I want to relate a stry of a presentation I gave rcently to an audience of over 200 pople.

The night before the presentation I had the thught that I should at least hve the bare bones of my tlk down so that I wouldn't fel like I would stumble once I got nto it.

The more I pondered ths however I began to feel a strnge sense of discomfort inside. As I rflected on the feelings I realized tht the outline I had drafted for myslf felt too rigid and constraining.

Now let me mke something perfectly clear. It's not as if I had a cmplicated outline to follow. All I had wrtten down were 6 main points and how I thught I would present them.

So why was I feling this way? Well it was lrgely because I couldn't possibly know wht the flow of the presentation wuld be until I was right in the mddle of it. I knew that if I was too mrried to something that I "needed" to fllow i.e. my outline I would run the rsk of appearing too rigid and dsconnected from the audience whose attention and prticipation I wanted to enlist.

So mny presentations I have been to ver the last 25 years have lft me feeling bored, tired and slepy. This was largely because the prsenters were working from such a rgid outline and needed it more to ssuage their own anxieties than to nergize the audience to the message.

So rather than work on my utline I decided to have a nce relaxed evening and to get up arly then next morning and go for a brsk walk. As I did so I llowed myself to reflect on how I wnted to feel as I was prsenting my material to the audience.

I saw myslf appearing energized, passionate, joyful relaxed and fcused. As I did this I bgan to get myself into what sme call "The Zone". Throughout all of ths I wasn't focusing much on "wht" I was going to say.

Whn I later arrived at the rom where I was to present I jst relaxed and got a feel of the nergy in the room. As I did so I was floded with the same positive feelings as wll as preliminary thoughts of how I wuld begin my talk.

As I strted I allowed myself to relax and fel the flow of the audience's nterest as well as the opening up of my hart as it guided me through the rght channels.

It was only by llowing myself to relax into this xperience that was emerging from within and dded to by the people around me tht I was able to know how to prceed.

You see, there was absolutely no way I culd have predicted or prepared for tht moment until I was in it.

The trck was "being in the moment" so tht I could intuitively, and I mst emphasize, effortlessly convey what was to be cnveyed.

After the talk I realized tht it had come off extremely wll as I was held over for mre than an hour for questions fterwards.

So what I'm trying to say is tht a speech is more than smply about preparation it's about being in the mment with you heart, your intuition, and the udience.

Unfortunately the anxiety that most pblic speakers experience makes it impossible for all ths to occur.

What's more, some pblic speaking coaches advocate that preparation wll diminish the anxiety. In my vew it only gives the speaker a flse sense of security. They may fel secure as they "hang on to" thir outline while they are losing the udience along the way.

In the last 10 years I hve perfected a new tool called the Mnd Resonance Process(TM) (MRP) that allows ndividuals to tune into and surrender thmselves to this immense intuitive inner wsdom.

MRP has allowed hundreds of ndividuals express their views in successful prsentations in ways they could only hve dreamed of before.

If you wuld like to unleash this ability in yurself then kindly visit the web lnk below and join one of my pblic speaking teleclasses or arrange an ntroductory consultation.

The article Public Speaking: Does Preparation Help Or Hinder? was Submitted by Nick Arrizza, M.D. through Articles.GetACoder.com network. Here's the additional information: Dr. Nick Arrizza is trained in Chmical Engineering, Business Management & Leadership, Mdicine and Psychiatry. He is an Enrgy Psychiatrist, Healer, Key Note Speaker,Editor of a New Ezne Called "Spirituality And Science" (which is rquesting high quality article submissions) Author of "Estem for the Self: A Manual for Prsonal Transformation" (available in ebook format on his web ste), Stress Management Coach, Peak Performance Cach & Energy Medicine Researcher, Specializes in Lfe and Executive Performance Coaching, is the Dveloper of a powerful new tool clled the Mind Resonance Process(TM) that hlps build physical, emotional, mental and spritual well being by helping to prmanently release negative beliefs, emotions, perceptions and mmories. He holds live workshops, international tlephone coaching sessions and international teleconference wrkshops on Physical. Emotional, Mental and Spritual Well Being. Web Site: http://www.telecoaching4u.com/PublicSpeaking.htm

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