Do you get nervous before delivering a presentation?

If you don’t then you are one of a kind.  Most, if not all, find the prospect scary and some nerves are a quite natural human reaction.  The trick, to adapt a lovely quote, is to to accept your butterflies but just try to get them to fly in formation. 

How do you do that? 

Here’s some checkpoints:  

• Do your preparation
• Know your subject, rehearse, be organised
• Take slow breaths – makes you feel better
• Take glass of water (mouth may go dry)
• Keep calm
• Encourage some interaction with the audience
• Act as though you are assured and confident
• Remember: first minute sets the tone:
• Breathe!
• Talk consciously slowly – give yourself time to think