Tips for Presentation?
WEAR HIGH HEELS! The higher, the better ;p Wait, I am freaking serious. I do that all the time, I walk in with a flat shoe but when it's my turn to present, I'll change to my high heel. I will feel more confident of myself. Well, you can try.
Do look smart too, for girls, the least you can put on is baju kurung but make sure it's a presentable one. And one more thing, wear clothes that make you feel comfortable. For example, I have this one baju kurung that makes me feel like I look so sweet wearing it. For guys, as usual you guys don't have much choice but to wear slack and formal shirt and also black shoe of course, but you can vary by wearing different kind of colours rather than black and black and black.
Make sure you know what you are going to say on the presentation. When you know what you're doing exactly, then again your confident level will add up. Be sure you have a little notes with you in case you forget a little bit here and there during your speech. Even if you want to write an essay long of notes it's alright, but
NEVER NEVER read the text! You can refer to it but don't read! It's kinda rude to the audience as well I guess. You don't wanna be rude don't you...?
If it's a group presentation it is best if you rehearsed the presentation first to get the idea of the presentation flow. But if you're running out of time, it's okay, just make sure your group members know which is their part, and ready for their part of presentation. Then only the flow will be great.
NEVER EVER chew a gum or anything during a presentation! It's just plain rude.
Ahhh, one more thing. I've seen too many of this during presentations. Mostly, students will write an essay on their slide. Do you want to present or you want us to read by ourselves? Put only points! For example, if you're presenting on 'consumer benefit', just put maybe first its cheap, second its high quality. The rest of the text, speak them out. Present the elaborations by yourself! When you write so much on your slides, tendency is you'll just be reading them out. This is another kind of rudeness that can occur during a presentation -.-
Another thing that I realized, when we are nervous, we'll be using so much of fillers like 'aaaa', 'umm', 'errr', 'aaaaaa'... Yg ni nak buat macam mana, you have to overcome the fear and this process will definitely take time. Fix it each time you present, remember you want people to see you, judge you as a smart, brave and confident person. But I can tell you, if you're well prepared for a presentation, the tendency of using fillers is less than when you're not ready or last minute prepared. So, remind yourself, when doing a presentation, make sure you're ready by a day before!
Last but not least, ask yourself, when you're presenting, you want people to pay attention and at leasttt act like they understand what you're saying right? The same goes to other presenters... Thus, when other people is presenting, be quiet even you've done yours. Your cooperation is much appreciated ;p
That's all for now, and for girls, don't forget to wear high heels!
