Theory is great but practice is better. Find and join a toastmasters club in your area or online. I might sound like an infomercial but that’s what toastmasters was created for, to provide confidence in public speaking and actually practice leadership and not just learn about it.
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#112The best way is practice -- you simply get used to anything the more you do it. When I was in HS, I joined debate club, where we spoke for 5-10 minutes at a time in front of anywhere from 5-20 club friends or opponents. When you do this repeatedly, for most people, your anxiety and nerves eventually go away, and it's just "what you do" now. The same was true of musical performance: I hated performing until I did it a…
+1 to this.
"just practice" seems trite and over-simplistic, but, it's fundamentally true.
if you can find a partner to work with is always a better way to do it.