To prepare yourself for presentations you should know your audience and have a well prepared and informative script. You should tell your story with interest to inspire your audience and speak naturally, with confidence while you speak to them not at them. Also, practice your presentation by "singing" it to yourself outloud, yes, sing your script! Remember that the audience does not want to see you fail, they want to learn.
All of the articles mentioned being well prepared and know your audience. The audience wants to learn from your presentation. Be accurate with the information you are presenting.
I was very interested in the article about final thoughts, planning a great conclusion. The author said to pause before your conclusion to re-energize. That's a great idea as you should stay for awhile afterwards to answer questions about your presentation. Your answers should also be brief. These are some presentation tips I have never heard before. Great ideas.
I have been a presenter for teacher and parent workshops and I find that the audience wants to hear your experiences, your stories from your classroom. They want to hear about the kids you teach. These stories really open up their eyes and hearts and they get to know who you are. These stories get their attention, it hooks your audience. I always start and sometimes end with a story.
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Hi Harriet,
This was a great summary. I too learned some tips about presenting that I have never heard before. I have not given many presentations but I like your idea about starting and ending with a story. I think it would break the ice a little bit and I agree it would get their attention and they would pay more attention to your presentation. Great idea!
I have seen many presentations where the speaker just reads off what they created. Talk about insulting your audience. You have a wonderful idea for beginning and ending a presentation as it makes a connection with your audience.
You gave us some really useful tools that we can use to prepared and follow through on our presentations.
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