*+Presentation_Skills_by_MHR32403

Here's a list of what we have created for a successful group presentation  ==I. How to prepare for a presentation before the big day  ** · ****Start with your key talking points ** ** · ****Write a script ** ** · ****Don’t get hung up on specific words ** ** · ****Find your speaking style ** ** · ****Practice in front of people ** ** · ****Practice with distractions ** ** · ****Practice piece by piece ** ** · ****Think ahead ** ** · ****Practice hand gestures **    · **Find your comfort zone **  ==  ==<span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">II. How to create a professional ppt. == <span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;"> ==<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">III. Nervousness - What is it? How do you deal with it? == <span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">
 * Don’t overload your slides with too much text or data
 * Stick to the key concepts. Avoid description of specifics and unnecessary details
 * If you are making a series of points. Organize them from the most to least important. If time is short, can skip less important points
 * Keep you sentences short, seven words per line, seven lines per slide
 * Be clear. Make sure your audience is following you.
 * Fade animations so audience can pay attention to speaker
 * Confusion
 * Dizziness or lightheadedness
 * Dry mouth
 * Extremely fast heartbeat
 * Fatigue
 * Fear of losing control
 * Feeling of apprehension
 * Foreboding or dread
 * Gastrointestinal problems
 * Insomnia
 * Irritation
 * Feeling unreal or disconnected with the world
 * Insecurity
 * Inability to perform daily tasks
 * Lack of concentration
 * Muscle aches
 * Nausea or abdominal pain
 * Palpitations
 * Pounding heart
 * Chest pain
 * Sensation of choking
 * Shortness of breath
 * Stress/ tension
 * Sweaty hands
 * Trembling
 * Upset stomach
 * Twelve Techniques to Deal with Nervousness**

1. Preparation -- In order to be relaxed, you need to be well prepared to do your best. Do not just work hard, work smart.

2. Memorize the opener/attention-getter -- Use poetic language, but be careful that memorization does not replace spontaneity.

3. Care for the audience -- Nervousness is often self-inflicted pain; we torture ourselves with questions. Don't think "ME, ME, ME;" think "THEM, THEM, THEM."

4. Be aware of your fears, real or imagined -- "Worry gives small things big shadows."

5. Reduce barriers -- a stage, a podium, computer, or pride, anger, and confusion.

6. Keep doing it -- Don't expect to emerge as a confident speaker until you have paid your dues by being there many times before.

7. Get excited! -- Think of something exciting to you: you graduate in a few weeks, your interviews have gone superbly, your football team has won again, you made an "A" on your last test in your hardest subject, etc. Use this excitement to excite your audience.

8. Appear to be calm -- Projecting an air of calmness and confidence, no matter what is going on with your heart, sweat glands, fingers, mouth, stomach, requires discipline and practice.

9. Raise a higher purpose -- In connecting what you want to say with higher purposes (important issues facing our world today), you'll obtain a new awareness that will provide you with a measure of serenity.

10. Pick out friendly faces --and speak directly to each one.

11. Be enthusiastic about your message -- and come out slugging for what you care about!

12. They're glad it's you -- and not them.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">IV. How to present professionally on the day of your presentation
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