Speaking and Presentation Skills Are Profitable

Becoming a high-quality speaker and presenter is a skill that you can learn and practice, much like someone practices any skill such as singing, skating, or writing. Even if you're not born with a natural talent for something you can practice and get better. You might never be perfect, but you can get better and become the best you can be.

If you are a nervous speaker, take comfort in the fact that many people are nervous speakers. Even professional speakers report being nervous, but they use their nervous energy to pump themselves up and bring energy and passion to their message. Nothing is more contagious than authentic passion when presented well.

So, if you feel nervous, instead of experiencing those nerves as fear, try to experience the feeling as excitement. Just changing the word from nerves to passionate energy can help turn debilitating nervousness into an empowering experience.

In most careers and life paths, developing your unique speaking and presentation skills can take you to a new level; bringing you more pay, more recognition, also three side benefits:

*Help comes easy when those around you clearly under what you need and desire.
*Saves time when others aren’t required to guess what you are saying.
*Saves money when you can lay out clear expectations for services for hire, whether in your business or your home.

If you're especially good at getting your message to a lot of people, and you have a useful and actionable message that lifts up people, you can actually earn a good living doing it.

The first thing you need to craft your message is to determine your overall intention and plan your presentation. Begin by writing down your key points. Then make an outline that includes an introduction, key points, and conclusion. Next, use the appropriate tools to design a fun, interactive, and engaging event for your viewers.

With today's technology, you can easily design a great presentation on your own with PowerPoint slides, graphs, videos, and more. Here’s a word of caution, use slides and graphs only to highlight what you are saying - not say it for you. Pictures making your point will speak louder than bullet points.

In addition, you can stream it live to the Internet so that people who can't be there can still see the presentation feel your energy. You can also record it, and let people watch it again, or buy it if they did not attend your event. There are so many ways that you can repurpose a presentation that public speaking is truly a beneficial skill to develop.

If the thought strikes fear, but you also feel a pull toward adding speaking and presenting to your skill set, make a commitment to practice speaking in public and start working on your message now.

Join toastmasters so that you can practice, volunteer for speaking engagements with small groups and work your way up until you feel ready to promote your speaking and presentations full-time.