Great post by David Meerman Scott, "Top Ten Tips for Incredibly Successful Public Speaking."  Speaking in front of an audience is not easy, even if you are "a natural."  It is a craft, and these tips will help sharpen your skills.

One of the golden rules of good presentations is to NOT hand out the slides at the beginning of the presentation. My own preference is not to hand out slides at all, but the organizers and the audience want something tangible to fondle. Now, I think I've found a great solution.

I’ve just read Guy Kawasaki’s rule on how to create effective MS PowerPoint presentations. According to Kawasaki, “A PowerPoint presentation should have 10 slides, last no more than 20 minutes, and contain no font smaller than 30 points.”