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Having to give a presentation or publicly speak to an audience can be one of life's greatest fears. I know for me the idea of giving a best mans speech was terrifying but after careful planning, some drafting and going through the speech..... it was still terrifying! It went well as could be, in-fact even got plenty of congratulations from friends and family it still felt scary and thats when it went well. Im going to go through some descriptions and examine the differences in presentations and some of the skills you can learn and use to make it a little more comfortable although i think even the professionals who doe this time and again get nervous and anxious.  Fear of being judged, ridiculed, making a mistake or being criticised are all reasons why we fear it and rightly so, no one wants any of that happening to them. Firstly there is no absolute one right way to deliver a presentation, the best thing to probably be is to be authentic, genuine and speak from a place of honesty. ...