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Originally Posted by Music  Ask your HP to help you to express rather than impress. Index cards are ok, but if you have quiet time before your speak and remember what happened, what it was like, and what it's like now, I'm sure you'll have plenty to talk about. Break a leg!! |
You'll be fine
we ALL get wobbly, and have a "fear" of public speaking, I STILL do and I've probably had to "chair" or "pitch" ...I don't know...50? 100? times
I agree with what Music Says, I pray beforehand, what I also used to do, is:
The "format" is "What it was like, what happened, and what it's like now"
The biggest "crime" or "faux paus" a speaker ever makes is they are still "drunk" when "time is up", so when I was new I would start out with "what it's like now" just in case I "went over" (time) and truthfully, that always lead effortlessly to "what it was like", but that way, if you look up and see you only have five minutes left you have covered at least part of "what it was like"
The thing to remember is it's not "about you" it's about "carrying the message", I can never remember what I said, but I always remember what I forgot to say (my ego talking) but we never know what we say will be helpful to others, be a "channel" and just "tell your truth" and if you say one thing that one person "hears", you are a success.
that's it.
one thing that one person relates to.
We never know what thing will be, so go knock em dead kiddo, and be sure to come tell us how it all went.
For me, I also find that people "hear" things as they relate to "me" better then the "speakers" that try to "preach". As in "this is what happened for me" rather then "this is what you should do". We have sponsors to "tell us what to do" as it were, my job when I am speaking is to get a newcomer to "identify"
There are "speakers" that got sober before God that can do that and be effective but they are rare, and frankly that takes practice, it's best to remember this is where we share "our" "experience, strength and hope" not somebody else's.
A wordy response which can be summed up in three words actually.
"You'll be fine"