
Presentation Excellence: Taking Control of Your Nerves
Frozen at the microphone. Holding onto the podium for dear life. Physically shaking with nervous tension. Rapid-fire speech. Inserting non-words, uhh, umm, and ahh continually. Losing their place. Quavering voice. Deadly monotone. Shifting weight from leg to leg – almost dancing. The list goes on. Teaching presentation skills over the past 25 years has exposed us to nearly every form of nervous behavior imaginable. And every time I see someone who is battling their n