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I’ve always struggled with this too. 10+ years in! Oddly enough, coaching youth sports helped me overcome a lot of my confidence issues with it. For me speaking to 40-50 junior high kids was a great way to practice my speaking skills. Much easier than speaking to a room of potential investors or business people!
I used to (and sometimes still will) write my presentation down word for word. Then rehearse it over and over again until it became natural. It allowed me to relax a little and not be so nervous because I didn’t worry about what I was going to say. Then the more presentations you do the easier it gets and the more natural you become. Also because you’ve memorized so many presentations over the years, you can pull from and pick and choose pieces or parts of prior presentations and look and sound polished. On another note, I’ve heard good things about the Toastmasters clubs
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Practice in front of a mirror. Speak slowly, pause, repeat