ABSTRACT
Most people are anxious about standing in front of an audience to deliver a talk. One US survey found that ‘giving a speech is the greatest fear people possess; they fear it even more than dying’ (Rasberry and Lemoine, 1986, p. 178). A survey by the Aziz Corporation in the United Kingdom found that 76 per cent of people in business believe that public presentations are ‘the most daunting task they have to do in the world of commerce’ (Aziz, 2000, p. 49).
