Anybody can learn to deliver presentation but the best speaker and presentation include some extra-ordinary skills within hand. They always keep their presentation clear, perceptual and illustrating by relating it to a story. Forget about using fancy power point theme instead focus on your theme and try to start with a clear beginning, middle and end. This will certainly help you delivering your presentation in a proper manner.
Facing nervousness and anxiety is found to be very common before public appearance or carrying out presentation. Despite there is no negative consequences from getting nervous, the ultimate weapon to stop showing it. Most often audience barely get to know how actually you feel, they only notice how you look and act. Perhaps when you learn how to act, deliver and compose yourself from outside, that’s what audience perceives.
Below are the top 9 tips for calming your nerves before presentation.
1. Prepare thoroughly
This is the initial step, research your topic comprehensively, craft it in a systematic manner and know your subject in advance. Procrastination leads to anxiety at the presentation time. Practice yourself to end up delivering successful presentation.
2. Practice
There’s no better way to calm your nerves than to rehearse aloud. Perhaps you can do it with an audience if possible since they can review your performance before the actual presentation. You can record and review it personally too.
3. Know your venue
This could be prominent factor deciding whole picture of your presentation. Research your venue deeply, get familiar with the surroundings. Knowing the right audience can help you tackle the perfect speech.
4. Know your audience
Before giving it a start, do a little research what actually the audience need and expectation from you. Arrive early, talk to few individuals it will certainly help you in getting the insider information and friendly faces. Remember it can help you focused while delivering the presentation.
5. Bear smile and make eye contact
Delivering presentation with sincere smile can help you in relieving from nervousness. Smile produces a happiness hormone “serotonin” which keeps you calm.
6. Give it a strong start
Normally beginning of the presentation often carries you in rush. Try to be focused and memorize on few sentences to provoke in the starting. This will influence you to be more confident and relaxed.
7. Visualize your success
It is often found true that those who picture himself/herself speaking confidently before the presentation and help them revive. Surprisingly, it improves the overall winning rate.
8. Breathe In not Out
You may feel the urge to use umm, ah, you know?that might acts as presentation spoiler. Replace this with taking deep breathe, though it is awkward but audience hardly notice it.
9. Be entertaining & Show your passion
Despite of talking on topics which never passionate you, be passionate about your topic and let your inner enthusiasm emanate. Try to be bit more story telling than to be more formal and be informative. More you will enjoy it, more the reduction in your anxiousness.
Hope you enjoyed reading it. Add up this tips and i can assure, you going to make remarkable presentation of your time. More or less it is worth following this tips than to be standing anxious before the presentation. Stay tuned to BuddyBits for more updates.