Pretty much how I do it! I got myself to the point where I enjoy public speaking during my PhD (I had to give a bunch of seminars and tutorials and stuff and at some point I just stopped being scared of public speaking because I was sick of being scared all the time, lol) and now I seek out opportunities for it at work. I pretty much lean into my enthusiasm for the subject matter as much as I can. Reframe things - I have a captive audience who is *forced* to listen to me talk about this thing I find cool and usually never get to go on at length about for *half an hour.* Real "I'm not locked in here with them, they're locked in here with me" vibes. That's where the movement comes in for me, it's just a natural expression of my enthusiasm/excitement. (I love your anecdote about closing a classmate's laptop! What a power move!) Same with knowing rather than reading - I usually write down bullet points in advance of the presentation and go over them a few times so I know the structure, but in the presentation itself I don't even have notes, I just lean into the fact that I know this shit inside and out. Doing it this way cuts my stutter down to something manageable, because I'm so focused on *what* I'm saying and now *how* I'm saying it and leaning into the enthusiasm lets me keep the anxiety to a manageable level. Preparing a speech to the point where it's memorised would probably be the best way for me to get my own stutter to balloon, since it's always worse when reading and better when I'm speaking freely. I do still stutter, of course, but tbh I think it works for the style. Like, one thing about stuttering is that it draws attention - the irregular unexpected rhythm makes you hard to tune out, while blocks heighten the listeners' anticipation of what you're going to say next. That's helpful when presenting! There was a stuttering lecturer in Australia who won an award for best lecturer of the year a while ago; when he reflected on how this could be, he mentioned these points. (Post here [https://stamma.org/your-voice/case-stuttering-lecturer](https://stamma.org/your-voice/case-stuttering-lecturer) )