If the thought of speaking in front of a group makes your blood run cold, here’s good news: You can employ a variety of simple tricks to take the edge off your nerves so that your delivery will be smooth and self-assured. TechRepublic Premium shares these tried-and-true techniques.

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9: Warm up

Your voice is like any other muscle in your body: If you use it cold, it won’t work well. If you roll out of bed, get dressed, drink your coffee and go give your speech, you’re going to have issues. Instead, make sure your vocal muscles are ready to work. When you give speeches, you are speaking for much longer periods at a time than you normally do. If you don’t prepare yourself you can wind up with a sore throat (or sounding like you just smoked a carton).

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