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Presentation Skills Training: 5 Secrets For Fearless Presenting
| Guest post by: Milly Sonneman |
Article Overview: Being able to present to a small or large group, speaking in public, and standing in the spotlight can bring even the bravest leader to his or her knees. Public speaking is the number 1 fear of most business professionals. Discover 5 easy secrets to move from fear to fearless.
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Presentation Skills Training: 5 Secrets For Fearless Presenting
Being able to
present to a small or large group, speaking in public, and standing in the
spotlight can bring even the bravest leader to his or her knees. Public speaking
is the number 1 fear of most business professionals. Discover 5 easy secrets to
move from fear to fearless.
In today’s
fast-paced environment, comfort and confidence in business presenting is a
must. You must be able to present effectively to a group—whether it is a group
of peers, your superiors, or important clients.
But what if
presenting makes you feel nauseous, queasy or having the overwhelming urge to
run out of the room? If you are experiencing symptoms of presentation
anxiety, there is hope. Use these quick and easy secrets to escape the
jitters and shine in any spotlight.
As you can see
from the 5 secrets, it’s time to make friends with the entire process and
practice of presenting. Let’s jump into each of these 5 powerful secrets.
Secret 1.
Training Is Your Friend
Many
professionals not only dread presenting, they also avoid presentation
skills training. This is strange and faulty logic. When you take a
professional training seminar, you’ll get valuable insights. You’ll learn
step-by-step processes that make presenting in public much easier to do
well—and to do without fear.
Secret 2.
Technology Is Your Friend
With radical
advances in technology, it’s time to ‘make friends.’ If you’ve been resisting
presenting because you feel technophobic, all that’s about to change.
Technology has
gotten much, much simpler. For example, it’s easier these days to add colorful
graphics to your PowerPoint slides. Just click on the SmartArt icon and find
the graphic that’s right for you.
If you truly
can’t relate to high-tech presentations, then go low-tech. Use a whiteboard to
sketch while your audience watches. As this is not used as frequently as
slides, you’ll show up as creative and innovative.
Secret 3.
Presenting Is Your Friend
As
presentation experts advise: “you can do more for your career in a 5-minute
presentation than you can achieve in 5-years at your desk.” Face-to-face
presentations get you noticed by the top brass. Presenting well in front of
your boss or senior leadership puts you on the fast-track.
Secret 4.
Coaching Is Your Friend
If you’re in
luck, your company provides targeted presentation skills training. But if you
are caught in a downturn and budgets are tight, take matters into your own
hands. Get personal coaching
and you’ll get the focused attention you deserve.
More and more
professionals are opting for personal coaching delivered virtually because it
is convenient, affordable and customized to what you need most. This is hard to
achieve in a traditional classroom with 12-40 participants.
Secret 5.
Rehearsing Is Your Friend
This important
secret could be the most important. Rehearsing. Practicing. Practice your
script. Rehearse what you say. Rehearse how you move. Practice overcoming
objections. Practice responding to questions. Practice to make the most of the
technology. Practice personal strategies to present with total confidence.
Break out each
part of presenting so that you can improve your skills. The more you practice—and
get real-time feedback from a professional coach, the faster you’ll improve.
When you look
at these 5 secrets, it’s easy to see that fearless presenting
is a skill that is completely learnable. And yes, you can learn how to present
your way to the top of your career.
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