do's and dont's on oral presentations

[bluckyduc]

Originally posted by merovingian@Jun 1 2004, 01:07 PM
If you don't want to make eye contact with people, stare right above their heads. Breath, don't be nervous and if you rehearse a lot, you'll be pretty confident when you get up there and you won't be nervous.

Rehearse in front of a mirror, to family, whatever...The more you practice it the more smoothly it will go.

haha :lol: "stare rigt above their heads" , sometimes we have to make eye contact with the audience. maybe i shud try that :lol:

my tip: make notecards, read them over and over again until u memorize what ur gonna say. but if u can use notecards on the presentation, so then thats a dif. story.

[mellow]

get it over with quickly...i hate being the last person to present

[UFCTAPOUT]

eye contact is a big thing. look at thier expressions and work off from there. if they look bored think so something to wake them up. its also easier to talk to people if you look at them. try your best not to mumble. practice practice practice.!

[jane_khute]

i hate oral presentations...dey get meeh really nervous somtimes i start to shake..an try not to make it ovious....ive been doing dis bu i still get nervous everytime

[MessedUpNobody1124]

T_T I suck at oral presentation..And I'm doing it in front of a big audience of a speech -_-....

[MeLtEd IcE]

eye contact, speak clearly, and don't lose control out of all lol

[bebeblu009]

Hmmm... I'm just about in the same boat as you. What people have told me are:

1. Make eye contact if you can (if not, look at someone's nose, then switch to someone else's nose.)

2. Move around a little bit, but not so much that you're figeting.

3. Take a DEEP breath before presenting. It'll relax you and take a load off.

4. Look interested in your presentation.

5. If all else fails, imagine your school principal in a banana suit. Works for me to get my mind off things.

[cindy]

Also, don't stare at your teacher a lot. My APEC teacher told us that he gets all freaked out when people do that lol. So make sure you don't just make eye contact with one person the whole time.

[devilishdiv079]

if you're in a group, don't dominant the presentation. that's what i usually get taken off for.

[christopher.]

wow..this helps out alot..thanks!!