I created the Presenters Platform in 2004 to give people a space to work on making an impression when communicating. If Public speaking is our greatest fear why don’t we spend more time working on that fear and addressing it to over come it.
Most people think that it is a fear of judgement from our audience. That is actually just in our own head. Our audiences are generally willing us on unless their minds are somewhere else thinking of health issues, financial problems, relationship dilemnas etc etc. Basically people are not really effective listeners. Often in my courses I get people to repeat what I have said or someone else and the responses are often what people perceived what they thought you were saying rather than what you actually said. Often a belief from the past echoing. Some people will be critical of you but they are just projecting their fear upon you.
So I spend a lot of time with people coaching them to unblock old patterns and behaviours and expand their choices when speaking. Discovering points of difference and how personal and honest you can be to get a point across.
I believe everyone has a story to tell and with the right environment everyone has aright to be heard. Introverts once giving themselves permission to speak have the greatest insights.
But to be able to engage confidently we need to practice and be objective about our choices as the key objective when speaking is to engage the audience.