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• Glossophobia


  The fear of public speaking, derived from the Greek words 'glossa' (tongue) and 'phobia' (fear)
• Jerry Seinfield: 'According to most studies, people's number one fear is public speaking. Number two is death. Death is number two. Does that sound right? This means to the average person, if you go to a funeral, you're better off in the casket than delivering the eulogy.'
• Brian Tracy: 'Your ability to communicate with others will account for fully 85% of your success in your business and in your life.'
• Courage


  Resistance to fear, mastery of fear not absence of fear
• Public speaking


  The process or act of performing a speech to a live audience, commonly understood as formal, face-to-face, speaking of a single person to a group of listeners
• Modes of speech delivery


  • Impromptu
  • Extemporaneous
  • Memorized
  • Manuscript
• Speech


  The body of spoken expressions of information and ideas, which may be delivered in any of the following modes: read from a manuscript, memorized and delivered extemporaneous or impromptu
• Speech structure


  • Introduction
  • Body
  • Conclusion
• Types of speeches


  • Informative
  • Entertaining
  • Persuasive
  • Demonstrative