Public Speaking: Warming Up is Essential

Series Summary

People have a fear of speaking in public more than almost anything. The anxiety over a small speech can leave anyone feeling helpless and make them feel unable to stand in front of an audience. Those stricken with fear are typically embarrassed and sometimes refuse to admit there is a problem. They conceal severe apprehension about their inability to speak in front of a group and its affect on their careers. In this free instructional video series, let a communications and public speaking expert show you warm up techniques to help with a speech or monologue. Warming up also helps with overcoming the fear of a presentation. Get tips on relaxing, breathing, vocal and body warm up and focus the mind and group energy. You will be prepared to keep the audience engaged and feel comfortable on stage with tips from our expert.

Video Transcript

"Hi there, I'm Tracy Goodwin and I'm the red sweater lady and today we're going to talk about how to do a thorough warm up for actors or speakers and I can't stress enough how essential the warm up is, whether it's before an audition if you're an actor or whether it's before an acting job or a voice over job or if you're a speaker before you go out and give your speech and this is whether you're speaking for a class assignment or whether you're a professional speaker or have been asked to give a speech for a professional organization. The warm up is essential and really doesn't have to be that extensive. There are a few main things that you really need to do. Maybe takes you thirty minutes or less but I want to touch base of all the components of a thorough warm up."