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Working with Nervousness
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Nervousness is Normal
• Learn to accept and work with your nervousness.
• Let it give you energy to plan the presentation.
• Let it give you energy during the talk.
• But control it!
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Overcoming Nervousness :In the days before your talk . . .
• Rehearse with your visuals.
• Rehearse in front of people, if possible, and in the same space.
• Check all equipment.
• Replace negative self-talk with positive.
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Practicing Answering Questions
• Brainstorm possible questions.• Practice answering questions as part of rehearsal
(ask a friend to help).• Practice responding to questions calmly. Don’t
assume that tough questions are hostile questions.• Q&A can be the most valuable part of the talk for you.
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Overcoming Nervousness: The day of your talk . . .
• Try exercising before your talk• Avoid caffeine that day.• Get everything in order (prompt cards, visuals
on disk or on Web) and then relax!!
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Relax just before your talk.
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Consider using techniques like these:
• Deep breathing
• Positive mental imaging (similar to what sports coaches suggest) – visualize your talk as a success.
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Positive Mental Imaging
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More techniques . . .
• Word games and image games (to take your mind off yourself)– Say the alphabet backwards– Count the chairs in the room
• A tip from my experience:– Talk to people on your way up to the podium.
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Delivering your talk
• Take a moment before speaking to get relaxed and adjusted to your audience.
• Remember, your audience wants you to succeed! – We’d much rather be listening to you than
reading some long report or set of instructions!
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Tips for Presenting
• Stand with your feet far enough apart to feel centered. Don’t stand mostly on one leg or half-turned toward big screen.
• Breathe deeply whenever you can.• Notice which faces give you positive feedback and
look toward them often (but not exclusively). • Don’t be afraid to slow down or even fall silent for
a few seconds. We like the break!
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Q and A
• Don’t assume that tough questions are hostile questions.– You’ve probably gotten someone really thinking!
– If question is long, offer to speak with questioner privately after the talk.
– If question is difficult, do not try to bluff an answer. Admit you had not “thought of [or studied] that.”
• Q&A can be the most valuable part of the talk for you.
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Working with nervousness
• What are your techniques?
• Check resources on the Web:– articles from business advisors– newspapers– training materials– universities
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Questions to ask as you watch your videodisk
• What is my greatest strength as a speaker? • What is the weakest part of my presentation?
Why?• What, specifically, can I do to improve?
– Exercises? Practice techniques? Organizational strategies?
• What should be the result of my improvement efforts in my next talk?
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Recommendations
• Plan your talk– Organize– Repeat important information
• Rehearse– Get feedback ahead of time– Don’t try to wing it
• Create visuals immediately, rehearse with them, and then change them!!
• Relax and have fun