This was my first Better Speaker Series speech for earning my Toastmasters Advanced Communicator Silver award. It is also featured at the SPOTLIGHT network.  I originally delivered this speech on the 12th of March 2007.

As a little background, the Better Speaker Series is a special set of manuals designed for advanced Toastmasters to teach skills such as body language, organizing your speech, and more. They are generally scripted out for the speaker and most people simply read them aloud. Since I'm much too good for that, I decided to write my own take on the issue of dealing with fear and speaking.