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If possible, go first. The longer you wait, the more that nervousness builds up. If you get it over with immediately, then you just get to chill and listen to everybody else....

Proper preparation is key for success when giving any sort of oral presentation. This is true for people who stutter and for people who are fluent. If anyone, pws or not, tells you otherwise they are ...

Practice the presentation a lot. To the point where you have it down pat. When presenting, it will come to you more naturally. If you can gain access to the room you'll be presenting in, practice th...

This is honestly one of my biggest fears. But over the past few years I’ve talked to cops a few places. It helps that I’m not being pulled over … I’m talking to them at public events I’m photographing...

no one has really been rude to me for the past few months, even in college all my classmates wait patiently while i speak , my parents do get annoyed tho sometimes and disappointed when i stutter and ...

Keep practicing. I had a similar presentation as your’s and I was deathly afraid, however, I spent a good 4 hours practicing on my own and when it came time for me to actually present, I didn’t stutte...

I struggle with service settings as well! I think for me it’s because of a couple things. A big thing is that customer service settings seem to be the main place where I face discrimination now that...

Reminds me of a story Stuttering John told about meeting a young guy who stuttered. The guy liked this girl, wanted to ask her out, but was really nervous about stuttering on their first date. John re...

It used to be 3 weeks, now it’s 2. They teach stretches syllable and gentle onset. I saw severe stutterers be able to say their name without fear. This forum tends to crap on them, but I liked it. ...

for people who wants to know: i did the presentation today with my colleagues, i was nervous for sure, everybody tells me i was amazing and everything was perfect, personally i feel average , i did be...

Go for it! I did summer research programs like that in college and they were always a great experience - you get a much better taste of what research is like working full time rather than the few hour...

There are very good recommendations in here. I did record my presentations in advance for many occasions. I must warn you that it is a lot of extra work if you've never used editing software before....

I had a presentation in front of around 50 people including Professors and students. I had 5 minutes to give overview of my ongoing research work. I did it in 5 minutes 15 seconds with pretty much bad...

Ditto. Memorizing it really helps for me, even if I don't stick to it. I also rework parts that I stumble on repeatedly so they're easier to say....

First you have to practice reading it aloud and find out which are the words you are struggling with the most (for me it's words that start with n,a,e,i,u) Then you can change the words by using a sy...

When I have been in these situations, what works better for me is to practice what I’m going to say until I memorize it (for some reason, I tend to stutter more when I’m improvising) and talking slowl...

In the communication class (a million years ago) we stood up and spoke in front of the class regularly. Volunteer to present first. Sitting and dreading your turn will only up the anxiety. Be bold....

Practice… Practice… Practice. First with an audience of 2… Then a few more… Then a few more. Work on tactful usage of pauses and breathing. Finally, as someone who had to do a public doctoral disserta...

I'm pretty much the exact same as you. The planned officials phone call thing is actually crippling my life. I'm also really bad with acting where I have to memorize lines or read aloud, but spontaneo...

Stuttering only when knowing the text beforehand

Stuttering only when knowing the text beforehand Hi! I block almost exclusively in these situations: * Talking to people who interrupt me often * Making "official" phone calls where I know what to sa...