Nobody looks at you as stupid rather, it is a wonderful thing to stand there. People concentrate more on what you are presenting rather than your posture, looks, dressing and language pattern (even though all these are very important as a presenter). Concentrate more and focus on the subject, the more focused you are the more your conscious that everyone is doing the same, thus there would be less fear of presenting.
Practice being bold. One of the major causes of fear especially of public presenting is the lack of practice and preparation. Many of the charming behaviours in human being was not there naturally, but learning and practice makes everything possible and perfect in different ways. So you can overcome this fear of presenting easily by presenting everywhere. No matter the group, be it family groups, class, working employees etc., you should not consider representative as important if you really want to get over this fear of presenting. Always practice with by continuous action, the more you do the more perfect you become.
When you find out that standing in front of people always frightens you try an alternative; sit on a chair too and cross leg to feel comfortable. This always work because of the feeling of sameness in your inner humane, thus your emotions will settle and those fears will go away.
Do not show hastiness even though you are in a hurry; prepare, prepare and prepare. Read through your speech several time, if it is necessary to cram them before presenting to the audience, do it. If you always think you may lack words to say in front of people, cramming is the best solution to keep your ego moving, thus to overcome the fear of presenting.
Sense of command or aggressiveness. Your presentation must have some sense of command in a slightly aggressive but friendly way. This builds up confident in you whenever you know how much you've cause discomfort in others.
Social with audience before speech; this will give you the chance of knowing them individually and thus keep you relax when you are on stage. Obviously, when you get used to a situation the pressure will always be low.
Learn more about speaking in the public, socializing with both genders and be comfortable of meeting new people wherever and whenever possible. The sense of knowing and feelings of new listeners always build a greater fear in presenting a speech, but getting used to this might be the only way out. In order to overcome the fear of presenting totally, one good turn deserve the other; you must be dedicated in socialization.
Positive self evaluation in presenting. Do not evaluate your person a bit lower than anyone in the crowd. Even if it was the president seated, you know how much you are greater, for he must keep shot and listen to you very careful. Make sure you win your fight of self-esteem.
All that matters most in presentation is what you are presenting. It must be valuable and direct. Stop circling you thoughts around a subject, just keep everything short and direct to the point.
Alternative Methods to Overcome Fear of Presenting
One of the funny alternative ways of overcoming presentation anxiety and fear is by PRETENCE. Pretend you are one of the professors in the universities and have come to address the students. In class, pretend to be the teacher or one of the respected head of staffs. In the public: everyone have a dream to be someone famous and popular. So just assume that you've become the person of your dreams and act in correspondence to the statue. It is very funny and thus even the excitement may bust your confidence, therefore proving yourself above the fear of presenting.
Raise your eye brow whenever you look at the audience. This worked for me like a charm without me knowing reason. I always feel better on stage when I rose my eye brows. It makes me feel confident and efficient.
Frown. This might sound unfavourable politically but it is very vital since smiling makes you look so silly and feel so stupid. Frowning will prove the seriousness in you and you could assume yourself scary, thus people will fear you rather than you fearing them. It is a quick and slightly fun way to overcome fear of presenting in the public especially in a strange place.
