• Find some one you admire for their speaking ability and "be them".  I've been told that when I brief or teach I do not sound like myself, well, that's true because I am not being myself.  I am actually acting like somebody else; I am trying to be that politician, that motivational speaker, that TV show host. There are a few persons that I consider the ultimate public speakers.  When I stand in front of a group I imagine myself being one of those outstanding speakers.  It takes some practice, but you will never know how capable you are until you try it.