stage fright

(noun)

A state of nervousness about performing some action in front of a group of people, on or off a stage; nerves; uncertainty; a lack of self-assurance before an audience.

Related Terms

Examples of stage fright in the following topics:

  • Practicing through Anxiety

    • There are many ideas on how to mitigate the effects of stage fright, such as through thorough preparation and rehearsal.
    • Stage fright or performance anxiety is the anxiety, fear, or persistent phobia that may be aroused in an individual by the requirement to perform in front of an audience, whether actually or potentially (for example, when performing before a camera).
    • In some cases, stage fright may be a part of a larger pattern of social phobia or social anxiety disorder, but many people experience stage fright without any wider problems.
    • There are many ideas on how to mitigate the effects of stage fright.

  • Dealing with a Difficult Audience

    • Not only do presenters have to deal with stage fright, but they have to deal with a difficult audience.

  • The stages of going international

    • Firms typically approach involvement in international marketing rather cautiously, and there appears to exist an underlying lifecycle that has a series of critical success factors that change as a firm moves through each stage.

  • Using a Product Life Cycle Framework

    • For example, differences in the competitive situation during each of these stages may dictate different marketing approaches.
    • As such, the manager must find new products to replace those that are in the declining stage of the product lifecycle and learn how to manage products optimally as they move from one stage to the next.
    • The five stages of the product life cycle and their components can be defined as follows:
    • For example, differences in the competitive situation during each of these stages may dictate different marketing approaches.
    • Thus, the marketer must be cognizant of the generalizations that apply to a given product as it moves through the various stages.

  • Analyzing every stage of production

    • After every stage of production has been laid out, the next phase is to break the stages down into subtasks for further analysis.

  • Laying the groundwork

  • Change from another angle

    • Kurt Lewin later developed his Force Field Theory further (with input from Edgar Schein) by introducing a ‘Three Stage Approach to Change Behavior'.
    • At this stage, only a general consensus is required in which everyone agrees that something new has to be done.

  • Organizational stages of growth

    • As an organization grows, it generally progresses through four stages of increasingly formal management structures.
    • Stage 1: In a one-person operation, the owner does everything: sales, bookkeeping, marketing, production and so on.
    • Stage 2: As more people join an organization, the business owner becomes a player-coach.
    • Stage 3: Firms reach a major milestone in organizational development when they add an additional level of supervision.
    • ("Entrepreneurial Firms: An Examination of Organizational Structure and Management Roles Across Life Cycle Stages," Watson, Kathleen M., Plascha, Gerhard R., paper presented at U.S.

  • Commercialization

    • This actual launch of a new product is the final stage of new product development, and the one where the most money will have to be spent for advertising, sales promotion, and other marketing efforts.
    • Commercialization is a stage-wise process, and each stage has its own key goals and milestones.

  • Analyzing the Options

    • Evaluating the alternatives can be said to be one of the most important stages of the decision-making process .
    • This is the stage where you have to analyze each alternative that you have come up with.
    • At this stage, you can also filter out the options that you think are impossible or do not serve your purpose.