How to Speak to Large Audiences Conclusion

If you’ve gotten this far and you follow the exercises have I.

As I’ve suggested practicing on video you’re now in great shape.

You’re ready to give a speech to any size audience could be one hundred thousand ten thousand.

You are absolutely ready.

I do want to leave you with a couple of positive uplifting thoughts about this whole process.

Here’s the thing that a lot of people don’t realize about speaking in front of large audiences.

It’s actually easier than speaking to small audiences.

Hear me out.

If you’re talking to 10 colleagues around a conference room and you’re conversational and he has some good examples maybe you get up and you walk around to point out something on the whiteboard.

Big deal.

Everyone can do that.

Everyone does that anyone can do that.

You don’t really get any brownie points for that but if you do exactly the same thing in front of hundreds of people or a thousand people you’re very same peers who thought nothing of you doing it in front of nine other people will look at you and say wow I could do that.

I didn’t know he had it in.

I didn’t know she had it in him.

Wow.

Did you see that person command the stage.

You get credit for doing something that everyone else does all the time just talking.

Here’s the other funny thing.

Simply walking across the stage and talking when you’re in front of a large group is perceived as a difficult thing.

Wow look at that.

He walked across the stage so commanding like a professional speaker I would be scared I would want to stand behind the lectern with my notes next to that computer.

That is unfortunately what happens to a lot of people when they are in the audience or fortunate for you they perceive what you’re doing is difficult is challenging all you’re doing is walking and talking.

So I urge you take every opportunity you can to speak in front of large groups.

It just gets easier you just get better.

Good luck.