IDG Contributor Network: Overcoming presentation nerves

Asked to identify three concerns they have when called upon to deliver a business presentation, the tech managers I survey most often identify “nerves” as one of their top concern. Whether they call it nerves, anxiety, stage fright, or fear, the experience they describe is one of physical discomfort. It is an experience many of us associate with giving a presentation and it is an experience most would rather not have. Certainly, it is an experience we want to keep hidden from the au