The document provides tips for giving a presentation, including preparing mentally, beginning with self-deprecating humor, grounding the presentation in facts, detailing challenges overcome, integrating feedback, offering updates, communicating value provided, and finishing strongly.

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2. Before you start your presentation, take a moment to
prepare mentally.
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3. Begin your talk on a self-deprecating note.
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4. Ground your overall presentation in empirical facts.
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5. Lay all your findings on the table.
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6. Enumerate the possible paths your project could have taken.
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7. Explain what needed to happen for you to achieve success.
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8. Detail how your team spent their time.
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9. Articulate some of the challenges you had to overcome.
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10. Give an honest account of how your work progressed.
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11. Explain how you integrated client feedback.
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12. (Don’t let your talk get too dry. Insert levity where
appropriate.)
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13. Offer updates on the status of outstanding items.
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14. Communicate to your audience the value of the services
you’ve rendered.
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15. Make clear the tangible gains the organization has made
because of your work.
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16. Side note: Outline your own personal future plans.
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17. Finish strong.
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