Question

We have all given some type of presentation in the past. What has gone well for you in a past presentation and what has not gone well? How can you improve? If you do not have experience giving a presentation, you have probably seen a presentation, what was good about it and could you utilize this technique in your presentation?

Answer 1

Presentation is good and needs to be memorable. Good presentation is the one which uses graphs, images and facts which can be easy to remember. It needs to be motivating.

Things which has gone well are

A. better audience which cooperative when I felt nervous while giving presentation.

B. As I took less time and didn't made lengthy slide and presentation helped the audience to pay attention.

Things which didn't go well are -

Not familiarizing yourself with the venue and equipment - when you arrive at the venue and the projector doesn't work with your laptop. To avoid such situation, familiarize yourself with venue and equipment.

Speaking incoherently - Speaking to the audience is a big task and one needs to practice Use centering and deep breathing techniques to suppress the urge to rush. If you do begin to babble, take a moment to collect yourself. Breathe deeply, and enunciate each word clearly, while you focus on speaking more slowly.

Showing a lack of dynamism

Avoid eye contact - Meeting a person's gaze establishes a personal connection, and even a quick glance can keep people engaged. If your audience is small enough, try to make eye contact with each individual at least once. If the audience is too large for this, try looking at people's foreheads. The individual may not interpret it as eye contact, but those sitting around them will.

Overcrowding text and using inappropriate content.

Ways to improve presentation are

1. Always practice - standing up, sitting down, with arms open wide, on one leg, while sitting on the washroom. The more you mix up your position and setting, the more comfortable you'll feel with your speech.

2. Transform nervous energy into enthusiasm

3. Attend others presentation

4. Around to the surrounding

5. Arrive early

6. Use positive visualisation

7. Take deep breaths

8. Smile

9. Work on your pauses

10. Don't try to cover much of the material

11. Actively engage the audience

12. Be an entertainer

13. Sit that you don't know the answer

14. Drink water