Audiences want you to be interesting, stimulating, informative, and entertaining. If you mention your nervousness or apologize for any problems you think you have with your speech, you may be calling the audience's attention to something they hadn't noticed. Concentrate on the message, not the medium. Focus your attention away from your own anxieties, and outwardly toward your message and your audience. 9. Turn nervousness into positive energy.
Experience builds confidence, which is the key to effective speaking.
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