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In this video they covered techniques to use to overcome that speech anxiety that we all get. Visualization is the first technique where you go to a quiet place, use all your senses, and imagine the speech going well from beginning to the end. Relabeling is when you use positive words for negative words. The example used in this video was "turning nervous energy into enthusiasm". Relaxation techniques include deep breathing which is diaphragm breathing, meditation breathing where you focus on thinking of nothing, but your breathing, and releasing tension breathing which occurs when you take a diaphragm breath and as you exhale focus on getting rid of the tension in a specific location; such as, your back.
2.2 This video talks about narrowing in on what you are personally most nervous for. In the guys case it was the location so he visited the location and used visualization. The girl seemed to be most worried about her content so she made sure to choose a topic that interested her and do in-depth research to cover all her basis.
Jessica's Intro was very interesting and a few things caught my attention; such as, she used the same line "when one door closes another door opens" in her introduction and conclusion.
From these videos I realized that the more passionate you are about your topic the smoother your speech will go, to use the techniques that have been discussed in the book and the videos, and that if prepared correctly by using speech anxiety techniques and being prepared public speaking may not be so bad.
Hi Brie :) I unfortunately have not received my book along with my access code to the videos, but reading others posts on the videos has given me somewhat of an insight on its contents. I thought it was interesting that you stated the video mentioning," Relabeling is when you use positive words for negative words." I had never actually thought of that, and that may have a reverse affect on our brains. In my case I usually make myself more nervous before speaking before an audience by constantly telling myself that I am nervous or have butterflies in my stomach. I definitely want to try that technique before my next speech.
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