I make my living standing in front of large groups to speak or lead seminars and workshops. I’ve been doing this for nearly 30 years and I’m pretty good at it. I am not a “natural speaker” in the sense that I can do it without some anxiety, but I’ve learned a number of strategies to make it easy for me. Foremost is the realization that members of the audience have no idea about how I feel. They don’t know if I am nervous. They do not know if I am struggling to remember what I want to say. They don’t even really know for sure that I know what I’m talking about.