NWACHUKWU LUCAS EMMANUEL - DONATING MATHEMATICS TEXT BOOKS TO COMMUNITY SECONDARY SCHOOL, BURUKIRI, BONNY ISLAND.

NWACHUKWU LUCAS EMMANUEL RECEIVING TEXTBOOKS DONATION FROM YOUTH RESOURCE CENTRE, BONNY ISLAND.

Youth Resource Center, Bonny Island just made a huge donation of relevant textbooks today 12th October, 2018. I and my team will be going into the creeks to deliver these books.
Thank you Excel Theophilus Ukpohor, Bitrus Babayo, and The Youth Resource Center, Bonny Island.

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Youth Resource Center, Bonny Island just made a huge donation of relevant textbooks today 12th October, 2018. I and my team will be going into the creeks to deliver these books.
Thank you Excel Theophilus Ukpohor, Bitrus Babayo, and The Youth Resource Center, Bonny Island.

#PartnershipthatWorks
#Fulfilled

NWACHUKWU LUCAS EMMANUEL DONATING STUDY DESKS TO BONNY NATIONAL GRAMMAR SCHOOL, BONNY ISLAND, RIVERS STATE, 2018.

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Teen Leadership Summer Workshop 2018

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CONQUERING PUBLIC SPEAKING FEAR

PUBLIC SPEAKING 2.0 “THE PLATFORM”

DELIVERED BY: NWACHUKWU LUCAS EMMANUEL

TOPIC: HOW TO CONQUER THE FEAR OF PUBLIC SPEAKING

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It is great delight to be here and speak to you today, particularly, given the fact that this is my alma mater, it stirs up positive emotions and experiences from the past while I studied here. I am excited to be here with you today on PUBLIC SPEAKING 2.0, THE PLATFORM wonderfully put together by ADVISERS CORNER and led by a global force in the person of Mr. AJE EMMANUEL, and permit to say, he has done amazingly well for himself and the society.

In half an hour I will use this platform to talk to you on how to conquer the fear of public speaking. Current statistics show that Public speaking is listed as America’s number 1 fear before death at number 5, that is, many people fear speaking in the public than death itself.

C. Hamilton in his book “Communication for Results” stated that over 75% of people around the world suffer from fear of public speaking. Wow! That percentage is high and you and I might just be in that category. We will find out if that is true.

Many times before now, we must have heard about public speaking and seen people of different race practice it and you wonder if you can do it well or even better that them.

You must have read about Aristotle, Winston Churchill, Maya Angelou, Eleanor Roosevelt, Dale Carnegie, Anthony Robbins and Aje Emmanuel. These people have all carved a niche for themselves in the area of public speaking and more so do it with ease.

Public speaking is simply the art, act and process of communicating information to audience, usually done before a large audience in a formal or informal environment. Also known as oratory or oration.

We don’t just wake up and start speaking, we do for reasons, and this applies to what we are discussing, we engage in public speaking for three purposes:

1.     To inform

2.     To persuade

3.     To entertain

While, public speaking is interesting and can set anyone on the path of success, it is also not uncommon to see people that fear it. You must have heard the word GLOSSOPHOBIA, I know it sounds technical but it means the fear of speaking, especially in the public. Many times during presentations in class, you see your mates become sweaty when they are facing the class, you can even notice the trembling in their voice and sometimes quivering. That is the fear, it is real, you cannot fake it.

The fear you feel is normal and natural, but if you don’t do anything about it, it can leave you in mess and haunt you. And that is why I am speaking to you today, how we can CONQUER that fear of speaking in the public.

THE PROBLEM: the fear of public speaking is rooted in WHAT PEOPLE WILL THINK WHEN I STAND UP TO SPEAK. Simple! You care too much what persons out there will say about your presentation.

The moment you do this, anxiety and fear sets in, then it paralyses the person.

SYMPTOMS:

§  Physical -sweat

§  Verbal –trembling voice

§  Non-verbal- increased heart rate

HOW CAN WE CONQUER THE FEAR OF SPEAKING IN PUBLIC?

Bertrand Russell said “to conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom”

ü Accept that the fear is normal and natural, don’t fight your nerves, it is natural to be nervous.

ü Mindset- You must know that public speaking is learnable

ü Do something about the fear

• Fear is energy, leverage on it. Turn your self-consciousness to self-confidence 
• Start practicing , practice until it becomes your lifestyle 
• Get a mentor 
• Join toastmaster 
• Go for training, in any form
•  If you have a topic know it well and rehearse it 
• Do not impress your audience, share knowledge with them 
• Don’t rush it 
• Be real and be vulnerable 
• Get out of your head, personalize your audience and focus on your message, you have absolute right and perpetual responsibility NOT to bore your audience.

From all of these, the benefits that abound are numerous, it will boost your self-confidence, enhance your reputation and open up countless opportunities. Be positive and remember you have been talking since you were born. Just do it.

Thank you for your time.