Advice

Tips For Presentations & Key Note Speeches

Put aside time to plan - many presenters work on a last minute basis - ‘oops I’m presenting tomorrow, I better get it ready’ !

Have a clear structure - know your key messages and how you are going to back them up.

If you are using visual aids such as PowerPoint make them useful and simple - don’t make the visual aids your script !

Create some notes - just bullet points - you never know, you may need them,

Rehearse! - if a theatre company put on a play with no rehearsal it wouldn’t be very slick. Your presentation deserves rehearsal time.

Get yourself physically ready. If you were going to run a race you would warm up your body. With a presentation you need to get your brain and your mouth working together!

Concentrate on your audience, not yourself. The presentation/speech is for them, so make eye contact and show you are interested in holding their attention.

Don’t make inappropriate jokes - if they fall flat you will feel embarrassed, and so will your listeners !

Be positive (or even enthusiastic) - there’s nothing worse than listening to a boring speaker.

Have a welcoming attitude towards questions. You want to get questions because it’s a way of obtaining feedback and ensuring that your listeners get what they needed out of your presentation.

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