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Presentation Guidelines: Speaking and Presenting
| Presentation Guidelines: Speaking and Presenting Skills |
How you present yourself to your audience makes or breaks your presentation. Practice many times so that you are confident and can concentrate on the content and your audience during the presentation.
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| Keep the following points in mind as you prepare and present your presentation: |
| Show confidence. (Preparation and practice will help this!) | |
| Know your content well enough so you don't need to be prompted or to read extensively from notes. | |
| Show enthusiasm for your topic. | |
| Use an interested, conversational tone of voice. | |
| Use humor, as appropriate, to connect to or extend the content. | |
| Make eye contact with various members of the audience. | |
| Use good posture and dress appropriately. | |
| Use body movement for effect only, otherwise stand still when speaking. | |
| Stay within two minutes of allotted time. | |
| Refrain from using empty words and fillers, such as "uh, like, you know, uhm..." | |
| Remove gum before presenting. |