I will be giving a public presentation at CA World this November, and I am quite nervous about speaking in front of a fairly large audience.

Write a post about a time when you did any public speaking or presenting, talk about how nervous you were and what tips/tricks you tried to calm your nerves.

Did anything work, how did the presentation go. I am looking for a good story and some good idea's for when I speak publicly.

I will do more than just link back to you, I will actually write a little paragraph about your post and what I thought of your situation, and I will link back to your post.

You can read my post about my upcoming speaking here:
http://www.dragonblogger.com/2008/09/dragon-bloggers-notes-giving-formal-presentations-work/

Thanks in advance