Preparation
Plan out the story you wish to tell and break it down into slides.
Images should enhance an reinforce the points you will be covering.
Relax
Rehearse so that you are fully conversant with what you are about to talk about.
SPEAK CLEARLY
SMILE
TAKE YOUR TIME
Introduce yourself, tell them who you are and what you are going to talk about. Set out what you want to cover during the presentation.
Pause
A few pauses will relax you and help them to catch up and consider potential questions later.
Humour
By adding some humour you will be able to relax and the audience will be smiling and it can help you to calm your nerves.
Images, catchphrases and videos can help you to stay on track and include everything that you want to say.
Checklist
This will ensure that you do not miss anything out and that the presentation will have a clear structure.
- preparation
- research
- collection of text
- collection of images
- presentation software
- rough draft of the presentation
- check timing
- check quality
- review
- edit 1
- changes
- edit 2
- recheck timing/quality
- rehearsal
- final file preparation
