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For organisers and speakers, both the in-house and the public conference can be a source of considerable stress. Indeed, surveys show that the most common phobia is public speaking, which may affect up to a fifth of the population. Yet the need to give speeches to big and small, known and unknown, friendly and hostile audiences grows as a requirement with promotion to senior management.
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Furnham, A. (2004). Conference stress. In: Management and Myths. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781403990037_10
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