How to Get Ready for a Presentation
You can’t expect any presentation to go well if you never practice it. Take the time to go through, slide by slide, and rehearse what you’re going to say for each point during the presentation. Use notecards if you have to at first, and work your way up to memorizing the entire thing. Watch yourself speak in the mirror. Take note of how your facial expressions go with the messages you’re trying to convey, and make improvements wherever necessary. Once you rehearse your presentation to the point of memorization, you’ve gotten the boring part out of the way. You at least know that, to the best of your abilities, you can give your presentation from memory, without any errors, now it’s time for the challenging portion -doing it in front of people. Get there early The last thing you want is to be rushing into a meeting or conference room filled with people waiting to hear you speak, and being behind schedule. Save yourself the burden and make sure that you arrive early. Give yourself an h