Does Your Audience Make You Nervous?

During one of my presentation skills coaching programs, one of the attendees said to another attendee when he presented to us: "Do we make you nervous?" He then replied with a statement that I thought was so profound I just had to blog about it. He said: "I wouldn't put that on you. I bring it on myself."

Your audience does not make you nervous. You make yourself nervous. It's up to you to be nervous or not. Remember that just because you may be nervous doesn't mean you have to show it. Act as if you have total confidence when you speak in public.