THINGS5CREATIVITY POWERED BY A

UST

RALI

A

BEFORE EACH PUBLIC PRESENTATIONTHE ESSENTIAL CHECKLIST & TIPS FOR ALL

TO REMEMBER ABOUT

5 THINGS TO REMEMBER ABOUT BEFORE EACH PUBLIC PRESENTATION

The stress before each public presentation can be overwhelming. To ease it, all you have to do is take care of the things you can actually control – like your slides, your outfit and all the other things that sometimes can add unnecessary stress to the most natural anxiety you might feel. You might not get rid of stress for good but

you will decrease it a lot with my 5 simple tips.

CHECK IF YOU HAVE YOUR SLIDES

This may sound ridiculous but trust me, there are times when even the best of us forget to

take the slides with them. My advice is to have the extra copy on you pen drive and maybe

even one extra send to own mailbox. This way you will have two backup copies in case your

memory fails.

CHECK HOW THE SLIDES LOOK LIKEYes, I know they are beautiful. Just make sure they look equally good on your computer and the actual computer

you are going to present from. Also make sure the slides look good in the place you are going to present at. In the very light rooms only very contrasting slides

work.

CHECK HOW YOU LOOK LIKEYou look smashing good. I know. Just

make sure to check if the clothes you are going to wear are clean a day prior the presentation. Also try to talk and make some gestures wearing them. That is

really important as you do not want to flash the audience with… body parts you

want to stay private.

DRINK WATERand by water I mean water – not fizzy drinks, not alcohol, not tea or coffee. You might want to try water with a bit of ginger and lemon. It warms your throat naturally. Water should be still and preferably in room temperature. And… do not

forget to use the toilet before you go.

GET YOUR VOICE READY

Warm up your voice gently starting with light humming. Try to warm up the vocal cords with

this gentle exercise. Then add vowels after

each hum. You can do it on the way in a car.

5 Things to Remember before each public presentation

Those were

To make sure you don’t miss the next post in our series on presentation and slides design simply sign up to our newsletter to get updates and hot tips straight to your mailbox. And do not worry we only send good stuff to our friends. We do not spam! We hate that, too.

sign up to newsletter CREATIVITY

POWERED BY AUST

RALIA

PHOT0 CREDITSBy Aleksi Tappura By Rayi Christian W By Jennifer Trovato By Gabe Rodriguez By Dominik Martin By Kristian Karlsson By vladimir byazrov via compfight

CREATIVITY POWERED BY AU

STRA

LIA