How can I speak louder and confident?

Answer 1

Hi there,

One thing you can do is record your speech or practice it in front of another person. This will help you see things you can improve upon that you otherwise wouldn't notice, such as posture, movement, or nervous habits. It will also help you take note of your visual presentation and volume control as well.

Memorizing all or most of your speech will also help you feel more confident when reciting it. You can do this by reading one sentence aloud, then turning over the paper and reciting just that sentence. Do that a couple times, then try it with the next sentence. Then repeat that with both sentences. Continue this with your entire speech, and you'll have it memorized in no time.

Most of being confident involves "faking it." Even if you are nervous, if your pretend to be confident, eventually it will come across. Be sure to make eye contact with your audience and don't stare down into your note cards the whole time (this is where memorization comes in handy). If you can, move around a little bit; don't stand stiff. Try to reduce the use of space-fillers such as "like," "uh," "um," "so," and "yeah."

On the day of the speech, be sure to get good sleep, drink lots of water (be sure to use the restroom before presenting), warm up your vocal chords, take deep breaths, and do your best! Rehearsal is really the best thing you can do to prepare and up your confidence, and if you "fake it until you make it," your audience won't even know you were nervous.

Hope this helps! Good luck.

-Emma

Answer 2

It always helps to rehearse your speech before hand. Memorizing your speech with increase your confidence since you will know you won't have problems in giving said speech. Record yourself when you rehearse, and try to track what might be the reason you are not a loud speaker. Are you nervous? Is your voice normally quiet? But do not overthink it too much, have confidence in your speech and understand that everybody is a bit nervous.