Presentation Skills #3: Doing a Presentation or SHOW TIME

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Presentation is not a merely stand in front of audience and get started talking. It really needs a well-planning.  if we don’t make a good preparation, well I think the presentation will be boring. The worse, the audience will less respect you when you do not interesting presentation. Other word, when you do your presentation well, they will respect you and hope they will see your presentation again. you don’t want they disrespect you ha?

So does happen, after you have been through such a long and tiring process starting from preparing your materials and doing so many rehearsals, it is a SHOW TIME.

All you need here just a simple thing: CONFIDENT and PUBLIC SPEAKING TECHNIQUE.

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One big mistake for most amateur or first timer presenter is letting his nervousness and the feeling of lack confident grows bigger and stronger. Well, let me tell you something. The reason why they want to sit there and wait your presentation is YOU!!!  They want to get something new from you.  So why you do feel you gut shrank?.. other reason, YOU ARE The ONE who knows better about your presentation, or the topic you will talk, besides, you have make a great effort during of preparation. if your preparation is well done, I guess you don’t have any reason to feel lack of confident.

Walk confident, Wave and Smile To Audience

Well, you also may try this in before you get on the stage or podium. First, suck your guts in. Take a deep breath, and show that you are in a good spirit when you walk toward the podium too.  Automatically, you promise “something” to audience. you will be the centre of all eyes in the room. Wave and smile to audience when you start walking on the stage. Make a small wave to audience will make you feel better, it indicates you are friendly person as well as help you feel more relax. 

Speak clearly and not too quickly.

Presentation is delivering your ideas and thoughts to audience. The aim of presentation is the receiver or audience will understand clearly. So take your time, speak conversationally, don’t get too rush. use intonation and stress while talking or be animated. Try not to read your speech word-for-word or read all through your slides. use moderate volume of voice to make sure everyone in the audience can hear you easily.  

Short and Simple

When you don’t have much time, you should try to keep your presentation short and simple. Use language level which is suited to the audience. You don’t have to use high level words when you think they are not familiar with. Use clear and simple language that your audience will understand.

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Get your Audience Attention

Well, basically every talk could be driven into something WOW!!!  SO it needs a technique. You may try this. The first is you have to make them pay attention to you. When you get their attention, you must maintain interest. You can share a personal story or two, tell some jokes or anecdotes, or ask them questions.  You may pause a little bit when they are noisy or busy with other activity. You may ask the noisy make a simple of funny question related to the topic.

When on the stage, be aware of your body language, be natural but try to add expression to you voice and be animated. You should avoid some silly act or too over behavior when on the stage. well, you are not a comedian, instead you are a presenter.  when you think the audience easily get noisy or become well I think you should not send more joke on them.  

Body Language and Gesture

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You may use hand gestures, don’t stand up there like a stick. Well, using hand gesture will make you feel more natural, it also will help the audience to grasp the understanding of your presentation easily.  if you have ever noticed, you palm is the imitation of your tongue. It also can help you to keep talking or never losing a word to fire up. Still, you should keep you gesture appropriately, don’t make yourself a stock of laughing and people think you are over acting.   

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To feel more relax, you may move around a little on the podium or stage, make a small steps up and front or sideward, also don’t rock back and forth, that makes you look nervous.

Making eye contact to audience

Don’t stare only to one spot. You should also make eye contact with all sections of the audience. Look at to all directions or to all groups of audience.  don’t be scared. well, if you are scared, this little tip may help you then.  don’t stare to audience’s eye. Stare to their head, hair or forehead or other part. but if you talk one on one you should see hi face. Staring at audience eyes for a beginner will make your guts shrank.  

Doing Question & Answer Session

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A good presentation is when the speaker doesn’t make the audience bored and so they respond to the presentation and enjoy it. Take questions from the audience and answer them as best you can. Don’t get into a debate if someone disagrees but talk with him/her after your speech. 

If you follow these steps, you should be able to give a really good presentation. Remember, practice makes perfect. After each presentation, take time to think about what was good about your performance and what could be improved.

Well, this is what I have learned from my tutor – Geoffrey Collins.

I hope my sharing will help you a lot especially when you are about doing a presentation.