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.
Robert E. Burns a visiting lecturer at Bridgewater State College talks about Speech Anxiety and the use of his method called "The 7 P's of Speech Anxiety Reduction". Moreover, he talks about how himself overcame the fear to public 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.