Why do I sometimes blank out and loose my thoughts during a speech?

How can I be more focused at the podium other than holding my notes?

Answer:
You are nervous and therefore tend to forget and loose your thoughts, simple practice speeches with a friend sitting in front of you and family member.just practice with an audience...
Depends; Do you care about what you give speeches on?
add...lol I dont know maybe u need to focus more
I wish I knew because I do the same thing.
Let me guess, you always blank out whenever you glance up at the audience. This is normal. Few people want to admit it, but most people have some degree of stage fright. Hell, even I have it. I can barely read to the class in my english class without screwing up.
But as for the speeches, what you should try, is before you start your speech, survey the audience. Think to yourself: "These people want to hear what I'm going to say. They want me to talk."
Seek out people you know, or people you are framiliar with, when your talking, look at them when you glance up, but don't just look at one person. Go around from one face to another. If there isn't anybody there that you know, then look specific people, don't look at the audience as a whole, but more as a gathering of individuals, which it is anyway. When you focus on peoples faced individually, it gives you a sense that it is a crowd of individuals, and you are put on less of a defense mode.
I hope this advice helps. Good luck on your next speech.

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