ORATOR

Orator shall be not merely a skilled speaker, but the person who has the art of speaking; mean by the way the orator form a certain style through the word voice and arrangement bringing in humor and charm to attract the audience, deliver the speech with control-using gesture, playing and expressing with features, and changing the intonation of his voice. Anyone who can speak with knowledge upon a subject that he or she will talk about, can be called an orator but to be a great orator like Martin Luther King or Mahatma Gandhi, that is the question. How? To be a great orator that have the skills I have mention about, it might takes some time, even years.

The main purpose I’m here not to talk on how to be a great orator but the problem that faced by most of the orator, even the best orator; since this week most of my friends include me will have oral presentation, so I would like to focus on this topic-stage fright. I guess all of us place stage fright right on top of concern list. Actually what it does mean? Stage fright refers to a kind of anxiety where an individual is anxious to give speech in front of audience. It is not kind of diseases but a phenomenon that present among many people worldwide. People with this anxiety will not like to present themselves in public. They have extreme hatred for public appearance, rather die than go up to the stage and speak; this is what my lecturer said.

I used to have this problem before and still but now I’m able to control it by applying some special tips that I’ve been practice since I was in primary school. Now I will reveal my secret on how I faced my stage fright and hoping that it may help you in the future. First thing I do when I’m on stage or in front of the audience; I will imagine all of them are idiot or simple word-useless, it does help me and improve my performance and I recall, I was so confident on that moment. It might be sound weird but that is how I collect my whole confident and the result, amazing. Not to worry on how audiences judge you, think positive and be yourself. Sometimes we got wrapped up with the performance that we forgot what we want to achieve. Fear will come but think positive that you be able to push that feelings away as far as you could. Imagine that audience liking you and when the time comes, up you go, confidently take your place. Again, take time to bring yourself into line. Breathe, breathe, breathe and give the best shot you have.

So, that is the simple tips and it works for me. I may not the greatest orator in a world but I do have common to be in the line with them, self-confident. I believe that stage fright is something we can solve with, so do not feel upset if you too facing this problem.