Stagefright or butterflies in the stomach?
ShutterstockEvery autumn season mushrooms numerous online and brick-and-mortar HR conferences. Whether it's reheating the same old story or the new state-of-the-art trend, one can suddenly be tasked with delivering a speech in front of a large audience, completely out of the blue. Delivering such a speech without prior experience can lead to sleepless nights and elevated levels of stress, but like everything else, it can be learned. But how?
Usually, even on short notice, there are at least a few weeks before such a presentation, so if you are the one who drew the shortest straw, focus on these points first.
Hear me, hear me!
Audience /ˈɔːdiəns/ Because it is rarely a theater for one actor, and we don't perform for ourselves. Here's an interesting tidbit: in English, we actually have two words for 'publiczność' – 'audience' and...
- AuthorŁukasz SennikHead of Studies at eTutor - experienced English language teacher, teacher trainer and auditor. Author of “Rekrutacja po angielsku” and “Sennik HR” podcast. Passionate about e-learning and an enthusiast of modern language learning tools. For over a dozen years, he has been running language projects in companies, improving the efficiency and increasing the potential of teams at every level of the organization.
