9 Ways to Hack Presentation Anxiety

1. Flip It – Pretend you anxiety is excitement
2. Visualize – Imagine an ideal speaking experience
3. Acknowledge – Say, “This is me feeling anxiety.”
4. Outsmart – Remind yourself that presentation anxiety is normal
5. Connect – shake hands with audience members before speaking
6. Be Present – Don’t think about the future
7. Reframe – Think of the presentation as a conversation
8. Reshift – Think about your audience, not yourself
9. Refocus – Know the bottomline of all your major points

Stanford Graduate School of Business