Introduction
Your Anxiety IQ--A Test to Determine Your Level of Stage Fright
Part One--Understanding Your Fear of Public Speaking
1. What Causes Stage Fright?
2. Identifying Your Fear-Provoking Thoughts
3. Evaluating Your Fear-Provoking Thoughts
4. Controlling Your Fear-Provoking Thoughts
Part Two--Tools for Reducing Your Fear-Provoking Thoughts
5. Setting Goals
6. Learning to Relax
7. Dealing With Avoidance and Procrastination
8. Improving Your Memory
9. Practicing for Optimal Performance
Part Three--Broadening Your Presentation Skills
10. Using the Public Speaker's Toolbox
11. Creating the Right Impression (Impression Management)
12. Using Humor in Public Speaking
13. Interviewing Successfully
14. Managing Shyness
Conclusion
Appendices
A. A Crash Course in Public Speaking
B. Relaxation Transcript
Selected References
Index
About the Author