Sweaty hands, beating heart, and nerves up the wall. These can be common symptoms for someone who does not like or enjoy speaking in public, even if it is on a topic that they really enjoy. This can make it hard to even get up to the front to deliver the speech.

With one bad experience in public speaking, it is easy for everything to go downhill. You convince yourself that public speaking is horrible and you are just bad at it. Rather than learning some of the tips to make public speaking better, you hide right in and give up on learning techniques and skills that will make your public speaking skills better.

If you took a speech class in high school or college, you may have learned some of the tips on how to give a good presentation, but was that enough? Many teachers list out the rules and give a checklist for grading, but do not spend time actually teaching you how to give a speech that will impress. This can leave you questioning your grade and thankful when it is all over, without learning anything of value.

Just the thought of having an audience spend time staring at you, judging your words and asking questions that you do not know the answers too can be enough to make your head turn. You want to impress, but may question whether you are able to bring in the expertise and confidence that is needed to make this a reality.