If you dread public speaking, Tanya Livesey has some advice If you’ve ever been caught in the crosshairs of fully-fledged stage-fright it’s no laughing matter. It’s the very definition of ‘freeze’ ...

We asked those in the know how to fight the fear of taking part... My first experience of public speaking? I said 'good afternoon, we’d like to give you a well warm-come'... I decided comedy was ...

More people fear public speaking than spiders, heights, or even death — meaning, as comedian Jerry Seinfeld once put it, most folks would rather be in the casket than delivering the eulogy.

As comedian Jerry Seinfeld famously noted, “Public speaking is the #1 fear of the average person. #2 is death.” This means more people would rather be in the casket at a funeral than give the ...

However, an extreme fear of public speaking is a phobia called glossophobia. Glossophobia is a subset of social phobia or the fear of social situations where one is being watched or judged by others.

Today is World Speech Day, a day where we are called upon to embrace public speaking opportunities. Unfortunately, this call to action is unlikely to be widely embraced given that the majority of ...