Debunking the myths of public speaking

I spend a lot of time playing devil’s advocate, so this article appealed immediately.
Mike Smith writes

We’ve all heard how frightened nearly everyone is of public speaking. Maybe that’s understandable, but it creates the potential for lots of misinformed conventional wisdom spread by people who have to make presentations but haven’t had the opportunity to learn what really works.
To help correct some misperceptions about what creates better presenters and presentations, here are eleven public speaking paradoxes for reluctant presenters to accept, embrace, and follow:

and the first heading had me hooked …
1. Minimize your public speaking nerves by looking for as big an audience as possible.
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