Powerful Pithy Presentations Tip #4: Manage Your Nervousness
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There’s usually little time to seek out a great coach or take a class to help you prepare for that all-important “make or break” presentation you found out about last week!
But the ability to craft and deliver powerful, pithy, presentations is the most important tool used in the business community for getting things done! Your presentation will make the difference between your success or failure!
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Powerful Pithy Presentation Pointer # 4: Manage Your Nervousness
Your adrenalin is pumping! You want to make a great impression! You are scared of messing up and destroying your career!
Here are tips to calm those nerves as you prepare for that all important presentation:
Memorize
Know your opening and closing by heart! You won’t have to think about it when you begin to speak and see all those folks out there! Nail your closing too! This is your last chance to “wow” them and send them off with the right impression after your program!
Use Note Cards or Post-its
Write down your key points. If using note cards, use an outline with key points written in the order you are sure to give them. If using Post-its, put one key or “trigger” word (to remind you of the concept) per post-it!
The great thing about Post-its is that you can move your key ideas around! Just pick up the Post-it and move idea number one to position number three, or wherever, based on the amount of time you have to present or the new information discovered after you arrive at the event!
Audience First
Focus on the audience. Realize they want you to succeed! They come ready to receive. Don’t disappoint. And for the few who expect little from any program - surprise them!
Greet Beforehand
Go mingle with the participants before your program! Introduce yourself and talk to a few and learn their names. Reference them in your program, if you can. This helps you connect to the audience. It puts you at ease and makes them feel good as well!
Dee Taylor-Jolley, MEd
Trainer/Speaking
Presentation Skills Expert
“If all my talents and powers were taken from me by some inscrutable providence, and I had my choice of keeping but one, I would unhesitatingly ask to be allowed to keep the power of speaking, for through it, I would quickly recover all the rest.” -Daniel Webster
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