Found this on Hacker News — a guy in his late 50s talking about how he still finds giving talks overwhelming. Not "still gets nervous." Overwhelming. Good to hear from someone who's done this for decades and hasn't graduated out of it.

Photo by Vitaly Gariev on Unsplash

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The method

His approach is mostly what you'd guess — record yourself, write full presenter notes instead of bullets, rehearse until the edits stop coming. Sometimes 30+ rounds. The number isn't fixed, but once you find yours, you don't talk yourself out of it, keep that the standard.

The advice:

• Record rehearsals, even if your own voice makes you cringe
• Full script as presenter notes, not bullets — at least early on
• Rehearse until the edits stop, whatever that number turns out to be for you
• Match your rehearsal setting to the real one if you can

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References

• kshacker on Hacker News