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Presentation nerves 2020 Responses
Last post: 2 months, 3 weeks ago | Thread started: Aug 26, 08, 3:16 a.m.
- babaganush
Imagine yourself naked...hang on?...
- Dog-earAug 26, 08, 3:19 a.m. – Permalink
- Spookyhome
Don't rehearse, don't script, don't try and shoe horn everything in, don't have a run through, don't feel you have to choreograph and do or say certain things at certain times. Don't try to run it on rails. Allow informality to be part of the personality of your presentation. Allow your own natural speaking voice to be the one you use, otherwise you're adopted presentation voice will let you down half way through, leaving you honking or swallowing your own epiglotis on the half-beat, with huge snot bubbles pumping in and out of your nostrils.
Just know, as fully as youa re able, whatever it is you are presenting, shortlist the points that it is vital to make ( have them on a piece of paper with you if necessary and don't be afriad to say "I'LL JUST CHECK MY PIECE OF PAPER TO SEE IF I'VE MISSED ANYTHING" ).
Do not try and answer anything you do not know the answer to with anything other than "I don't know how best to answer that right here and now, but I will get back to you with an answer".
Don't assume mistakes are illegal, they aren't, they are the natural imperfections that make for a good presentation.
Don't assume nervousness is unnacceptable. Everybody knows it is nerve wracking, everybody empathises.
Don't follow any rules like "Make Eye Contact", "Always Face Forwards" too literally, just make sure that what you say is said clearly and slowly.
Presentation panic accelerates your breathing and blood flow which accelerates your mind's pace so you talk 2x fatser than in a natural conversation, allow your presentation to be half the speed you THINK it should be and it will be okay. Take pauses, breath often, allow your body's needs to punctuate the flow... blinking, breathing, swallowing are more improtant than racing on to keep it seamless.
Hang your cock out.
- Dog-earAug 26, 08, 3:25 a.m. – Permalink
- uncle_helv
Is this a client presentation?
Eye contact, try not to say 'erm' between words (although that is harder than it sounds as we use words like this and 'you know' 'well' as we think about what to say next!) be succinct straight to the point!
- Dog-earAug 26, 08, 3:26 a.m. – Permalink
- blaw
Depending upon your personality, rehearsing the first minute or two can work. Just enough to get the ball rolling. After that, have 2-4 talking points that you want to hit.
Practice the intro and rattle off your points out loud, so they are automatically on your mind when you give your presentation.
- Dog-earAug 26, 08, 5:20 a.m. – Permalink
- roundabout
I have not done a presentation sense I left college, but they are nerve racking. I remember the first presentation I had to give when I went to my new college. It started out with just the people on are course, then two other course joined the presentation, before I new it I was speaking in-front of 70+ people and given a bloody speech, and I was first up, great.
I also remember some people who just crack under the pressure, me and my mates would hold £10 bets on who would crack first, it was like watching an episode of Dragon Den
- Dog-earAug 26, 08, 5:21 a.m. – Permalink
- olli101
Couple of helpful hints that usually work for me:
1: You don't have to remember every little detail but try and "chunk" your key points together and then lay them out in sequence. If you know your stuff well enough, you can ad lib between them.
2: Tell a story.
3: Don't be afraid to crack a joke or two.
Instead of imagining everyone naked, imagine you're at a bar having a chat with a friend and they are asking you about what you need to present on. Keep it casual but informative.
- Dog-earAug 28, 08, 5:03 a.m. – Permalink
