You have been a
wonderful audience!
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How to give a KICKASS presentation
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How to start
Three points
How to finish
...and nerves!
Okay, you are going to be speaking publically?
Preparation is very important!
Find out as much as possible about the situation beforehand.
(The room, air conditioning, light, will there be a white board? Are there fresh whiteboard pens? Will I get water? The audience?)
Be flexible enough to roll with the punches.
"Never explain, never complain."
- Hemingway
Never complain about your assignment or the quality of your work.
Don't explain why things are not good enough.
The audience does not know or care about the problems you have.
Exude confidence!
or
Fake it til you make it
Nerves?
Stress causes our bodies to react in a certain way. There is however good stress and bad stress.
Harness your stress, get to know it!
Dealing with nerves
Practice - a lot!
Hold an object in your hand.
For you, as the speaker and for the audience this moment is fleeting and not the end all, be all of your existence. Get some perspective.
Dealing with nerves
Find the "friendlies"
Is there somebody engaging with you, asking questions, looking at you attentively.
Nodding their heads.
These are your "friendlies"!
Posture and physicality
Breathe with your belly
Help, the audience with a well structured speech.
Think of it as taking them by the hand and guiding them through your speech.
What can you do?
Upp och hoppa!
How to be a good audience
Be receptive and pay attention
Keep an open body language
Nod and keep Eye contact
Sender + reciever + information (your presentation)
= affects how well the information is acquired.
How to start a speech
Welcome your audience
Introduce yourself and your topic
Look at your audience look for friendlies!
Make sure you know the Three first lines of your speech by heart!
Even planning out when to pause and Breathe.
How to start a speech
Tell the audience how you wish them to behave:
"I accept questions during my speech, just raise your hand."
"I want you to participate in a moment."
"Please hold questions to the end of my lecture."
"I want you to take notes. Pen and paper will be provided."
"Silence is golden"
Don't be afraid to be silent.
Use pauses to enhance points that you want to make.
Or take a few beats before you move on
to the next part.
The audience does not experience
silences or pauses as awkward.
Notes or not notes?
If you can hold your speech without notes that is great.
Write notes anyway, so you know your key Points.
If you lose your Place in your notes...Don't panic!
The audience don't find pauses to be problematic.
Don't apologise, just calmly find your Place in your notes again.
Phrases to start with
Hello, today I am going to be talking about....
My presentation today is about...
Give the audience a guideline over your speech.
"First I will be talking about A, then shortly touch upon B and finally comparing the two."
OR
"Initially, I am going to explain A, in addition to that I will also mention B and in the end conclude with my own thoughts on the matter."
Phrases to start with
If you are a group presenting together you might say:
"Welcome, we are going to be talking about Space travel.
Lisa is going to start by telling you about the history of the subject, Martin is going to give us an overview of the problems facing it today and Kim will finally predict the future of space travel"
Keep it to 3 things
Try to find Three key Points in your speech
and build your speech around those.
The Three most powerful arguments
Three key figures
Three objections
Three scenarios
This helps your audience!
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Rethorical questions
"Is it OK to raises taxes so we can have pizza for school lunch every day?"
Provocate!
"Bessemer is the best high school in the world!"
Tell an anecdote
"When my dad was Young they put pupils in the corner of the room if they were naughty."
Snazzy ways to start your speech
Human memory curve
Why does this matter?
"All's well that ends well!"
- Shakespeare
The audience will remember how you started your speech and how you ended it.
An elegant way to do this is to tie it back to the thing you started with.
Remember to thank your
audience for listening!
Phrases to use at the end...
To sum it up..
Lastly..
In conclusion...
and finally, I want to thank you all for listening....
Once again, we have talked about how to give a kickass speech.
You have been a wonderful audience!
