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Even the most confident professionals feel nervous before public speaking. The good news is, nerves are normal—and they can even help sharpen your performance. But when nerves take over, they can affect your delivery. That’s where training and preparation come in.

At The Presenter Studio, we work with clients who have to speak under pressure—live TV, investor meetings, high-stakes interviews. We’ve developed techniques to manage nerves and help you feel in control.

The first step is breathing. Shallow breathing fuels anxiety. Practice slowing your breath and grounding your voice from your stomach. This will also help you speak with more presence.

Visualisation is another helpful tool. Take a few minutes to picture yourself on stage, speaking calmly and clearly. It helps trick your brain into thinking you’ve already done it successfully.

And finally, focus on your audience—not yourself. Nervous speakers often worry how they’re being judged. But your job is to deliver value. Think about what your audience needs to hear and how you can help them.

To work with our team of TV producers turned communication coaches, explore our presentation skills training at:  https://www.presenterstudio.com/business-presenter-training/presentation-skills-training

I recently went to a concert at the Royal Festival Hall in London to watch the violinist Nigel Kennedy perform and his performance reminded me so much about the presentation skills and media training work we do at The Presenter Studio.

Nigel was performing the classic Vivaldi's Four Seasons but this wasn't Nigel giving a note perfect technical performance this was Nigel giving his own interpretation of how that music should sound and feel.

And it reminded me of the one thing that most of our clients at The Presenter Studio find hard to master and it's the one thing that we love helping with - and that's making things their own.

There's a long tradition and presentation skills of copy and pasting embracing the corporate voice, sounding 'professional', hiding behind slides - but is that really the most authentic way of communicating?  Is that really your own take on how to present information? 

So the next time you're doing a presentation think about your favorite performer, musician, or actor and how they own their content and make it very much their own.  And that's what you need to do in your presentation to give it the impact it deserves.

For more information about how we work at The Presenter Studio visit:  https://www.presenterstudio.com/business-presenter-training/presentation-skills-training