My late bloke was an excellent after dinner speaker, but got horribly nervous beforehand. To the point of vomiting with nerves. He eventually figured out how to manage his anxiety by playing cats cradle while he was waiting to be introduced to the audience. The simple repetition of the hand movements helped him through those awful minutes before he started to speak. He was fine once he got going. Zillions of vidjos on youtube on how to do it. He liked doing the apache door more than the eiffel tower or witches broom one as it was more complex and required more attention. And the evidence could be stowed in a pocket quickly when he stepped up to perform. Pre-performance anxiety is very real and can be very debilitating, but tends to evaporate once the performance starts. Hope this helps a bit.
A few years by now - sort of over all the hard stuff. I’m pretty sure you’ll be fine for the presentation. My personal opinion is that the harder the pre-performance stuff hits, the better the actual performance. Which sounds kinda weird but this is what I’ve observed. Would also recommend not ignoring the post performance stuff. Like having a mental list of things to do immediately after you’ve finished - from packing up the equipment to organising notes etc. This really helps conquer the jitters.
My late bloke was an excellent after dinner speaker, but got horribly nervous beforehand. To the point of vomiting with nerves. He eventually figured out how to manage his anxiety by playing cats cradle while he was waiting to be introduced to the audience. The simple repetition of the hand movements helped him through those awful minutes before he started to speak. He was fine once he got going. Zillions of vidjos on youtube on how to do it. He liked doing the apache door more than the eiffel tower or witches broom one as it was more complex and required more attention. And the evidence could be stowed in a pocket quickly when he stepped up to perform. Pre-performance anxiety is very real and can be very debilitating, but tends to evaporate once the performance starts. Hope this helps a bit.
Thank you!! I’ll look these techniques up on YouTube 😊Also sorry for your loss
A few years by now - sort of over all the hard stuff. I’m pretty sure you’ll be fine for the presentation. My personal opinion is that the harder the pre-performance stuff hits, the better the actual performance. Which sounds kinda weird but this is what I’ve observed. Would also recommend not ignoring the post performance stuff. Like having a mental list of things to do immediately after you’ve finished - from packing up the equipment to organising notes etc. This really helps conquer the jitters.