Public Speaking: Conquer Fear & Present with Confidence

Sweating hands and a racing heart before a presentation are a normal fight-or-flight response, not a character flaw. This course treats presentation fear as biology and replaces generic advice with structured preparation and evidence-based techniques, so you can deliver with confidence and stay composed when things go wrong.

Who this course is for

• Project managers and other professionals who feel anxious before presenting
• Anyone who presents at work and wants to hold the audience's attention
• Presenters who want a plan for hard questions, technology failures, and blanking mid-talk

What you'll be able to do

• Reduce anxiety with the Five by Five Rehearsal Method, controlled breathing, and an over-prepared first sixty seconds
• Reframe a presentation as a conversation and own the physical space before you begin
• Deliver with deliberate pacing, pausing, and physicality, including purposeful eye contact and movement
• Open with a story, statistic, or question, and close with a call to action, callback, or memorable line
• Handle hard questions with the bridge technique, and design slides using the Rule of Three and charts that make one point

Complete the video and knowledge check to earn up to 1.5 PDUs, credited from your recorded learning time.