As a student, you may have experienced the signs of "speaker's anxiety:"
Sweaty palms, dry mouth, shortage of breath, accelerated heartbeat, anxiety, and fear. These signs may begin right before your presentation, hours or days before it, or even at the moment you find out about it; and they can persist during your presentation. Sometimes they make it impossible for you to do a good job.

Most of the students that suffer from speakers anxiety feel and/or think that it is almost impossible to get rid of. However, there is hope. Most of the experienced speakers know today what they did not know then, which is how to fight and overcome this type of anxiety. These speakers have learned how to transform fear into confidence and self-control; and you can learn, too. In this article we will review the steps they have gone through in order to make a good presentation. The description of these steps contain some of the techniques you can use to develop self-confidence and a powerful speaker ability.

Before your presentation | Take care of yourself 
Beginning your presentation | During your presentation | After you are done

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