A Few Valuable Tidbits to Remember

            ☺So you’re nervous sometimes. So what! You don’t have to let others know. Act confident and you will appear and feel confident.

            ☺The more you’re prepared, the more confidence you will have, and the better job you will do. Know your material!

            ☺A good start of the presentation is critically important in catching the audience’s attention; you don’t want to take any risks here. The best advice is to meticulously prepare for the first five minutes. Write this part out in short, powerful crystal clear sentences and rehearse them several times.

            ☺You only have 30 seconds to grab your audience’s attention otherwise you may lose them forever. Open with a story, a question, a song, etc. that is relative to your speech or at least to the audience.

            ☺Your presentation will be most effective if you use the same everyday language in which you explain things to a fellow student. There is absolutely no need to use a more formal language. In fact, formal language is not desirable at all as it is more difficult to understand for the audience.

            ☺Do not try to impress the audience with fancy words, formal constructions, subject-specific jargon, or unnecessary abbreviations. Think about oral presentations in terms of communication and do not see it as the performance of a literary play. The audience will be grateful if you are easy to follow.

            ☺A good movie with a bad or disappointing ending will ruin the impact of the film. Same with your presentation. Be sure to have a strong close in order to have impact on your audience.