Are you A guppy in a shark tank?

One day I approached a client who was scheduled to present his first informative speech and he looked terrified! He was sweating, had almost no color in his cheeks, and his hands were shaking. I sat with him in the corner of the room for a few minutes and tried to help calm his fears. Following my instincts, I told the client that I was confident he would do a great job! For weeks I watched this same man present impromptu speeches and he clearly had no trouble communicating his ideas to others; yet, here he was looking quite frazzled. After a few minutes of “pep talk”, I asked him to take a deep breath and then tell me exactly how he felt. He looked directly at me and said in a quivering voice, “Have you ever felt like a guppy in a shark tank?”

Truthfully, we can all say that we have felt like a guppy in a shark tank when faced with presenting a speech! We feel like ALL eyes are on us and that we are the “tender morsel of the day”. We believe the audience members are all staring at every part of our bodies, evaluating every piece of clothing, shoes, even judging the fact that we brought note-cards to the lectern. They are listening to every word and hearing every unplanned pause, every stutter or stumble, and are critically judging us and finding fault with the information we are trying to share. Yes, we know what it feels like to be a guppy in the shark tank!

You don’t have to feel like a guppy any longer – YOU can be the Shark! Using the Speech Shark APP will help you maneuver your way through murky communication waters and move confidently and fearlessly toward your goal! So, grab your device, click over to your speech notes, and walk to the stage area prepared to knock them out of the water! Make your points clearly because you wrote the speech with the end purpose and your audience in mind! Your speech is going to be EPIC!