Employees present to clients and a few managers and worry about impressing their team and closing the deal.
Student speakers endure a different nervousness. Their presentations are to classmates. The nervousness is about the stigma or respect that may stay with them all through school.
Other students and faculty who judge you know the pressures you are under. Here are tips to improve your presentation delivery.
1. Familiarize yourself with your subject.
Go through your presentation repeatedly. Learn all you can about your subject so you can deliver your deep knowledge of it confidently.
Your presentation will come off as more interesting, because the audience will intuit that you’re saving them time by keeping a considerable number of facts, ideas, and arguments in reserve. Your audience will sense that you know more about the subject than they do.
2. If you can choose your own topic, choose a topic you feel comfortable with.
Choose a topic you can comfortably talk about or are an authority on, something you know well or love very much. This will give you enough boldness to present beautifully.
3. Believe you will do well.
Believing in yourself is critical since it shows in your body language. Your expectation of doing well is a language that your audience will respond to instantly and clearly.
4. Look at your audience directly.
It might not be easy to do this from the beginning even if you are thoroughly prepared.
Cast your glances almost randomly until you settle into your speech. When you’ve caught and held them, establish direct eye contact to judge their understanding of what you’re saying. This will help you change your delivery pace if need be.
5. Don’t read from a sheet.
Notes, a quick reminder of your point, are better than reading from a sheet. Reading from a sheet dulls your presentation, makes it sound boring and suggests unpreparedness.
Prepare a list of subject headings that you can fill out as you speak. It shows you know what you are talking about.
6. Deliver your speech at an unhurried pace.
It will help your audience assimilate your ideas easily and keep their attention on you. It will also make you appear confident.
7. Speak clearly.
Regulating the level and tone of your voice keeps your audience interested. Project your voice and speak firmly without shouting. In the important passages, reduce your volume to get closer attention from your audience.
8. Control body gestures.
Speakers tend to make excessive body movements and hand gestures. Control both to increase your composure and organize your delivery. Use hand gestures mostly for emphasis.
9. Be interactive if you are allowed to do that.
Ask questions that will draw responses and interaction in the form of questions from the audience.
Jack Danielson is a recruiting and business development expert and consulting writer at Satellite Broadband ISP.
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