Practicing the presentation and preparation of

"Anyone can do any amount of work provided it is not the work is supposed to do right now." Robert Benchley

Procrastination. We are all guilty of that particular vice. Do not do it. Take the first step in preparing the presentation. Strive on the chair and get ready. The preparation can not be the most interesting aspect of the project, but may be the most important ingredient in the presentation. It may be possible to appeal to anyone on the spot or have the charisma of the most dynamic person in the world, but without a preparation for a speech or a meeting, you can still stumble and fall. How to prepare it?

First, imagine your audience. Who they are. What are their expectations. How do you connect with them. What you want to tell them. What do you hope to achieve. Specifications: Where will you be when you are presenting - the structures, the lighting. Need to know specifically what kind of presentation you want to give. Are you motivate an audience? Giving information and / or timely? Trying to sell something? How are you going to do? What do you mean?

Ideas, ideas, ideas. You have so many. Random or specific, write down all these ideas. Although not seem to relate to each other. Take three minutes and ideas for the presentation scribble on a sheet of paper. Do not over-think this process. Ideas that may seem ridiculous at first may stimulate other ideas more sensitive and / or practical, can create unusual associations that lead to unique insights. Do not stop writing. Do not change or go back and delete all the words. Let your thoughts flow like a river. As in the visual arts, sketching in miniature, but with words rather than images.

All right. Now what? Take three minutes to review what you wrote. With pen or pencil or felt marker, make circles and arrows to connect the logical relationships between ideas. Such as those related to each other. Identify ideas that could surprise and be sub-points of other ideas. Rearrange ideas that fall logically prior to others. Locate the main ideas.

Building a linear sequence of your ideas. Create an opening, a body and a conclusion. A natural balance of three years, the main parts of your presentation, so it can flow easily yet effectively. Make an outline of how the ideas work together.

Once you have the presentation organized and written, how it opens? First, you need an icebreaker to warm up the audience. Choose one, depending on your style. Telling a joke or a story. Ask a question. Try an unusual move, the body language speaks volumes. Change your tone of voice. Giving the public a startling fact, theory or controversial statement. Use props or audience participation. Or choose a unique way to open your presentation. The main thing is to create a way to get the public's attention, then insert your objective - the purpose or goal of the presentation.

Then, the next trick is to keep the audience's attention with the body of the presentation. Add rhetorical technique. The various ways of doing and support each of your points. For this purpose, will be using examples, analogies or questions. Weave a personal history throughout the presentation. Use metaphors, those that clearly illustrate your points. If it works for the particular presentation, demonstration, or provides a physical example to drive your ideas forward. To complete the presentation, create a stunning conclusion.

There are more than just words in a presentation. You need to craft the gestures you will use. You do not want to be like a stick on stage. Use gestures for activating kinesthetic awareness of your body, how it feels to move while presenting expansive. Try new gestures might be uncomfortable for you, but will increase the awareness of what your body is doing while your mind is processing the content. Create three gestures and include them in the presentation. In principle, forcing yourself to try some new gestures will help you see what works. After you expand your range of gestures, become more natural and original. Try these gestures with parts of the text while watching yourself in a mirror. Make sure your elbows extend far beyond the bust.

Practice and time of presentation. If the notes are too broad, will not be easy or convenient to read during the presentation. If you need notes, use parts of words (one to four words) restricted to the most important points (half a dozen at most of the presentations.). Write these words on pieces of cards.

Finally, practice, practice, practice. Use your mirror, your friends, your dog. Register yourself, audio and video. Study. Synchronize it. Cut, edit it, smooth it out so that when you are presenting, I know him so well you will not need those dogs with ear tabs, after all....