Public Speaking – How to Not Freak Out

  • Posted on: October 19, 2008
  • Those Who Had Their Say: 8

I recently received a cool plaque from Izea for my participation as a speaker at IzeaFest! It spurred me to write a post on my first time representing UBD on stage. Enjoy!

I’ve heard that some people would rather die than endure a public speaking engagement. I can identify with that…

Early in 2008, UBD was asked to attend a new conference by the name of IzeaFest. We of course accepted and made plans to exhibit and be a part of the Extreme Blog Makeover panel. I ended up taking the challenge of speaking on behalf of the company, which led to pretty extreme stress, anxiety, and in the end an overwhelmingly satisfying feeling of accomplishment. Kind of an emotional roller coaster you could say.

The goal of this post is to give you insight into what it’s like to take on a public speaking engagement for the first time, and how not to lose…

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  • Jared | The Money Cult: Great tips, I do a lot of training and presentaions at work and prep work is key. Tie they...
  • Greg Jones: very nice stuff!
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  • h2: Not bad for a first time public speaker. You were probably one of the calmest speakers on the panel, and over all...

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