2012-05-24, 08:52 PM
I tend to do speeches on the fly on my presentations a lot of the time, so take that for what you will.
A few good things I'd recommend:
-Note cards/notes are good if you like little reminders about what to say about the topic. But if you're going for lecture style, do you ever see professors use que cards or paper notes while they're talking? Not really. They HAVE the notes written, but it's basically saying "at this point int he lecture you should mention this and expand on it" instead of a step by step process outlined.
- If you do have a power point, pretend it is a giant note card. Don't read exactly what is on it, but make it give you visual "hints" to tell you what you should be saying at the time you slide is shown. Also use the slide to show visual aids to help your audience get the picture (usually this is stuff like graphs and data to support your argument/presentation).
You could have one big slide, but that doesn't give the feeling that the presentation is moving along. You want that feeling in your presentation.
-RELAX- yes you will be nervous standing in front of a bunch of people you may not know personally. It's ok. They're here to listen to you. Talk in a calm and cool manner. Don't appear jittery and shake-y even if you know you feel so. This talk is to show your ability to present information and to show how much you actually know. So if you feel you could answer all the questions possible, then you are ready for your presentations.
A few good things I'd recommend:
-Note cards/notes are good if you like little reminders about what to say about the topic. But if you're going for lecture style, do you ever see professors use que cards or paper notes while they're talking? Not really. They HAVE the notes written, but it's basically saying "at this point int he lecture you should mention this and expand on it" instead of a step by step process outlined.
- If you do have a power point, pretend it is a giant note card. Don't read exactly what is on it, but make it give you visual "hints" to tell you what you should be saying at the time you slide is shown. Also use the slide to show visual aids to help your audience get the picture (usually this is stuff like graphs and data to support your argument/presentation).
You could have one big slide, but that doesn't give the feeling that the presentation is moving along. You want that feeling in your presentation.
-RELAX- yes you will be nervous standing in front of a bunch of people you may not know personally. It's ok. They're here to listen to you. Talk in a calm and cool manner. Don't appear jittery and shake-y even if you know you feel so. This talk is to show your ability to present information and to show how much you actually know. So if you feel you could answer all the questions possible, then you are ready for your presentations.