If you are afraid of public speaking, there's a work around. Engage services of an experienced presenter or facilitator, and you act as assistant. With practice, you'll overcome your anxiety and eventually you'll be comfortable going it alone.

Here's how you get started:

1. Decide what you want to teach, and to whom. i.e. if you have a bookkeeping business, you might decide to offer instruction in basic bookkeeping to new entrepreneurs. When entrepreneurs decide it's time to contract out their bookkeeping, whose name will come to mind?

2. Decide whether your workshop is to be conference style or skill development style. In conference- style events, trainer stands at front of room and speaks, using audio-visual or other props where appropriate. Participants learn what they can from performance and from distributed handouts. In skill development workshops, participants have opportunity to practice and develop specific skills throughout course of event. If selecting latter method, you will want to limit number of participants since each will need personal attention during hands-on learning activities.

3. Next, create a preliminary outline of your workshop and activities you will be incorporating. Decide: key points, skills that your participants will acquire, and instructional method you will use to impart these skills.

4. Now, decide upon ideal length of workshop, including breaks. Determine your workshop schedule. Will it be delivered over course of a weekend? One evening a week for six weeks? Other?

The only way to build your business is to promote it to others. I see so many people who spend so much time getting ready to produce that they never get around to actually producing. They then become discouraged with their lack of success and start looking for an opportunity that might be more profitable. If you are one of these people, then I have some very sad news for you. There are no network marketing companies that will pay you for "getting ready" to produce. The only way for you to get a check is to actually produce, and this requires you making presentations.

Usually, those who spend a lot of time "getting ready" to produce are stalling. Simply put, they are afraid to make presentations, and they fear rejection. So, instead of making presentations, they spend all their time "getting ready."

What is your reason for not making presentations? If you can come up with a single answer to that question, you are making excuses. There are no reasons for you not to be making presentations.