Presentation Skills

There is a great amount of presentation work that will be done throughout this module. I believe this will benefit me greatly as I'm not the most confident of people when it comes to doing presentations. I become very nervous, so the more I practice the more confident and better I will become.

I believe that there are some clear skills that you need to execute when performing a presentation. They are:

• Make eye contact with the audience
• Speak clearly
• Use visual aids when you can
• Rehearse as much as you can before you do the presentation for real
• Be confident (although this is probably the one I'm not!!)

These may seem like common sense but if you do carry out some of these basic skills, then your ability to present will improve much fold. There are also some tips that you should follow to make performing the presentation easier, they are:

• Write down your speech but try not to read from it when performing your presentation - you should try to memorise your speech before
  
• Use pauses effectively when your talking
• Do not leave preparation to the last minute
• Always leave handouts for your audience - this will help them remember what you have said