12 Ways to Survive Your Moment in the Spotlight

Simple tips to deliver a successful speaking presentation

I didn’t feel ready.

As a result, I couldn’t sleep in the fancy hotel room that my client had paid for, certainly hoping I’d get a good night’s sleep before speaking to 300 of their leaders the next day.

But this was my first full-pay speaking gig and I was so anxious to make it go well that I left my room at 1 am, took the elevator to the conference leve…