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Week 6 Discussion: Delivery: the Good, the Bad, and the
Ugly
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Required Resources
Read/review the following resources for this activity:
Initial Post Instructions
Find a video or article about speech anxiety, speech content,
organization, or delivery. For the initial post,
address the following:
Follow-Up Post Instructions
Respond to at least two peers or one peer and the instructor.
Further the dialogue by providing more
information and clarification. Review your peer's posted video
or article and provide your own feedback. Did
you learn something new? How might it help you in future
presentations?
Writing Requirements
Grading
This activity will be graded using the Discussion Grading
Rubric. Please review the following link:

Course Outcomes (CO): 3, 4, 5, 6
Due Date for Initial Post: By 11:59 p.m. MT on Wednesday
Due Date for Follow-Up Posts: By 11:59 p.m. MT on Sunday
Lesson
Minimum of 1 scholarly source (in addition to the textbook)
Summarize the content.
Explain why you thought it was important.
Determine how it will help you deliver a presentation.
Include tips on verbal and nonverbal communication with
audience members of different cultures.
Minimum of 3 posts (1 initial & 2 follow-up)
APA format for in-text citations and list of references
Link (webpage): Discussion Guidelines
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)Gordon McLean (Instructor)
Oct 11, 2019
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Welcome to Week 6!

Congratulations! All of your hard work on your speech
presentation has paid
off. You have chosen your topic, researched it, organized your
notes into an
outline, worked on creating a PowerPoint presentation, and now
you are
ready to present it to your audience. So why do you feel sick to
your stomach
when you think about presenting it? Consider this:
Imagine this scenario: Linda, Simmone, Serge, and
Brian have worked with you to make a business
decision about a new company procedure. Now your
group needs to present its findings to the Board of
Directors.
Read this excerpt from the perspective of the
proverbial fly on the wall at your latest team meeting:
Linda: "I have given several presentations before,
and I am typically pretty confident, but usually I am
talking to customers or peers. This is the first time I
have had to give a presentation to any group like a
Board of Directors. I want to make a good impression,
and I know we have made a good decision. Still, to be
honest, I am worried about making a mistake or not
How important is delivery as compared to content?
Can communication anxiety actually be positive?
What are the critical elements to persuading or moving an
audience to
action?
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knowing how to answer a question."
Simmone: "Oh, come on, Linda. The Board of
Directors is made up of people just like you and me.
Let's just go and get this done so we can move on.
What is the big deal?"
Brian: "I'll tell you what the big deal is. I am a great
troubleshooter, but I do not like to get up in front of
people. Can you all just do the presentation and let
me sit in the audience in case any technical questions
come up? I'll take that on as long as I don't have to
get up and talk."
Serge: "Brian, I am with you. My accent really hinders
how I come across and how people perceive me. I get
so nervous that I feel like running out of the room. I
can't do this!"
You: "Team, this is an important presentation. We
were all a part of this decision, and we all need to be
a part of the presentation as well. A little anxiety is
good. Let's work through it together; five heads are
better than one." (Always the voice of reason, you
are!)
Does any of this sound familiar? Are any of these really you? In
the
discussions, we will take a look at the issue of communication
anxiety and

discuss effective delivery. This should certainly assist you with
polishing up
that fantastic speech you have been building for the last several
weeks.
Delivery is as important as the content of your presentations.
This week, we will look at another general purpose for
communicating:
persuasion. You have heard the phrase, "the movers and shakers
of the
world." These are the folks that have mastered the ability to
move others to
action, and to get things done. How effective are you at
motivating others? If
you want something done, you need to be able to effectively ask
for it.
Knowing how to ask others to take action and recognizing this
ability as being
critical to your upward mobility in the workplace is a vital
message of this
course.
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Outcomes
3 Deliver a presentation with a specific communication intent.
4 Determine the meaning of nonverbal communication.
5 Identify the issues of language in verbal communication.

Schedule
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How I Overcame My Fear of Public Speaking | Danish Dha…
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7)Ashley Martinez
7)
Monday
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Hello Professor & Class,
I found a video about managing pubic speaking anxiety. The
speaker begins by discussing the three
sources academics say cause anxiety: situation-based anxiety,
the audience, and our goal.

Situation based anxiety is when we are nervous to speak
because of the situation we are in. For
example, if I were in a group of people telling a story. I am not
nervous because it is focused toward a
few people. If he were to walk up to me and say, “that story
sounds fascinating, would you get up and
present that story on stage for about five minutes in front of 200
people?” Suddenly I would be extremely
nervous, not about the topic, but where I am doing the
presentation. The particular situation makes us
nervous because we see it as a performance. We see it as a right
and wrong way to get our idea across.
He then says, “in speaking, there is no right way and there is no
wrong way, there are better ways and
worse ways." He then recommends a way to get away from
performance anxiety. It involves seeing the
performance as a conversation. We reframe it as a conversation
instead of a performance. This is called
cognitive reframing which means relabeling it and seeing it
differently. In order to make speeches
conversations one must: practice conversationally in a physical
environment, use conversational
language, and use questions which helps invite dialogue.
The audience is another factor for anxiety, who is it that you are
speaking in front of. Audiences vary in
ways such as their knowledge of the topic you are discussing,
their power over you, their relationship to
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others in the room etc. To address this fear the technique that
works best is visualization. This where

you see it in your mind but don’t actually do it. Before you give
your presentation, see the environment
where you will present, get an experience of where it is, and see
who will be in the room. This way when
you present it is not new to you. You’ve seen it before in your
mind. Seeing the situation and seeing it
going positively.
Our end goal is another factor of anxiety. Our goal is what we
are trying to achieve. We have a purpose
and a message we are trying to convey. It may be to
communicate an idea, motivate an audience, or
even to get a good grade. These goals are all future focused.
The future concern is what makes us
nervous to present. The way to avoid this is to be present
oriented, meaning you are not concerned
about that future consequence. It is basically being in the
moment. He gave examples of speakers and
the way’s they stay in the moment before their speeches. One
does 100 push-ups, one listens to music,
one plays a handheld video game, sudoku, count backwards
from 100, and saying tongue twisters.
Anything that helps you stay in the moment.
This video was very interesting, and I feel that it gave great
information and examples to back up the
information. I deal with speech anxiety when I know I have to
present information in front of a group of
people. I believe the multiple tips that were listed in the video
can help me tremendously before I present
my speech. They are tips that I can use from here on out. This
can help me deliver a presentation
because it can help me to view the presentation as a
conversation, use visualization, and remain present
oriented. Another thing that I will incorporate into my speech is
an attention statement. According to the

textbook an attention statement is, “The way you focus the
audience’s attention on you and your speech”
(McLean, 2018, p. 115).
I found an article that gave tips on both verbal and nonverbal
communication for audience members from
different cultures. It included things such as body language,
language, and emotions. For body language,
they recommended not using too many hand gesture. Some
cultures appreciate them, where others may
find them offensive. Certain hand gesture have different
meanings in different cultures. For language they
recommend avoiding slang, idioms, or phrases. Last, is to keep
your emotions in check. Never lose
patience, show frustration or become angry (Vulture, 2016).
Abrahams, M. (2012, September 15). No Freaking Speaking:
Managing Public Speaking Anxiety.
Retrieved from:
No Freaking Speaking: Managing Public Speaking Anxiety
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=ZH5GpdMmIO8)
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZH5GpdMmIO8)
McLean, S. (2018). Exploring Interpersonal Communication.
[VitalSource Bookshelf]. Retrieved
from https://online.vitalsource.com/#/books/9781453390429/
(https://online.vitalsource.com/#/books/9781453390429/)
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Vulture, C. (2016, April 19). Tips on Giving Cross Cultural
Presentations. Retrieved from:
https://www.commisceo-global.com/blog/cross-cultural-
presentations
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Thanks for taking the first turn Ashley!
2)Mariel Ortiz
2)
Monday
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Hello everyone,
Public speaking is not for everyone and for those who are
anxious when speaking in front of people,
there are ways to try to ease through a speech. In the video I
watched by Clark Kegley on YouTube, he
talks about how to deal with not being nervous with five tips.
The first tip that he mentioned was “speak
one on one”, think of the audience as if you were going to talk
to them individually. If you are speaking to
a crowd of 500 people, you are speaking to one person 500
times (Kegley, 2017). Make sure that you are

not talking fast pace, instead slow down. It helps to get your
audience to understand you and deliver your
main points better. Having structure is important for you and
your audience are going to a progress with
your speech. If you have way too many bullet points to get
through, minimize them to keep the audience
engaged. This way you don’t have to worry about rushing. Act
as if it everything is going to go right
(Kegely, 2017). We are nervous because we are scared that we
might get laughed at, booed, or
something is going to go wrong, but if we can change our
mentality then we are more likely to get less
anxious. Even virtual reality can help with the anxiety of public
speaking to change their view and their
mentality (Carraher & Tanner, 2019). It is a good way to
practice your speech as if you were speaking to
hundreds of people. Finally, the last tip was to educate yourself
on how to improve your speech with
books. Each is important because it can help you become less
anxious about speaking in front of people.
For me, I get anxious right when it is my turn to give my
presentation and I speak really fast just to get it
over with then get side tracked because of it. In addition to that
when I know I’m messing up I feel like
people are cringing at me, so I think that I am going to get a
horrible grade because of it. By slowing
down when I speak and to change my mentality.
Carraher Wolverton, C., & Tanner, J. (2019). Teaching Public
Speaking to Business Students in the
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Digital Age: Updating our Methods. International Journal of
Education and Development, 15(vol 3), 22–
33.
Kegley, C. (2017). How to NOT Get Nervous Speaking in Front
of People [Video]. Retrieved from
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ciJQ6yA9HE
6:26am
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Thanks for taking the second turn Mariel!
)Johanna Vetter
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Yesterday
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Good morning class-
Public speaking is a very anxiety driven activity for all of us I
think. Just this morning I had to do a skill
demonstration for one of my nursing classes- the actual skill I
was fine with, but verbalizing all of the
appropriate steps, making sure that I don't miss anything and

also delivering it in a way that seems
professional in front of a teacher that is just staring at me. I
found an article that gives some very good
advice on overcoming some fears but also utilizing certain skills
to excel in public speaking. According to
this journal, Cornell University suggests "Sharing fears and how
to overcome them assures people that
they are not the only ones who experience nervousness in front
of groups. In fact, you’ll find that even
the most experienced presenters still have a certain level of
anxiety—they use that energy as part of their
preparation, rather than allow it to sabotage their presentation."
(Newman, 2015 pp. 9) I fully agree with
this suggestion, and it is actually part of my outline and final
goal for our CCC project. My subject was
very much focused on how to get over fear, personally and with
others, how to rely on others when you're
feeling down or not confident and how to become the best
version of yourself. Nursing school has
instilled a lot of stress and lack of self confidence in myself
because it is hard/discouraging/scary. Public
speaking is similar in terms of overcoming certain fears and
taking big leaps to succeed. It takes taking a
deep breath, trusting yourself, COMING PREPARED (because
that's the true key to success) and relying
on others to help and instill confidence. I think it takes a certain
amount of life experience to also aid in
getting over fear of public speaking- personally I think the older
I've gotten the more comfortable I've
become putting myself in situations that maybe 5 years ago
would have not been even an option. I
graduated college 7 years ago and am back in school again
because when I was 18 I wasn't in the right
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place, with lack of life experience and lack of maturity- I think
things like this also help with public
speaking.
Newman, A., (January 2015) How to feel confident for a
presentation...and overcome speech
anxiety. Cornell University. (6)1 Retrieved from:
https://scholarship.sha.cornell.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=
1015&context=chrtools
(https://scholarship.sha.cornell.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=
1015&context=chrtools)
7)Ashley Martinez
7)
Yesterday
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Hi Johanna,
Public speaking also gives me anxiety it is not the topic that I
am discussing but the fear of having
everyone stare at me. I worry about messing up and saying the
wrong thing or forgetting what I am
suppose to say. Your post was very informative and helpful.
Coming prepared, is definitely a key to
success. I believe that if you are prepared you feel more

confident going into the presentation. Not
only a presentation but even exams and nursing assessments. It
allows one to have confidence in
their self and know that deep down they will do great because
they know what know the information.
The video that I used for my initial post was very helpful and I
wanted to share a few points that the
presenter pointed out. He said that there are three sources that
cause anxiety: situation- based,
audience, and our goal (Abrahams, 2012). My biggest fear is the
audience, I fear that I will be judged
because they are smarter or more knowledgeable on the topic at
hand. He recommended going into
the presentation positive and you will have a positive outcome.
I feel that believing in yourself is
important as well. If you know deep down that you can do it and
you have that mindset, you will
achieve anything you set your mind too!
Reference:
Abrahams, M. (2012, September 15). No Freaking Speaking:
Managing Public Speaking Anxiety.
Retrieved from:
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZH5GpdMmIO8)
6:14am
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Good conversation Johanna and Ashley!
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4)Katrina Troyer
4)
Yesterday
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Hello class,
The topic I chose to talk about is speech anxiety.
Summarize the content.
Explain why you thought it was important.
I think this article is important, because it breaks down the
reasons why we have public speaking
fears. This article encourages the reader to turn their attention
away from themselves and to
instead focus their attention on the audience in order to
eliminate their public speaking fears. Our
textbook also provides several tips to improving our verbal
communication which can be applied to
public speaking fears. McLean (2018) reports these tips in
improving verbal communication as,
"defining your terms, choosing precise words, using contextual
clues, taking control of our tone,
checking for understanding, and being result oriented" (p. 170-
173). All of these things are

audience members of
different cultures.
In the article, "To Overcome Your Fear of Public Speaking,
Stop Thinking About Yourself," is
an article written by a speech coach on advise to decrease
public speaking fears in
individuals who have public speaking anxiety. The author lists
and describes what part of the
brain is involved in public speaking anxiety. Gershman (2019)
reports the part of the brain
effected as, "The amygdala, the part of the brain that helps us
respond to danger" (p. 2). The
author also describes several ways to calm this part of the brain
while speaking publicly.
According to Gershman (2019), "They key to calming the
amygdala and disarming our
organic panic button is to turn the focus away from ourselves,
away from whether we will
mess up or whether the audience will like us, and toward
helping the audience" (p. 2). The
author also explains how this solution will physically and
psychologically help us with public
speaking. Gershman (2019) also reports, "showing kindness
and generosity to others has
been shown to activate the Vegas nerve, which has the power to
calm the flight-or-fight
response" (p. 2). The author also explains ways to apply this
type of thinking in public
speaking in order to decrease our public speaking anxiety.
These tips include, "thinking about
the audience when preparing, refocusing our brain right before
speaking, and to make eye
contact while speaking" (Gershman, 2019). These tips are
guaranteed to reduce public

speaking fears and could possibly improve our overall public
speaking skills.
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This article has helped me to re-think about my fears of public
speaking. I am also guilty of being afraid of
how I might be judged if I mess up, don't say something
correctly, or forget to say something during a
speech. This article helped me re-think about this fear and
instead of focusing my attention on myself to
focus on helping my audience as a way to solve my fears of
public speaking. In addition, it also gives
several tips on how to do this. According to Gershman (2019),
"when preparing, think about audience,
right before speaking, refocus your brain, and make eye contact
while you're speaking. These tips can
help me turn my attention away from myself and to focus my
attention on my audience when speaking in
order to relieve my anxiety of public speaking.
References
Gershman, S. (2019, September 17). To Overcome Your Fear of
Public Speaking, Stop Thinking About
Yourself. Retrieved from https://eds-a-ebscohost-
com.chamberlainuniversity.idm.oclc.org/eds/pdfviewer/pdfview
er?vid=1&sid=20593e27-5539-
4886-bb35-6ab709e409a4%40sdc-v-sessmgr03 (https://eds-a-
ebscohost-
com.chamberlainuniversity.idm.oclc.org/eds/pdfviewer/pdfview

er?vid=1&sid=20593e27-5539-4886-bb35-
6ab709e409a4%40sdc-v-sessmgr03)
McLean, S. (2018). Exploring Interpersonal Communication.
[VitalSource Bookshelf]. Retrieved
from https://online.vitalsource.com/#/books/9781453390429/
(https://online.vitalsource.com/#/books/9781453390429/)
important to consider when public speaking in order to reduce
our fears of speaking publicly.
Determine how it will help you deliver a presentation.
)Johanna Vetter
)
7:43am
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Hi Katrina-
I never even thought about the part of the brain that might lead
to fear or anxiety of public speaking,
interesting! You make a good point though about turning the
attention away from us and rather onto
the people we're speaking to. I think this thought process can be
related to a lot of things in life such
as relationships or jobs. As a nurse we will be speaking to
others constantly, and most likely it'll be
under not so great circumstances for our patients. They will feel
at their most vulnerable in a hospital
with others poking around and asking personal questions. It's up
to us as nurses to make the patient
feel comfortable. If during a conversation with a patient a nurse
is keeping the conversation about

themselves and not about the patient, they might react poorly to
you. Similarly in giving a speech, if
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I'm listening to someone boast and brag about themselves while
talking to me, I will most likely lose
interest or not think as highly of them as a speaker. Speaking is
all about perception and
appropriately reaching to audience, whether it's 100 people or
just 1.
Nice job!
Johanna
7)Ashley Martinez
7)
11:17am
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Hi Katrina,
I found an article that lists various ways to help one overcome
their fear of public speaking. I wanted

to share those with you. The first thing it discusses is to start
small. Practice on friends and family,
start by speaking to smaller groups of people and build up form
there. The second thing is to prepare
thoroughly. Knowing the material you are presenting helps to
ease the anxiety. Having confidence in
yourself allows you to connect with the audience better. The
last one is to reduce stress. Right before
your speech visualize positive outcomes ad take deep breathes
to reduce stress and build
confidence (Zahorsky, 2019).
Reference: Zahorsky, D. (2019, May 1). 7 Tips to Help You
Overcome Your Fear of Public Speaking.
Retrieved from: https://www.thebalancesmb.com/overcome-
fear-of-public-speaking-2951708
3)Ronley Brown
3)
3:22am
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Hello Professor & Class,
Week 6 Discussion: Delivery: the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
The video presented by Caroline Goyder and produced by TEDx
is centred on speaking with
confidence. In the video, Caroline talks about moving from
stage-paralysis to an expressive self,
focusing on the use of voice as an effective tool for building
self-confidence from within. The

speaker argues that practice is the fundamental factor of
building self-confidence and this can be
achieved through singing (TEDx Talks, 2014). Besides, she
argues that a person with the most
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confidence in any setting is the individual with the most-relaxed
breathing pattern. Controlling
one’s breathing by staying still while communicating is the key
to attaining a relaxed confidence
power. The speaker employs a set of communication techniques
to pass has to message on self-
confidence including the use of non-verbal cues and other
figurative elements.
The essential non-verbal cues that Caroline uses in her
presentation to the diverse audience
include maintaining eye contact, the consistent use of facial
expressions, and effective use of
body posture to project self-confidence and attention (Scott,
2018). The video presentation titled
“The Surprising Secret to Speaking with Confidence” is an
effective audio-visual as it enables the
audience to read the non-verbal signals of the presentation and
subsequently, enhance their
ability to communicate effectively (Phutela, 2015). The
presentation is highly effective in building
one’s self-confidence during a public communication setting as
it proposes a set of
communication goals that an individual should consider

including practicing public speaking
through singing, maintaining a relaxed breathing pattern, and
knowing when to shut your mouth
(Boyce, 2017). Further, the presentation from Caroline Goyder
will enhance my ability to be an
effective communicator through building self-confidence. In
addition, I will need to pay attention
to feedback from the audience and maintain an open body
position at all times
References
Boyce, S. (2017). Not Just Talking: Identifying Non-Verbal
Communication Difficulties-A Life Changing
Approach. Routledge.
McLean Scott, (2018). Exploring Interpersonal Communication
(2nd ed.) Boston, MA: Flat world
Phutela, D. (2015). The importance of non-verbal
communication. IUP Journal of Soft Skills, 9(4), 43.
TEDx Talks. (2014, November 25). YouTube [Video file].
Retrieved from
The surprising secret to speaking with confidence | Caroline
Goyder | TEDxBrixton
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2MR5XbJtXU)
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2MR5XbJtXU)
8)Sandy Nguyen
8)
1:18pm

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The topic that I chose to talk about is speech anxiety
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audience members of different cultures.
Ive decided to chose an article, “Why Are We Scared of Public
Speaking.”This article states that
communicating your ideas clearly and presenting them openly in
public form is an essential component
of success across several domains of life. This article gives us
tip and trick to have a better experience
when public speaking, which can help you advance your career,
business, or even strong collaborations
in the future. If you don’t feel comfortable doing public
speaking, it can hold you back form speaking your
ideas in the future which can leads to promotions. They have a
term for people who have a fear of
speaking which is Glossophobia. Having a fear of speaking in
front of other people is a common fear
that many other people experience including me. In the article,
tell approximately 25 percent of people
have this phobia. They say that the fear of speaking is not
related to how the speaker feels, thinks, or
acts when faced with speaking in public. But there are many
reasons why people become afraid when
they have to speak in public. Four factors of fear of public

speaking is physiology, thoughts, situations,
and skills.
Explain why you thought it was important
I think this article is important, because it breaks dow the why
people have Glossophobia. This article
helps other people with this phobia to over come their fears
with tips and tricks that can help them in the
future when having to so a public speaking project. This article
explains why people have this fear.
Determine how it will help you deliver a presentation
This article helped me evaluate my fear of speaking. I tend to
stutter and mispronounce words when Im
presenting myself. This article helps understand that I’m not the
only one who has this problem, and
without practice I will never be able to get better.
Reference:
Why Are We Scared of Public Speaking? (n.d). Retrieved from
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/smashing-the-
brainblocks/201711/why-are-we-scared-
public-speaking
(https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/smashing-the-
brainblocks/201711/why-are-we-
scared-public-speaking)
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