The span of the person’s attention can last only up to seven minutes so the first seven minutes of your speech should contain very important words so that listeners will crave for more content and will stay focused on your talk. Introduce first yourself and then put a little conversation with the crowd to make you feel comfortable and make the people at ease with you. You can even start with a joke as an ice breaker. You just have to remember that you have prepared so well for your speech so you also have to make sure that you have shared it well, people have understood it and hopefully will learn from it.

In speaking, use simple words and you should know well the level of understanding of the crowd. It’s very awkward if you use medical terms when talking to ordinary people for they cannot just understand directly the content of the speech.

Carry yourself with confidence during delivery. Avoid distractive body gestures that will embarrass or annoy the crowd like placing hand on pocket and unnecessary body movements.

Look at the people in the eye while talking to show them that you are sincere in everything that you say. Don’t look at them as judges, look at them as if you’re just talking to your family or friends. In that way you cans somehow cope with stage anxiety.