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"The techniques I've listed are effective, but here's the thing: No list you find on the internet is going to magically make you more confident. No list is going to take action and grant you instant CSS skills, or give you extra money, or grow your savings account, or make you a better writer. In order for these techniques to be effective, you have to act on them. You have to pick one or two and practice them. Then move on to another pair and practice those." This is an interesting article that contains a lot of helpful tips and sources in how  attack every aspect of the building confidence process.

Sometimes, knowing that you SOUND confident is all you need to start actually FEELING confident. Good concrete tips, including one of my favorites about avoiding "uptalking."

I practiced speaking at the optimum pace after my first speech, and I performed well and sounded confident in my next speeches.

Self Confidence advice that has influenced my life by boosting my confidence.

I liked the points outlined on this website because we have already discussed some of this ideas during the class discussion. Also, I feel like i performed little better in my last two speeches when i worked on the points like "Expect to be nervous," "Breathe," "Connect with your audience," and "Act confident."

Very cool resource! The advice to "breathe" is a simple one, but often overlooked.

This article talks about the correct posture, smile, pitch of sound, eye contact, and long pauses as the five main points to consider for speaking with confidence. I like the idea of long pauses to minimize the fillers like "uh...,and...". This was my big problem during my speeches. I practiced my speeches with optimum pauses and it worked well for my last speech.

While this doesn't deal directly with speech confidence, it does deal with an anxiety-producing communication situation. This is posted for those group projects that many speech classes have to do, written by a fellow speech professor.

The title says it all... :)

This article really confirms everything we have been told repeatedly in our speech class. So don't avoid the speech class or beg and plead not to have to take it, as I did. Embrace the opportunity to speak in a group to gain confidence.

A very good point discussed in this article that says "Focus on your most powerful Experience" when you feel nervous before your presentation. Thinking about positive experiences helps to divert our mind from fear of speaking.

Deborah Grayson Riegel provides some insights about public speaking anxiety and how to overcome it with some simple and powerful steps like: breathing, renaming our emotions from scared to excited, among others. 

This article explains that the fear of public speaking of most people is going to give you the edge in front them if you learn to cope with the anxiety.

As I am a ESL speaker and i found it a good resource for understanding the anxiety of speaking and overcoming it for ESL speakers. I learned about speak slowly and clearly, and also about word choice for the speech that i am comfortable in speaking.

This website talks about how to choose a good speech topic. During my speech preparation, i felt that if i am comfortable about my topic or i know my topic well, it takes care of half of my nervousness about the speech delivery. So, i think having an interesting speech topic makes speeches enjoyable for the speaker as well as for the audience.

For me this article is going to be a big resource. I struggle with filler words not only in public speaking but with everyday conversations. For me it's a hard habit to break mainly because I was never allowed a chance to speak and this comment accurately explains why I use them: "Though not an issue when you're giving a speech in front of an audience, when speaking in a group setting (think work meeting) there is often a level of "competition" for the chance to talk. A pause when speaking often gives someone else the opportunity to pounce and take over the role of speaker. A filler word signals others that you're not yet done talking."

Having positive thoughts about yourself and your speaking ability can really help you improve in your speeches. This article has a short but sweet section on positive thinking, along with other awesome advice.

This article suggests eight different ways you can make a speech come to life by non-verbal communication, your body language. Along with this article, toastmasters.org has numerous helpful and useful resources. I suggest you all take a look! :)

I love this article because it gives you several different choices to work with and STRONG examples. Peter Jeff, the author, is very encouraging in this article as well. At the very end he challenges the reader to use one of these ideas on their next speech.