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"The techniques I've listed are effective, but here's the thing: No list you find on the internet is going to magically make you more confident. No list is going to take action and grant you instant CSS skills, or give you extra money, or grow your savings account, or make you a better writer. In order for these techniques to be effective, you have to act on them. You have to pick one or two and practice them. Then move on to another pair and practice those." This is an interesting article that contains a lot of helpful tips and sources in how  attack every aspect of the building confidence process.

As I am a ESL speaker and i found it a good resource for understanding the anxiety of speaking and overcoming it for ESL speakers. I learned about speak slowly and clearly, and also about word choice for the speech that i am comfortable in speaking.

A very good point discussed in this article that says "Focus on your most powerful Experience" when you feel nervous before your presentation. Thinking about positive experiences helps to divert our mind from fear of speaking.

I added this again to correct the website. I found this good enough to make sure that it can be found easily for you. The Flinch: Julien Smith: Amazon.com: Kindle Store This book is a really good tool for helping you embrace your flinch. Think about the first time of the season to take a swim in the pool or even better the lake. You know the water is going to be cold but you really want to jump in and have some fun, so you take a deep breath and dive in head first so that you're not trying to hold yourself up out of the water. You embrace it. That's what I've learned with giving a speech. I realized I have information worth sharing so I take a deep breath and dive in.

This article has helped me decide that my demonstration speech should be on something the audience can benefit from.

This article talks about how your speech doesn't have to be perfect to be successfl. Give the audience something of value and you will be successful.

It is really a good article. I also liked the the point, "When You Speak in Public, Nothing "Bad" Can Ever Happen!'". So, let go your Public Speaking apprehension and try your best.

This article really confirms everything we have been told repeatedly in our speech class. So don't avoid the speech class or beg and plead not to have to take it, as I did. Embrace the opportunity to speak in a group to gain confidence.

I really like the part of this article where it begins Don't be the unspeaker. Really good tips on how to embrace your fears of Public Speaking. When I gave my speech to actuate, interacting with the audience really helped me connect with them. I could see enjoyment in their facial expressions which helped put me at ease.

Very true! "Interacting with the audience" really helps to reduce the nervousness of speaking during presentation. It makes the speech more conversational.

I found this interesting that making yourself on a day that you have a speaking engagement that you make that day as routine as possible prior to your speech. This will help in relaxing yourself.

While this doesn't deal directly with speech confidence, it does deal with an anxiety-producing communication situation. This is posted for those group projects that many speech classes have to do, written by a fellow speech professor.

Contains six action steps for managing communication anxiety--looks very practical, while providing the academic underpinning--it's not just opinion.

Includes 10 practical tips for overcoming fear.

Have good information about what to do before, during and after a speech.

Mildred, remember to "tag" your entries. Be sure to include the "dk:confidence" tag as well, but the other tags are the most important.

Sometimes, knowing that you SOUND confident is all you need to start actually FEELING confident. Good concrete tips, including one of my favorites about avoiding "uptalking."

I practiced speaking at the optimum pace after my first speech, and I performed well and sounded confident in my next speeches.

This article talks about the correct posture, smile, pitch of sound, eye contact, and long pauses as the five main points to consider for speaking with confidence. I like the idea of long pauses to minimize the fillers like "uh...,and...". This was my big problem during my speeches. I practiced my speeches with optimum pauses and it worked well for my last speech.

10 tips to make u become a great speaker

This will help you understand the differences between each kind of speech and their goals.

Self Confidence advice that has influenced my life by boosting my confidence.

This site tells you everything you need to know about planning a speech, writing it, delivering it, and speech help. This has helped me improve on my speeches.

This site has 10 ways to conquer your frear of public speaking and common public speaking fears that have solutions for each one.