Fall 2011 Speaker Anxiety Inventory

Most people feel at least some anxiety about public speaking. I hope this course will help you learn to transform your nervousness into positive energy, but you need to begin by identifying your concerns.
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A red asterisk (*) indicates required questions.

  1. First, read the list of potential concerns below and rank them in order, starting with your greatest worry as 1, the next strongest as 2, and so on, until you have ranked all items in the list. *
        1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
    My mind going completely blank  
    Not knowing what I look and sound like to the audience  
    Being unprepared  
    Having no ideas for suitable topics  
    Appearing visibly nervous (sweating or shaking)  
    Stumbling over words  
    Eye contact (either not looking at audience members or seeing them look at me)  
    Losing my place in the outline or notes  
    Getting a grade for my performance  
    Not speaking as well as my classmates do  





Mrs. Crites
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