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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. 

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.

Includes 10 practical tips for overcoming fear.

I really like the part of this article where it begins Don't be the unspeaker. Really good tips on how to embrace your fears of Public Speaking. When I gave my speech to actuate, interacting with the audience really helped me connect with them. I could see enjoyment in their facial expressions which helped put me at ease.

Very true! "Interacting with the audience" really helps to reduce the nervousness of speaking during presentation. It makes the speech more conversational.

I liked the five points mentioned here to overcome the fear of public speaking, especially the idea of "You Don't Have to be Perfect." I have experienced during my speech preparation that aiming for the perfect speech leads to procrastination in work and further increase in the anxiety level. So, presenting the content of the speech with passion is the good strategy for making positive impression on your audience.

This site has 10 ways to conquer your frear of public speaking and common public speaking fears that have solutions for each one.

This site is from a University in Dallas about college years and ways to get through anxiety.

Have good information about what to do before, during and after a speech.

Mildred, remember to "tag" your entries. Be sure to include the "dk:confidence" tag as well, but the other tags are the most important.

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.