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Some tips for Improving
Presentation Skills |
- Know your subject! This is most important.
- Prepare for the speaking situation . Even
professional public speakers take time to prepare themselves.
- Prepare outlines and overheads to help develop
your confidence in your presentation.
- In the early stages of your preparation, ask
someone you trust to listen to your presentation and give you honest
feedback in a one-on-one situation. Ask them what works well and what needs
improvement. The more important the results of your presentation are to you,
the more important it is to get help in refining your presentation.
- Record your presentation and ask others to
critique your presentation. Watch yourself and learn to look for subtle body
language clues to your confidence or insecurity.
- Talk to people you respect about how they
learned to speak well. Ask them to coach you or try to find someone you
admire who will work with you.
- When you are confident, relaxed and
enthusiastic about your topic, that comes through strongly to your audience.
Remember how much comes through non-verbal clues.
- Ask for feedback from your audience about your
presentation and pay attention to what they say.
- In workshops, ask the participants to
introduce themselves, state why they are there and what they hope to gain
from the presentation. Based on the participants' needs and expectations,
you may adjust your presentation as you go through it.
- And, most of all —
Practice, practice, practice!
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