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TOP 10 TIPS FOR YOUR NEXT PRESENTATION
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TOP 10 TIPS FOR YOUR NEXT PRESENTATION
Follow these 10 simple rules to create and present yourself with ease and grace.
1. Be prepared! Fill your head with knowledge before you prepare your presentation. Have seven times more useful information than you need. Present yourself to yourself first. Be mindful of the first impression you will make on your audience as you walk onto the stage. Check yourself out in a full-length mirror (all sides) in the outfit you plan to wear. Make sure it is comfortable. The final step in being prepared is: Practice. Practice. Practice.
2. Present your information in an organized manner. Try this format: Say it. Show it. Sum it up. State your point of view early on. Most people are too busy (or too smart) to be held in suspense for very long. Keep returning to your primary theme. It’s the glue that holds everything together. Find ways to crystallize issues, so that varying views can reach areas of agreement. “Isn’t this what everybody is saying?” Seek points of agreement.
3. Know your audience. Get inside the mind of your audience before you begin. Remember, you are building a relationship. Shift, as quickly as you can, from self-consciousness to audience-consciousness. Put yourself in their shoes. It’s the best way to beat nervousness. Watch the reactions of your audience to be sure you are getting through to them. Be sensitive to the sensitivities of your audience. Identify their “nerve endings” – like age, gender, locality and “colloquialisms.” Answer questions graciously. Presenters who pounce on the questioners lose points. You’re always for your audience. You’re on their side – first, last and always.
4. Never give a “generic presentation.” Localize it. Personalize it. Relate it to the news of the day.
5. Let your convictions show.
6. Substance is essential. Technique breaks down at the point where substance is the thinnest, or ceases to exist. Great presentations are never made on technique alone. It’s just not possible.
7. If you’ve got a sense of humor, it will blossom when you feel you really know your subject. The enthusiasm of the presenter is often the point-of-difference in the product.
8. Get out of the gray area – demonstrate. Use audio-visual aids that give you freedom and enhance your presentation. Be careful not to break eye contact for more than 10 seconds at a time.
9. Accentuate the positive. Be more of your strongest strength. Put your faith in what you like best about yourself – and your weaknesses will fade away.
10. Close your presentation strongly. Ask your audience to do something specific. Leave something behind (a proposal, article, summary checklist), something to remember you by and contact you later.
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