Remember that everyone gets nervous. Even the most experienced performers get nervous sometimes. It is normal to feel nervous in front of everyone. It happens when you have a lack of knowledge and preparation. Avoid last-moment preparation and turn nervousness into excitement. It’ll help you to be confident. By practicing more and more, you can get rid of it.
Time management:
Because of late preparation, stress levels go high. At that moment we don’t get enough time to be prepared and as a result, we get nervous in the spotlight. To have less stress you should do proper time management. For 30 slides, 1 hour-long presentation you should practice at least 36-90 hours. 6-20 hours Research and collect input from the web. 1 hour to build an audience-needs map. 2 hours to generate ideas via sticky notes. 1 hour to organize the ideas. 1 hour to have colleagues collaborate around the impact the ideas will have on the audience. 2 hours for sketching a storyboard. 20-60 hours to build the slides in a presentation application. 3 hours to rehearse, rehearse, and rehearse.
Dealing with stage fright:
When you start to feel anxious, breathing exercise is the most important thing on stage to get relief from anxiousness. When you feel nervous, take a deep breath! Power poses mean open, expansive postures that use body language to express power, confidence, and assertiveness. Anchor point, You can point to an audience or favorite person for eye contact. A talisman can be an object watch ring, or anything from your favorite person. Because it can help you to get relief from nervousness. Establishing eye contact with your audience fosters a sense of connection and confidence. It also helps you to distract yourself from overthinking about your nervousness.
Create a positive impression:
In the Q&A session use more magic words. Like, Thank you, For your question sir. Your question makes the session more interactive. And if there is any question that you don’t have the answer to, then handle the situation like this, Thank you for your question, sir, Pardon me, I don’t have it right now, I’ll back to you again later, sir. This means, making sure that you are never unhappy or disappointed with your audience.
Conclusion:
Dehydration can exacerbate feelings of nervousness. To stay hydrated, drink more water and consider having a light, energy-sustaining snack beforehand. Get enough sleep the night before your performance. Arrive early to your event so you have time to relax and get settled. Maintain Eye contact. Accept your imperfection and focus on your positive outcome. Smile, A smile can go a long way in making you look and feel more confident. Sometimes you have to fake it. Fake it till you make it. If you are feeling nervous, the best thing to do is to fake it until you make it. Pretend that you are calm and confident.
Remember, everyone gets nervous sometimes but it’s how you handle your nerves that matters.
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Writer,
Zahin Rahman Zishan
Intern, Content Writing Department,
YSSE