When you are going to give a speech or do some form of public speaking, you probably like many people lack confidence.
Many people are scared to be in front of people like this making it a very intimidating situation.
While you might not feel so confident, you can still appear confident while being in front of people.
Find out what you need to know.
The biggest mistake that most people do when getting in front of people is admitting that they are not very good about it and are really nervous.
While there is nothing wrong with being completely honest this way, it does hurt your confidence.
People will expect you to then be an amateur and will view you this way.
Don't do this.
If you make a mistake, don't worry about it and don't react to it.
Most people in the audience won't know that you made a mistake at all.
It's only obvious if you make note of what you did wrong or react in some sort of way.
Just ignore it and continue on.
Be sure that you do keep some notes on hand even if you know the speech or presentation well.
There are times that you will blank out and forget everything.
Be careful that you have a backup just in case this does happen to you.
Work on your nervous energy.
Many people have some sort of sway, tick, movement, or other thing that the body does when nervous.
Find out what yours is and work on not doing it all.
This will make you appear to be less nervous.
If someone gets up to leave, don't take it personally.
It's likely a different reason than they hate your speech.
Smile and enjoy yourself.
A warm attitude that is positive is one that is seen as confident.
You can't do much about the situation, so you might as well just try to enjoy yourself.