- Use ‘you’ as the pronoun in the beginning. ‘What you will take away from my brief presentation today is….’ Avoid ‘I’ . ‘What I am going to speak about today is….’
- Relax yourself before you start. Get in a good mood. Soften your face. Be friendly.
- Greet people before you start. Be the reception committee.
- Encourage them to say ‘yes’ in the first few minutes. I am sure we would all like to be better at public speaking wouldn’t we?
- Make sure you are open to enjoying the experience. Look forward to the presentation.
- If you have negative thoughts that cause you to become anxious, let them drift away. They will go back to where they came from as long as you don’t encourage them.
- Dress up a little for the occasion.
- Get there early and survey your surroundings. Stand at the front and practise your opening.
- Make sure you equipment works. Be ready for plan B when it doesn’t work.
- Say to yourself ‘ I deserve to do well today. I have done the work’.
- Just be you.