Here's how you can conquer nervousness and anxiety when presenting as a self-employed professional.

One most and interesting thing which I have learned in my career is to prepare yourself at highest. It will boost our confidence. We must try to prepare ourself as a reviewer or listener. Then we will be ready to face everyone in front of us.

Always be confident while presenting a presentation. Confidence is the key to the best presentation. Be confident on all the topic you are presenting. Practice your presentation.

Preparation and practice is the key for a confident preparation. No other tool is as much effective as it is. So work hard on preparation on the subject.

Preparation and practice is key. You don't need to memorize your talk. You should have a list of bullet items you want to cover and practice what you want to say about each point. Video and watch it.

Medium matters. That is, if you're over Zoom, that's a very different presentation than being in the room. It's akin to the difference between stage acting and on camera acting. Some tips for Zoom: 1. Make sure there is light in your eyes and you're not backlit. A quick web search for "catch lights photography" can explain why that's important. 2. Camera position speaks as loud as you do. That is, position the camera just above your eye line. This is a very flattering angle for your face. 3. Sounds matters big time. Use a mic or a headset. While visuals do matter, your audience will forgive poor visuals before the forgive poor sound.

Visualization is great. You should visualize yourself giving the presentation. Also visualize after the presentation, see the positive feedback, the host inviting you back and any other specific outcomes you desire.

Don't visualize how the presentation should go. Visualize, yourself after you've achieved the 'outcome' you want from the presentation. The reason for this, is something that can trip us up is imagining how we'll behave during the presentation. Since presentations are about moments and not about words, you cannot (and don't want to know) how you'll behave before you get to that moment. Of course you'll have slides and talking points and you won't go off track but there needs to be some unpredictability in delivery if you want to captivate your audience. So think about what you you'll feel like after you've achieved your desired outcome and bring that vibe to the beginning of the presentation.

Breathing is very important. Take frequent pauses and breath. This is very calming, and also helps make your message sink in. Also, before you take the stage, take some deep breathes, make yourself big, stretch, and then give yourself a couple of yes,yes,yeses to get ready.

Long ago in my almost 30 year corporate life, I would view many decisions as this. . what is the worst that can happen ? I could die, okay anything less than that I can accept. Guess what? I didn't die.

If your nerves get in the way of your speaking, then open with a story where you are nervous. Put the anxiety to work for you. As the story moves on, your confidence as a speaker and as a character pick up.

We built my brand marketing firm on networking alone. We've still not done any advertising. One of the things that supported this was starting every meeting letting the other speak first and truly listening with the intent to understand. Then we would give back what we heard and make sure we got a "that's right" before we moved further. It was incredibly helpful for market research and also helped make people feel seen and heard (which is rare).

Engaging the audience is my favorite part of any talk I have ever given.Sprinkling that in also allows you to take a breath, repeat the questions and move along.

In my experience, I not only need constructive self criticism, but I also need constructive feedback from my peers. It can be SO challenging to hear the good, the bad, and the ugly but moving through the bad and ugly help us improve. Respectful suggestions need to be listened to.

Self evaluation is key, also if possible getting feedback from your audience can be helpful.. or hurtful but still a learning opportunity