Practising public speaking

[JNB]

Hi,

I am one of those unfortunate people who has a genuine phobia about standing up in front of a group of people and delivering a speech. It is a problem I urgently need to overcome as I have a few very important presentations coming up.

I don't want to attend a course on this, as I don't think my problem can be solved by lessons. I would like to join a group where I can practise standing up in front of a group of strangers and delivering a speech.

Does anyone know of a group or organisation I could get in touch with?