Never did. However, I discovered that unlike delivering a monologue about the subject, which unnerved me, answering questions didn't unsettle me. So rather th

Never did. However, I discovered that unlike delivering a monologue about the subject, which unnerved me, answering questions didn't unsettle me. So rather than preparing a long speech, I just prepared a short "in a nutshell" speech, and then offered, "I'd like to hear what you think about the subject. Let's talk about what you want to talk about. Let's open the floor to questions." Interacting with questions proved more interesting, and somehow less threatening to me. And was more interesting for the audience. So my strategy was to launch into the question period as soon as possible. It worked great for me.