The document provides tips for delivering a successful presentation. It recommends arriving early to set up and check equipment. Presenters should tidy the room to minimize distractions and ensure all technology is functioning properly. Nervousness is normal but can be eased by sucking on a mint and avoiding water to prevent dry mouth. Presenters should boost their confidence through positive self-talk and give the introduction card to the master of ceremonies. Good presentation skills include making eye contact, varying eye contact among audience members, engaging the audience through stories and interaction, and finishing strongly with a call to action.

1. Delivering a PresentationBy Graham Young

2. Arrive EarlyDoors Open10.30 amIn case there is a problem

3. Tidy the RoomStrategyTo minimise the distractions

4. Check all the EquipmentScreen saverOff?Screen saver & WIFI turned off?Mobile on silent?OKInk in the pens?Screen lined up

5. Nervous?It is OKBeing Nervous is NormalDon’t worry about it

6. Dry Mouth?Suck a mintDon’t drink the water

7. Boost your Self ConfidenceRepeat aloud after me:“I am poised, prepared, persuasive, positive and powerful.” “I feel composed, confident, convincing, commanding and compelling.”

8. Give the MC an Intro CardPlease give a warm welcome to ……….He/she has a great deal of experience in today’s subject as He/she has recently completed …….

9. The DeliveryStand up

10. Take a deep BreathOxygenates your blood and calms you down

11. Establish Eye ContactLook your audience in the eye

12. Eye ContactLook at the happy faces to begin with

13. Look at a different person while you say each phrase or sentence… the grumpy onesneed more eye contactoverall

14. When they are all listeningStart talking

15. Never let them get aheadIf your audience knows what you aregoing to say next, they will stop listening

16. Take them on a journeyDon’t let them see the end from the startBuild in some mystery

17. Make it interactive – make it memorableI hear - I forgetI see - I remember I do - I understandConfuciusMake your audience do things, if only in their heads

18. Put some emotion in to itTell a storyDry facts are boring

19. Remember to finishWith a call to action that enforces your objectiveThe more detailed and explicit the better

20. Then …Stand still and feel the warm glow of a standing ovation

21. AfterwardsCheck that your audience meets your objectiveRun a post presentation reviewWhat worked wellWhat didn’t workDo it even better next time

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