Before you start working on your presentation, here are a
few tips to keep you from stressing out the day of the event. First, make sure
you ask how long you will have to speak. Have them be specific about the layout
of the program. People may say the
presentation is an hour, but often they conduct some business before you speak,
wait until most people have arrived, give a longer introduction or want to have
time to wrap up the event. After all this is done, your speaking time may be forty-five
minutes. Fifteen minutes may not sound like a big deal, but if you timed your
presentation for sixty minutes and after forty minutes you are getting the sign
to wrap it up, it is very stressful, and the audience will see you struggling.
Have you ever been listening to a speaker and they fast
forward through the end of the presentation and you can’t even keep up? Guess
what happened? They either ran out of time, or thought they had more time to speak.Since we are talking about timing, after your presentation is written, practice your timing so you can fit your presentation into the allotted time you have to speak. Go slowly when practicing and allow time for laughter (if your presentation is humorous), questions, etc. You can fill time easier at the end than struggling to get all your information in before you run out of time. Remember if you tell them you are going to tell them something, you better have time to tell them. If you are a few minutes early, it shouldn’t be a problem. Overtime, big problem and the audience will let you know by their body language.
Only after you have all the details of the presentation, can
you start to prepare your presentation. Tips on narrowing your topic and
planning your presentation will be next month.
Until the next blog, Keep Speaking!
Denise
Denise Ann Galloni, Owner & President
DG Training Solutions, Inc.
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