Myabe your anxiety is because you're focusing on the "make some slides" vs. "deliver content in a presentation format". If you adhere to guidance for the later

Myabe your anxiety is because you're focusing on the "make some slides" vs. "deliver content in a presentation format". If you adhere to guidance for the later the slides are actually pretty easy. You quickly release they are just a prop that supplements the entire production. I found the video "How To Speak by Patrick Winston" delivered to new MIT students to be very helpful: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Unzc731iCUY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Unzc731iCUY Careful - once you become attuned to pp failures you will have little tolerance for them from both other people and yourself, and good presentations are a lot of work!