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Public Speaking Assessment

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Public Speaking Assessment

How comfortable are you in giving a speech? Let's check your "presentation comfort quotient" to see what skills you may need to polish before we begin examine each secret. The Following statements express feelings which many people have about presenting a speech. How many of these feelings do you share? How strong are your feelings? Circle the number on the right that best corresponds to how you feel about each one. Be honest since no one will see the score but you.

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Presentation Comfort Quotient

Please rate each statement on a scale of 1 to 5 according to following:
1= Always or Almost Always | 2= Frequently | 3= Sometimes | 4= Seldom | 5= Never

I feel nervous when I am going to have to make a presentation to several people *

1

2

3

4

5

If I am in front of a group of people, I worry about how I am doing. *

1

2

3

4

5

When I am giving speech, I try to avoid making very much eye contact with my listeners *

1

2

3

4

5

When I am making a presentation, I feel that people really aren't listening to me. *

1

2

3

4

5

I have trouble organizing my ideas *

1

2

3

4

5

Even though I am anxious for my presentation to be over, I don't know how to finish. *

1

2

3

4

5

I know I say "ah" and "and uh" too frequently *

1

2

3

4

5

I think ramble and have trouble keeping focused. *

1

2

3

4

5

I have trouble delivering bad news -- what I know my listeners don't want to hear - in a speech. *

1

2

3

4

5

I have trouble getting started. I don't know how to begin *

1

2

3

4

5

Add up the numbers for each answer you selected and the total score is your presentation comfort quotient.

Total score

Public Speaking Assessment

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