hey there! i’m a high school sophomore girl and am a bit shy and i’m not good at public speaking.
i really want this leadership position because i really care about the club. i’m not doing this just for college apps. i genuinely think i can make a great impact on this club and make it so much better.
however, i have to give a speech today in front of like 20-50 people and i’m afraid that i will mess up my speech. my speech is pretty important because a lot of people already have their minds set on voting for their friends, but for those people who don’t have friends running against me or don’t know me or my opponents, the speech is a chance to swing them over to one side or another (hopefully to me!!)
i am not really a confident person and go blank when presenting to people sometimes (not sure if i’m explaining this right, but i just go on auto-pilot).
however, i really want to do well on this speech and get the position. any tips for public speaking would help immensely.