Practical, modern tips - practice in realistic settings, use outlines not scripts, control your breathing, and prepare your material - to reduce public-speaking anxiety.
Four practical elements improve any presentation: connect quickly with the audience, prepare deliberately, use short personal stories, and deploy appropriate humor.
Five practical steps - purpose, preview-deliver-review, memorize start and finish, conversational writing, and connection techniques - for better in-person and virtual presentations.
Hypnosis can help reframe automatic fear responses tied to public speaking. Used alone or alongside rehearsal, coaching, and evidence-based therapies, guided hypnosis offers relaxation and mental rehearsal to reduce stage fright for some people.
Reduce public-speaking nerves by shifting attention from yourself to the audience, using simple engagement techniques, practicing deliberately, and managing breath and posture for steadier delivery.