Taking Beta-Blockers to Calm Your Nerves

Learn if you should use beta-blockers to calm your nerves before giving a speech, with this public speaking training video from Howcast.

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How to Use Humor in a Speech | Public Speaking
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How to Use Humor in a Speech
How to Make a Speech in a Business Setting | Public Speaking
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How to Make a Speech in a Business Setting
How to Manage Time when Giving a Speech | Public Speaking Training
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How to Manage Time when Giving a Speech
How to Make a Presentation Memorable | Public Speaking Training
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How to Make a Presentation Memorable
Great Ways to Open a Speech | Public Speaking Training
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Great Ways to Open a Speech
How to Use Storytelling in a Speech | Public Speaking Training
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How to Use Storytelling in a Speech
Public Speaking Rules You Should Never Break | Public Speaking Training
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Public Speaking Rules You Should Never Break
How to Prepare a Speech | Public Speaking Training
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How to Prepare a Speech
How to Pace a Speech | Public Speaking Training
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How to Pace a Speech
How to Close a Speech | Public Speaking Training
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How to Close a Speech
How to Put Your Audience at Ease | Public Speaking Training
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How to Put Your Audience at Ease
How to Speak with Confidence | Public Speaking Training
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How to Speak with Confidence
How to Overcome Stage Fright | Public Speaking Training
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How to Overcome Stage Fright
What to Do if You Don't Like Your Voice | Public Speaking Training
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What to Do if You Don't Like Your Voice
How to Start a Speech with an Icebreaker | Public Speaking Training
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How to Start a Speech with an Icebreaker
PowerPoint Presentation Do's and Don'ts | Public Speaking Training
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PowerPoint Presentation Do's and Don'ts
How Many Slides to Put in a PowerPoint Presentation | Public Speaking Training
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How Many Slides to Put in a PowerPoint Presentation
PowerPoint Presentation Bullet Point Do's and Don'ts | Public Speaking Training
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PowerPoint Presentation Bullet Point Do's and Don'ts
How to Use Special Effects in a PowerPoint Presentation | Public Speaking
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How to Use Special Effects in a PowerPoint Presentation
How to Make a Speech Powerful and Persuasive | Public Speaking Training
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How to Make a Speech Powerful and Persuasive
How to Make a Great Introduction Speech | Public Speaking Training
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How to Make a Great Introduction Speech
How to Make an Acceptance Speech | Public Speaking Training
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How to Make an Acceptance Speech
How to Deliver a Eulogy | Public Speaking Training
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How to Deliver a Eulogy
How to Speak in Front of a Big Crowd | Public Speaking Training
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How to Speak in Front of a Big Crowd
How to Keep Your Audience's Attention | Public Speaking Training
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How to Keep Your Audience's Attention
Why You Should Never Memorize a Speech | Public Speaking Training
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Why You Should Never Memorize a Speech
How to Use Notes during a Speech | Public Speaking Training
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How to Use Notes during a Speech
How to Prepare Note Cards for a Speech | Public Speaking Training
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How to Prepare Note Cards for a Speech
How to Handle Questions from the Audience | Public Speaking Training
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How to Handle Questions from the Audience
How to Handle a Heckler | Public Speaking Training
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How to Handle a Heckler
What to Do if You're Losing Your Audience | Public Speaking Training
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What to Do if You're Losing Your Audience
How to Keep Your Speech from Being Boring | Public Speaking Training
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How to Keep Your Speech from Being Boring
How to Recover from a Memory Lapse during a Speech | Public Speaking Training
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How to Recover from a Memory Lapse during a Speech
How to Avoid Giving a Bad Speech | Public Speaking Training
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How to Avoid Giving a Bad Speech
How to Smile during a Speech | Public Speaking Training
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How to Smile during a Speech
How to Know if Your Speech Was Effective | Public Speaking Training
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How to Know if Your Speech Was Effective
How to Deal with Malfunctions during a Speech | Public Speaking Training
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How to Deal with Malfunctions during a Speech
How to Speak in Sound Bites | Public Speaking Training
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How to Speak in Sound Bites
Should You Wear Glasses during a Speech? | Public Speaking Training
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Should You Wear Glasses during a Speech?
How to Make Eye Contact with Your Audience | Public Speaking Training
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How to Make Eye Contact with Your Audience
How to Look Better on Skype | Public Speaking Training
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How to Look Better on Skype
How to Give a Speech on Live TV | Public Speaking Training
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How to Give a Speech on Live TV
How to Speak during a Live Interview | Public Speaking Training
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How to Speak during a Live Interview
Where to Look during a TV Interview | Public Speaking Training
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Where to Look during a TV Interview
How to Make a YouTube Video Talking into a Webcam | Public Speaking Training
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How to Make a YouTube Video Talking into a Webcam
How Women Should Alter their Voice during a Speech | Public Speaking Training
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How Women Should Alter their Voice during a Speech
How to Stop Saying "Um" and "Ah" when You Speak | Public Speaking Training
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How to Stop Saying "Um" and "Ah" when You Speak
How to Make a Presentation in High School or College | Public Speaking Training
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How to Make a Presentation in High School or College
What Is Media Training? | Public Speaking Training
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What Is Media Training?
What You Learn in Media Training | Public Speaking Training
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What You Learn in Media Training
How to Give a Speech like Bill Clinton | Public Speaking Training
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How to Give a Speech like Bill Clinton
How to Give a Speech like Barack Obama | Public Speaking Training
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How to Give a Speech like Barack Obama
How to Give a Speech like Steve Jobs | Public Speaking Training
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How to Give a Speech like Steve Jobs
How to Give a Speech like Ronald Reagan | Public Speaking Training
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How to Give a Speech like Ronald Reagan
How to Give a Speech like Warren Buffett | Public Speaking Training
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How to Give a Speech like Warren Buffett
How to Learn from Hilary Clinton's Speaking Style | Public Speaking Training
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How to Learn from Hilary Clinton's Speaking Style
How to Learn from Mitt Romney's Speaking Style | Public Speaking Training
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How to Learn from Mitt Romney's Speaking Style
How to Give a Technical Speech | Public Speaking Training
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How to Give a Technical Speech
How to Recover from Making a Mistake in a Speech | Public Speaking Training
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How to Recover from Making a Mistake in a Speech
How to Use a Teleprompter | Public Speaking Training
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How to Use a Teleprompter
How Long a Speech Should Be | Public Speaking Training
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How Long a Speech Should Be
How to Prepare for a Media Interview | Public Speaking Training
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How to Prepare for a Media Interview
How to Give an Effective Sales Presentation | Public Speaking Training
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How to Give an Effective Sales Presentation
How to Give a Motivational Speech | Public Speaking Training
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How to Give a Motivational Speech
How to Do Research for a Presentation | Public Speaking Training
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How to Do Research for a Presentation
What to Wear for a TV Interview | Public Speaking Training
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What to Wear for a TV Interview
How to Not Look Fat on TV | Public Speaking Training
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How to Not Look Fat on TV
How Many Messages to Cover in a Speech | Public Speaking Training
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How Many Messages to Cover in a Speech
How to Sound Conversational in a Speech | Public Speaking Training
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How to Sound Conversational in a Speech
How to Use Body Language during a Speech | Public Speaking Training
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How to Use Body Language during a Speech
How to Make a Toast | Public Speaking Training
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How to Make a Toast
Using Alcohol to Calm Your Nerves before a Speech | Public Speaking Training
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Using Alcohol to Calm Your Nerves before a Speech
Taking Beta-Blockers to Calm Your Nerves | Public Speaking Training
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Taking Beta-Blockers to Calm Your Nerves
How to Make an Audience Like You | Public Speaking Training
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How to Make an Audience Like You
How to Deal with People Texting during Your Speech | Public Speaking Training
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How to Deal with People Texting during Your Speech
How to Move around while Making a Speech | Public Speaking Training
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How to Move around while Making a Speech
What to Do with Your Hands when Making a Speech | Public Speaking Training
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What to Do with Your Hands when Making a Speech
How to Dress to Make a Speech | Public Speaking Training
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How to Dress to Make a Speech
How to Speak into a Microphone | Public Speaking Training
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How to Speak into a Microphone
What Makeup Men Should Wear on TV | Public Speaking Training
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What Makeup Men Should Wear on TV
How to Improve Your Public Speaking with TJ Walker
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How to Improve Your Public Speaking with TJ Walker
 

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    TJ Walker is the CEO and founder of Media Training Worldwide. With more than 25 years of experience, Walker has been the personal presentation / media coach to Presidents, Prime Ministers, CEOs, US Senators, Super Bowl Winners, and Nobel Peace Prize winners. Host of the #1 speaking-related Internet TV show seen on YouTube and syndicated throughout the Internet, Walker is also seen frequently on Foxnews.com and WallStreetJournal.com. A pioneer in adapting technology, TJ Walker has developed the first interactive online presentation and media training courses allowing students to rehears, record, and playback their video from the privacy of their home or office. TJ Walker has been called the leading speaking expert / media trainer in the world by Bloomberg TV, Comedy Central's "The Daily Show" and Fox News.