[imcqueen]

Totally agree with this.

A couple of other things I’ve found help me in case they help you:

- public speaking is a skill, not a talent. You can learn to be good at it with practice.

- if you are the type of person that gets nervous, you may never completely cure that, but you will learn to get through it. Many good public speakers still feel a little anxiety before speaking.

- if you have a bad presentation, don’t stress too much. The key is to not let too much time go by after a bad performance, get back out there.

I personally dread public speaking, but I have to do it regularly enough that I continuously have to work at it. I like to memorize the first few lines of any talk. Once I get a few sentences in everything falls into place. I just need to get through the first 90 seconds before my nerves pass. And it only improved through live action.