The one trick that always helps me: When i get nervous i smile (even laugh internally) about the fact how nervous i am. It's not worth it. People come to have

The one trick that always helps me: When i get nervous i smile (even laugh internally) about the fact how nervous i am. It's not worth it. People come to have fun. Nobody hates you. The other tricks are: * Reduce slides to a minimum so you are in time for sure. Kill the boring stuff. * Build up a story through the presentation. People want to hear storys not presentations. Explain Problems, Users, Solutions. * Try to find calm points in the audience. People you maybe already know or you have spoken before. They will be your mirror to tell you that you are doing everything right. Look for people you are doing this talk for - eg Investors. They will be the ones mirroring to you when you go wrong. To repeat: Look at people and interact with them. Last of all: You are going there because you are proud of what you do. So don't be scared, be proud. And good Luck!