time when i was in a dance group and it was my first performance. i was so nervous yet prepared that when it came time to dance it went by quickly. i really enjoyed being infront of the people. i think it has helped me a lot in my life with being in front of people and having the ability to open up to people.
Cristina Martinez
Colin McAteer- I had to make a speech in Spanish class. I was shaking the whole time. I had to speak in Spanish for 5 minutes. I was silent for about a miunte and a half during the speech. I could not find the words and was at a loss, but I pulled it through in the end. It was horrific, yet I am glad I went through with it.
Colin McAteer--This election is going to be historic and a very close race. Americans seem to excited about this Presidential Election. This election is important given the war in Iraq is still in our minds. I think this election will have more people voting than ever before. The Daily Show should be fun to watch this year.
back when i lived in san diego i was going to an elementary school with a drama club. my mom was on the committee so i naturally got a part in the mark twain play. i ended up being aunt polly and having to sing in front of the whole school plus their parents. and needless to say..i suck at singing, i was completely terrified and will never put myself in that position again:)
Elizabeth Dodson
I was at my niece's play as an audience. A song came on that I liked. I was singing along with everyone else. I was so into the song that when the song ended, I was still humming to it. Everyone looked at me. I was so embarassed. So, now everytime I attend my niece's play, she reminds me pay attention.
con khlok
Recently I was hired for a marketing company. After I completed 3 days of training they sent me out to sell pizza discount books to people in the offices or at work. I was so nervous that I was shaking and felt like I was going to start crying. The task was simple however you would not belive how hard it is to rember the words "Hey, do you like pizza" when you are under pressure to sell these things. I went up to my first potintal customer and gave her my whole speech about the book and was truly surpised when she just responed with a blank look and a "No, thank you". I then let her know she was the fist person that I came up to and let her know how nice she was, with that I ran away still scared. - Sandra Jimenez
Wow! --I feel better already! Thanks!--Ronnie
I had to do many speeches throughout highschool and have been nervous everytime. No matter how much I prepared or practiced I would still somewhat fumble with my words trying to remember what to say next. But I always try to remember that everyone in the class has to get up in front, all alone, and make their speech so that gives me reassurance that I won't be the only one messing up.
B.Barnes
My best experience ever on stage:
I was 14 and entered a monologue contest with about 200 other kids my age. It was for a program called IMTA, down in L.A. (I thought I wanted to act). I got on stage with easily 750 people in the audience, and I did my monologue. It was a sad one, very personal and close to a situation I had myself been in life. So, even as nervous as I felt..and i was nervous..heart pounding and everything...I won third place! Sometimes I think back about it and am amazed it was me.
Tiffany Wall
WOW...that's an easy one there have been a few times when i had to stand in front of a large group of people and speak. But the one that comes to mind at this very moment was at my parents 20th anny. party. Just this past Nov. my brother and i decided to have a party for my parents and because my brother didn't want to i was the one to make the speech during the slide show we had made. There were about a hundred people at the party and at the very moment all eyes were on me...before i got up there i wrote myself a little out line as to what i would say while i was up there. Sadly the moment i got up there ever the notes i had written couldn't help... i was up there for a good ten minz talking but what i was saying is i question the i had to ask the audience... while i was up there my heart was racing and legs shaking... and i've heard that i repeated myself many times. That would be just one of the many times i felt uncomfortable while speaking in a large group of people... the only plus point to this was that i don't remember a word of this speech.
Kiran R
O.K. I left my best comm. experience, but I see this blog is about your worst..so here is my worst.
6th grade. We had to do a "radio station broadcast" in front of the whole class. The news, weather, sports,misc. all was suppose to be included. I don't remember exactly what happen with mine except I remember starting out fine, then my voice going too fast and then barely speaking at all, cause i couldnt remember what i was saying. I think I hardly finished. It was sad ): When I think of the worst of the worst...up comes that radio speech, first thing. I think it was the first time I ever cracked at speech stuff.
Tiffany Wall
I have to go with the Youth Sunday Sermon when I was seventeen. I missed the wrong meeting of the youth group and was volunteered to give the Sermon. I will never forget how terrified I was at the beginning standing up at the pulpit. Once I got started, I guess it went okay ( they didn't kick me out of church or anything). It was surprising to find out how much you can hear standing up there,like conversations in the back even when people are whispering. I have no recollection of what the topic was. I am better speaking in front of smaller groups, especially when I'm comfortable with the subject. I went on to do home parties for Tupperware. I view that Sunday as a success because I did something I didn't think I could do. Julie King
I was in a writing class and had to give an impromptu oral report on a book we had 30 miniutes to read as much as we can. The teacher went around the room and I was toward the end of the line-up. By the time it was my turn, my hands were clammy, my voice was shakey, my face was feeling hot and starting to sweat. I babbled on and on, I don't even think I made any sense. I knew it wasn't a big thing, but I don't know why I always get so nervous about speaking in a group.
Pat Myers
I've always been nervous to speak in public but the most recent one I remeber is last year when I had to do my senior project in high school.I took months preparing for it,knew all my information by heart,practiced my presentation over & over just to get it perfect.I even made index cards full of information so that i could refer back to them just in case i left anything out.That was a bad idea because on presentation day I was so nervous,I ended up reading off my cards the whole time,hardly looking up.My voice was shaky,i would sigh, & I spoke way too quickly.I've been mad at myself for that ever since.LOL.
-Carina Robles
soo i have taken comm before and the last class i had was with dubray...and all i can remember was i did the assignment and the outline for my speech but apparently i didn't practice my speech enough times..and i choked in front of the whole class..( i usually dont do that) but i think the reason was because i didn't feel comfortable in the class everyone was kinda to themselves and no one really interacted except when it was time for the group projects..even if it was small talk that would have been better than nothing..but this class was completely dead. anyway to make a long story short...i didnt do well and i hope to never have to experience the silence like that again (unless i have too) and that was my anxiety experience...lol...
Rosalia
One of my friends does music. He was performing one night and asked me to get on stage and back him up. Now I am not a shy individual...usually....at first, i was excited about but right before we went up those butterflies came and I froze. I ended up not going up and my pther boy took my place. Those good ol' jitters.
-Adrian McIntosh_
I can't seem to think of an exact moment where I had to get up in front of a crowd that caused me to be nervous. The fact is, that probably 9 out of 10 times, I completely get scared and freaked out when I have to get up in front of a crowd. My heart starts racing and my palms get clammy..then when I get up I start talking and once I am finally done I can barely remember what I said during all my rambling...
It would be great to learn to have more control and to not feel soo freaked out in front of an audience...
~Gaby B~
In high school i had to give a graduation speech to my english class. I wasn't really nervous because i knew most of the people in my class. For some reason when i got up to the podium and started to talk, i mispronounced words. So no matter what i think there is always going to be a moment where you freeze but practice makes perfect. Talking in front of many people is not easy to do but as you do more speeches you improve on your peformance.
everett
monday 7-10:05
I did a decent amount of public speaking during high school, so I was not too freaked out about doing the welcome at our graduation. All the speakers had rehearsed, and we knew the order, etc. The stands were full and overflowing, of course. Everyone filed in as graduations go and all was settled. Since I was giving the welcome, I was the very first person to step up to the microphone which was ON. However, something was not right with the speaker system and, most of the sudience couldn't hear me. I knew something was amiss, but kept going anyway. A VERY LOUD lady yelled, "We can't hear you!" I was horrified, but managed to maintain composure and someone fixed the system. I proceeded and all was well. Ever since then, speaking with a mic has freaked me out.
Jenna Wendley
Monday 7-10
I DO REMEMBER A TIME WHEN I HAD TO TO A SPEECH IN MY INTRO TO PUBLIC COMM. CLASS MY FIRST SEMESTER IN COLLEGE. I REMEMBER THE TEACHER STATING WE COULD TALK ABOUT ANYTHING. THE ONLY THING THAT CAME TO MY MIND THAT I FOUND INTERESTING WAS WHEN I WAS A SENIOR IN HIGH SCHOOL IN MY ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY CLASS WE HAD TO DISECT A CAT. THE CAT THAT MY GROUP GOT LOOKED LIKE ANY OTHER HOUSE CAT, IT WAS BLACK AND WHITE.
WHEN OUR TEACHER HANDED US THE CAT IT WAS IN THIS PLASTIC BAG AND IT SEEMED LIKE AS IF THE CAT HAD BEEN FROZEN.
I WAS UP IN CLASS EXPLAINING HOW THE CAT WAS DELIVERED WHEN I SAID ,"YEAH, THE CAT WAS LONG AND STIFF" AND IMMEADIETLY AFTER I SAID THAT EVERYONE STARTED LAUGHING AND IT TOOK ME A WHILE TO GET THE POINT OF WHAT I SAID HAD SEEMED SO FUNNY. THEN I FINALLY REALIZED WHAT I HAD SAID AND THE DIFFERENT MEANING THE CLASS GOT AND THAT WAS WHEN I GOT REALLY RED AND EMBARRASED.
SINCE THEN I HAVE NOT DONE A SPEECH THAT MADE ME FEEL SO EMBARRASED.
I went to Berkely High School and i was in a great drama class. My last day at the school i had to recite my lines in the play by i forgot but i was nervous. My line was "Do you bite your thumb at me sir" i was great. Oh and one time i had to sing on stage in that same class, i was so nervous my voice started to tremble. The audiance always love me because i were so many different hair styles they cant wait to see whats next.
Shaiellesse works
Sorry, i posted on the future posting instead of this posting. I was confused. Public speaking is not my favorite subject because i am shy person. I remember in my freshman's year, i have to do a speech about Abraham Lincoln. When i stand in front of the class, my face was sooo red and i was so nervoused. My speech was boring because i was reading from my notes. During that time, i did not look at my classmate, i was hoping to hurry and finished up so that i can go back to my set. Each time when i have do a speech, my face would turn red depending on my mood but it is not as much as before
Judy Au
Comm 301
I was lucky that in middle school I had the same teacher for all 3 years-every single day we had writing assingment first thing in the morning and we always had to read them at the front of the class. I was terribly shy-but she would remind us that it was to get us used to speaking in front of people and prepare us for college. I eventually broke through my shell so it's not so difficult for me but there is one thing I still struggle with- I don't get nervous about talking but as soon as I realize that all eyes are on me-I turn BEET RED! Then of course when I feel the flush rush to my face-my stomache feels like I just got to the drop on a roller coaster-so I'm not shy or embarrassed about speaking-I'm embarrassed about everyone seeing my glowing red face-and of course everyone will definately notice it now that I've put it out there-but it is only for the first 5 seconds so don't feel too bad for me. :)
Janet Robles
Back when i lived in LA in my freshman year in highschool i had to make small introduction about myself and who inspired me the most. I choose my sister and as a i was making my speech my voice kept on trembling and for every time i said her name i said it in the past tense as if she passed away. After the end of my speech everybody was asking me how she passed away i was so embarrassed. Never again will i confuse my past and present tense in my speeches.
Back when i lived in LA in my freshman year in highschool i had to make small introduction about myself and who inspired me the most. I choose my sister and as a i was making my speech my voice kept on trembling and for every time i said her name i said it in the past tense as if she passed away. After the end of my speech everybody was asking me how she passed away i was so embarrassed. Never again will i confuse my past and present tense in my speeches.
I've done quite a bit of public speaking and sometimes public singing. Each time I have to do one of those alone, I experience some butterflies. The worst experience was when I was leading a song in the church choir but failed to prepare properly. It was a disaster. I was off key. My voice was trembling, and the entire congregation was giving me the blankest looks. To make matters worse, my mom talked about me all the way home in the car because she knew I didn't prepare and could have done much better. What a horrible experience.
-Malikka Rogers
I don't know if you all watch Everybody Loves Raymond, but you should it's a great show very funny and realistic, it especially relates to my family lol. Yesterday the show was about Ray's brother getting married and Ray was to prepare a toast for the reception. Of course being a professional writer you would believe he was prepared, but he improv the whole thing based on events in his life he would love to edit. Turned out to be hilarious and very well needed because the wedding was on the brink of being a dull unpleasant wedding, especially because it wasn't OPEN bar. LOL!
I hope by the end of this semester I will learn all the concepts of an improv speech because I believe that would work best for me. I don't like thinking about whatever it is too much before. For example when approaching women, I will say whatever comes to mind otherwise I will stutter and make a fool of myself
Forgot to sign sorry Alvaro Yanez. I wrote about Everbody Loves Raymond.
alright, this was a lil while ago but i was running for student office in school and i was the only one running for my position, so it didn't matter who voted for me but i still had to give a speech. so i get up with my cards and i had barely practiced and as i began to read it i realized that all of my index cards were out of order! i started to shake and i got really upset, so i just threw away the cards and ran of stage.
haven't talked on a stage since then.
taryn giudicessi
I believe it was my sophmore year of high school when I got over my fear of public speaking. I still get nervous, but before I was always terrified. It was my social studies class and we had to give an solo oral presentation for something, I dont remember the subject. Up till that point we did all of our presentations in groups. The weekend prior to that I felt a pimple coming on right on the bridge of my nose, and not a small one for that matter. I tried everything under the sun to get it to go away and it didn't work. Finally the day came for the presentations and I had this huge bright red pimple on my nose. I couldn't do anything to get out of it or put it off until later. So I swallowed my pride, whent out there in front of the class, gave my presentation, and in the end everything whent ok. Like they said on the movie Reservoir Dogs, "Some times you just have to crap your pants, dive in and swim."
Esteban Lepe
Comm 301 CRC, M
Oppppssss.... I missed this anxiety blog, and went ahead with the humor one....But oh well.....
I remember back in my first communication class I did my first speech and it was terrible. I did practice well enough and had confidence in myself, but when it was my turn to go up and do my speech, my brain just shut down and I went blank. To begin with, my speech was so fast, my tone of voice was very shaky, most of my words were out of order, my fist was all sweaty, and my face was as red as a tomatoe. Standing up infront of the audience made me feel like it was the end of the world for me. Thank goodness, I made it through the speech but it was too bad that I forgot everything I had said after presenting my speech. Despite all those, I still end up with a good grade......Nowadays, I still blush each time I present or do a speech....Watch me...! :)
Por Ye Vang
Comm 301 M:7-10
Well, as I can recall, in six grade I had to do a speech in front of the whole class because my teacher choose my essay as the best written one. I thought to myself, it will be a piece of cake, I will just go up there talk and go back to my seat. When I was infront of the class I began to start talking and I realized that I was talking too fast, I got really nervous so I turned red and I started stuttering. Then I was not making any sense at all. I was so embarrassed and stage frighted that I had to excuse myself from the class. It wasn't a piece of cake after all and to this very day, it is still a challenge.
Amy Song
Well the time that sticks out in my head was Junior High school where another student and I were selected to give the speeches for our graduating class at the commencement ceremony.
Never having spoken in public needless to say we both were very nervous. So our teacher adviser got one of those new fangled video cameras from the district office to record us so we could see ourselves when we played it back. Taping ourselves and reviewing the speeches really helped weeks before graduation. During the commncement ceremony the speeches went relativley well.
However during our freshman year of high school we would periodically get teased (by them meaking monkey sounds) by some people thet had gone to a different junior high. Finally we asked what that was all about and found out that they had borrowed the same video player from the district for a project and viewed not only our speeches but us goofing of on tape by making monkey noises. Needless to say I make sure that if something is on tape that I dont to share i properly delete it.
Sergio Garcia
Comm 301 Mon
Sara Barajas
Communication 321
TOPIC- FASHION
THE TOPIC I WOULD CHOOSE TO DISCUSS IN FRONT OF AN AUDIENCE WILL BE FASHION. I WOLD START MY SPEECH OF BY TALKING ABOUT THE MODELS IN THE BUSINESS. MY CROWD IM GUESSING WILL BE MOSTLY WOMEN BECAUSE THEY ARE THE ONES WHO ARE LOT MORE INTERESTED IN FASHION.
IN THE BEGINNING OF THE SPEECH TO BREAK THE ICE I WOULD SAY SOMETHING SILLY THAT WOULD MAKE THE AUDIENCE LAUGH. I WOULD SAY SOMETHING LIKE , “ these models you see today, they look like walking skeletons wearing Prada’s new spring collection”. THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE CONSIDERED A BIT SILLY AND BREAK THE ICE AND EASE THE TENSION.
TOPIC- FASHION
THE TOPIC I WOULD CHOOSE TO DISCUSS IN FRONT OF AN AUDIENCE WILL BE FASHION. I WOLD START MY SPEECH OF BY TALKING ABOUT THE MODELS IN THE BUSINESS. MY CROWD IM GUESSING WILL BE MOSTLY WOMEN BECAUSE THEY ARE THE ONES WHO ARE LOT MORE INTERESTED IN FASHION.
IN THE BEGINNING OF THE SPEECH TO BREAK THE ICE I WOULD SAY SOMETHING SILLY THAT WOULD MAKE THE AUDIENCE LAUGH. I WOULD SAY SOMETHING LIKE , “ these models you see today, they look like walking skeletons wearing Prada’s new spring collection”. THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE CONSIDERED A BIT SILLY AND BREAK THE ICE AND EASE THE TE
on my sisters wedding everyone was just sitting at their tables yawning eating and drinking. i looked at my sister she had the sadest face. so i felt that i had to do something even though i am a very shy person, so i went up to the singer and told him to sing a song and in front of 300 people i started dancing and pulling peoples hands to join me, after 3 minutes almost everyone got up and started dancing the whole wedding became a really fun and nice wedding."thanks to me"everyday i tell my sister your wedding was nothing without me!!!
jehad nassar
One time that I had stage fright was when I read my essay in front of class. I had never said the word breasts so much in front of class. Because the essy was about breast implants. I forgot where I was reading from at times and I had to pause and stop alot. But when it was all said and the pressure was off.
Monica Aguirre
I had, had a communication class 2 semester ago and it was my first Comm class. Before I would get up to speak, I would always try to hype myself up by saying " We are all in this together and I probably feel just as nervous as the speaker, So we are all in this together!" I owuld say the same line everytime, before I would do my presentation...Til now I still say it..LOL
Sabrina Ha Nguyen
COMM301
Monday 7p-10p
MY BLOG WAS THE ONE THAT HAD abramab said...
it talked about how i did a speech on a cat that i disected.
SARA BARAJAS
I remember like it was yesterday when I had to perform in front of hundreds of students. It was multi culture far at my high school and it was my senior year as well. I desisted to perform an Indian dance in front of my fellow class mates. I was so nervous thinking everything was going to go wrong. It was my turn to go up on stage I started to back down and my best friend said just go up there and do it, so I did. I started to hear my name be called from the audience and I motivated me to do better. I felt like I was the shit and no one had anything on me or my dance. It all came together at the end. All the negative thoughts just felt my mind leaving me with self confidences and motivation.
Ravidnar Singh
Please excuse my incorrect grammer. Sincerely Shaiellesse. 2013
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