Scared of presentations? Don't be, because you are not the only one and everybody generally doesn't like presentations. My quote: "I don't present often. If I do, I mean business!!!"
There are two ways to do that:
1. blow their mind with your presentation.
2. bore them with your presentation.
I am not really good at the second way, so I will mainly focus on the first way, blow their mind out with your confidence, skills, slides and ideas.
1. Before the presentation
Start the research early. Some students like to prepare at the last minute and that is really bad. If you are not a genius on presenting, please don't do that.
-Make sure you have enough time (ideally more than 2 or 3 days) to prepare for it.
-Once you get your topic, start some research early.
-Find fun info about your topic.
You need time to digest the materials and master them, so don't do it at the last minute.
Know the material. No matter how good your presentation, if you can't answer the audience's questions, you will leave a bad impression with your prof.
-Have a good understanding of the material you are going to present.
-Connect your interest with the topics.
Therefore, you can easily understand the materials and use them to answer audience's questions.
Come up with creative a way to present. I don't like when people present topics with tedious slides and no interactions. If you present it miserably, the audience will look miserable.
-Ask questions before the presentation in order to catch attention.
-Ask relevant questions during the presentation that help students to remember your materials.
-Make quiz questions to test students at the end of the presentation.
-Try PREZI maybe, because PowerPoint is out of date.
-Simplify your contents on your slides. (make key points)
-Create some debate with questions.
-Write some jokes or do funny gestures.
-Use relevant videos to catch attention.
Practice it with yourself. Practice it in your head again and again.
2. The day of the presentation
Practice it with your friends.
-Ask your friends to listen to your presentation.
-Ask them to give you serious feedback.
Memorize your materials.
-Don't read it out from a paper, because it's just not professional. (use cue cards if its necessary.)
-Find a right tone and adjust your pace. Don't talk like a robot.
3. On stage
-Be comfortable. Be relaxed. Be confident. Be funny and smile.
-Walk around and give people eye contact.
-Don't be afraid of the audience.
My experience:
I was shy and hated public speaking, but not anymore. I love doing presentations.
No one is going to pay attention on the presentation if you read out from papers, talk like a robot or put too much content on the slide. No one has the patience to listen and read them. My tips:
-Do good research
-Be creative
-Be well prepared
-Act like a boss on the stage
-If anything goes wrong, just go with it. No one knows the presentation or topic better than you do.
Try them out and let me know how it goes. :)
So, Welcome to York and Good luck.
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