48. How to manage public speaking nerves

Nerves are a completely normal part of giving a talk and as you’ve probably heard many times – nerves are a good thing! Feeling nervous means you care about this presentation which will help you to do a great job. But nerves can also be very unsettling and even completely debilitating. The good news is that there are plenty of things you can do to help manage your nerves. In this episode, Michael and Jen share their advice on what you can do before and during a talk to get your nerves under control and not only give a fantastic talk, but enjoy it too.

Here are a couple of useful articles to help you learn to manage nerves:

Can Three Words Turn Anxiety Into Success?

Reframing stress - stage fright can be your friend 

Get Excited: Reappraising Pre-Performance Anxiety as Excitement

To Overcome Your Fear of Public Speaking, Stop Thinking About Yourself

How I overcame the fear of public speaking

Transcript: https://go.unimelb.edu.au/y4js