Effective Presenation

An effective presenation and speech starts with thorough preparation. It helps to build confidence and also results in a better presenation. Here are some more presenation tips for effective preparation;-

- Know your topic thoroughly. If you have not mastered your topic you can not expect to master the audience. An audience can sense a superficial knowledge of a topic. Peresonal experience is preferable to "book" knowledge, but where you have gaps additional research should be done to fill them in.

- Use brief notes to help you keep on track with your presenation. Include the main points of your presenation. But don't have too much detail on your notes that you end up reading them.

- Know the first few sentences of your presenation very well. This will help you get started, which is the most stressful time of a presenation.

Presenation - Preparation

The presenation skills of preparing and designing your presenation will make a big difference to the quality and effectiveness of your presentation. Here are some tips to help with your preparation and design of your presenation:

- Know what you want to achieve with your presenation. What is the reason for presenting? Is it to inform, persuade, inspire or entertain?

- Know your audience. What do they want to know? What do they know about your topic? What is their expectation?

- Use quotes, interesting facts and stories to make your presenation more interesting

- Presenation slides and other visual aids should be used to support your purpose and the presenation

- The presenation slides should be as simple as practicable and include pictures and graphics rather than text.

Presenation - 5 Proven Steps

It is easier to give a presenation when you know steps to take. These steps will help you with presentation nerves because you will have a proven process to follow to develop an effective presenation
The proven 5 step process to give a successful presentaion are:


1. Planning Your Presenation - preparing and designing the presenation
2. Practicing Your Presenation - This builds confidence and results in a more effective presentation
3. Handling Presenation - some nerves are good for a presentaion but too much make it difficult to give
4. Give Presenation - using gestures, humor, stories and visual aids including PowerPoint presenation slides
5. Review Presenation - reflect on presenation you have just given to determine what went well and you will do better next time

These steps will help you give a successful presentaion that you can build on.

Some Presenation Nerves Are Good

Some presenation nerves are good for giving a presenation. However, when there are too many presenation nerves and has an adverse effect that they become a problem. Here are some tips to deal with the symptoms of too presenation nerves:

1. Take some sips of lukewarm water to help avoid a dry croaky throat.

2. Take some deep breaths when you are about to present to help relax you.

3. Smile. A genuine smile will help you feel better and radiate confidence to the audience.

4. Memorize the first few lines of your presenation to get you started, while your brain gets into gear to help you out.

The most stressful time in a presenation is just as you get up and start to present.