At Career Coach ie on June 12, 2020 there was an article by Joy
Woods titled Everything you need to know about public speaking that opened by
claiming without a supporting reference that:
“Public speaking can be considered one of the five scariest
things people have today. It even (is) scarier than death to some. Given how scary
speaking in public can be for some, it’s a good idea to be ready in advance.
Use the following tips to help you with your public speaking.”
Then in the fifth paragraph she advised:
“Make sure you have a good understanding about your topic
before preparing your speech. Research it from various angles so you have a
full understanding of the topic. This will pay off handsomely as your audience
asks questions.”
But she did not take her own advice. That claim about five
things is from a blog post by Sheri Ledbetter at Chapman University on October
20, 2014 titled What Americans Fear Most – New Poll from Chapman University. On
September 29, 2019 I blogged about how you should Stop playing – do serious
digging before you come up with an opening statement. In that post I pointed
out that the 2014 Chapman survey didn’t ask questions in a consistent way. Thus
those five scariest things were not a useful comparison. In all the later surveys from 2015 through 2019 fear of public speaking was no where near the top five. Another blog post of
mine on July 10, 2016 discussed how you should Beware of anything labeled as a
Complete Guide.
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