Preparation
Preparation is the key to giving an effective presentation and to controlling your nervousness. Know your topic well. You will be the expert on the topic in the classroom. Good preparation and the realization that you are the expert will boost your self-confidence. After your research, you will find that you know much more about your topic than you will have time to present. That is a good thing. It will allow you to compose a good introduction, to distill out the main, most important points that need to be made, and to finish with a strong conclusion.
- Know your topic and become an expert.
- Learn as much about the topic as you can to boost your self-confidence.
- Have an idea what the background is of your audience is so you will know how much detail to go into and what kinds of things you may have to define.
- Prepare an outline of topic. Bullet or number the main points.
- Write out your presentation if you need to organize your thoughts, but then outline this text for the actual presentation.
Activity
Please complete the following activity.
Value: 5