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I was always terrified of talking in public until I realized that 90% of the fear goes away if you know your material cold. From that point forward, I always made sure I was beyond prepared, and never had a problem after that.

>Many user group presenters don't have speaking skills, but I give them lots of credit for taking time to do the prep and presentation. Remember that public speaking is people's number one fear... death is number 2 (I wonder where that would put dieing while speaking in public *G*)....
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>Don't give up on them...they are a great resource.
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>>I have been, and they were pretty dry and boring. Good points though. I could see the looking for work thing being exceptionally useful.
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