Effective Presentations

One problem I have when doing a presentation is that I am afraid I will bore the audience. I want to keep them interested from the start. Nervousness before a presentation is also a huge factor as to why a presentation might be unsuccessful. You have to act confident even if you are quivering in your boots (I know I do). You really need to speak up and make yourself heard and to make eye contact with your audience or you will give them the impression that you're not interested.

I have a huge fear of talking in public. I would talk to anybody and maybe I am even too much of a chatterbox but the minute I am asked to stand and talk in front of people it terrifies me. This really hold me back at times as I wish I would just go for it as it's not actually that bad once you do it.

I do loads of reasearch on the topic and then try break all the important and useful things up into small sections so I don't bombard the audience with information. Images, videos, music may help explain and also keep the audience interested. The message needs to be clear and to the point. 

I find it very hard to do practice runs although I really think that is the key.

It's a big mistake not practicing or rehearsing as you won't know how long you're talking for and this seemed to be a big problem with a lot of people from my class including myself. Other mistakes would be not introducing yourself or knowing who your audience is or being late. Speaking to fast and unclear would be a big no no as the audience would lose interest straight away.

There are many ways that you can fall down and have an unsuccessful presentation so just go in there confident and prepared and you'll do great!! :)