Did your parents ever tell you this? Very good advice.
If you are very nervous about a presentation it can sometimes help to have some friends in the audience. So maybe you could try making some just before you stand up to speak. Shake hands with some people, stop and talk to them for awhile, drink coffee with some, see if you can find out beforehand who will be in the audience etc etc. if you know someone in the audience you could even ask them to smile at you from time to time. It will sure make you feel better!
Some professional speakers stand by the door and shake hands with every single audience participant who enters. Excellent idea, but you need a fairly resilient right hand.
But the most important point of course is to be sure that you know your audience and have researched as much as possible of the occasion and the location.
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