Characterized by an increase in physiological arousal (e.g. increased heart rate) and an intense fear of what other people are thinking (e.g. I’m appearing incompetent) [6], public speaking anxiety can lead to ineffective speech preparation [7], degraded performance quality [16] and increased speech disturbances [13]. Often categorized as either a trait or a state, public speaking anxiety has been linked to environmental factors such as the size of the audience as well as the number of co-presenters present [11].