Advice for public-speaking anxiety

mommusic
Sun, 20 Feb 2011 23:04:22 +0000

Good for you, pmk!

Some people are naturally poised. I am one of the unfortunates who are kind of awkward, not graceful, not even symmetrical (good face for radio.) I have always felt awkward and assumed the audience was not having the time of their lives just looking at me. Maybe some of that was projection, but there it was.

So I think what I do now is a big old acting job. I pretend to be graceful, and show how interesting the subject matter is, and most of the time, I can forget myself and just do it.