How can I not be so nervous when making speeches?

Picture everyone in their underwear? :)

You should need a lot of practice to get rid of that nervousness. once you do that many times you get accoustemed to that...

From what you have said, it sounds like you are slowly getting over you fear of public speaking. When you are speaking just imagine everybody in the room, is your best friend. Since you probably do not have a problem talking in front of your friends.

its not about the subject,,,,well you look a whole lot like my niece are you sure youre from Philipines,or Florida?? are you Rosaida?

sometimes its good to break the ice with a joke !! try to make them laugh .. I try to put them at ease I normally act as if I trip or do something stupid which comes easy for me maybe you will have to pratice a lot ...

well itseems you actually got used to your surroundings...good luck..

Hmmmm

just bei confident.I too had a similar problem.The key is in my view is practice.When u are giving presentation on the stage i would suggest you that u practice a lot with ur speech and presentation.Learn it by heart and when u forget some words try not to panic but instead replace it with some word of your own having similar meaning.Also,three or four days prior to the presentation,try saying your speech standing in front of the mirror and looking into it.this will help you from loosing your concentration also it will guide u as to what to improve. Try to express yourself by streesing on some particular words so that the feeling behind using that word can come out.Try to put smile on your face if possible,I know thats difficult but beleive me its possible. also ,be well versed with your topic try to gather all the relevant information regarding that topic so that u automatically sound confident