TIPS TO REMEMBER DURING ORAL PRRESENTATION

1. Do your homework. Nobody can give a good presentation without putting

in some serious time preparing for it.

2. Find a story about people (yourself and others) that illustrates your
message and tell it with passion. Storytelling always beats boring lectures!

3. Look presentable. No need to wear a suit always, but it's hard for people to
take a presentation seriously when you look like someone who just rolled out
of bed.

5. Talk; don't read. Nobody enjoys seeing a speaker burying his or her face in a
script, reading stiffly from a piece of paper. Try to talk from notes, or, if you
use a written-out text, try to look down at it only occasionally.

6. Make eye contact with the audience. Your purpose is to communicate

with your audience, and people listen more if they feel you are talking
directly to them. As you speak, let your eyes settle on one person for
several seconds before moving on to somebody else. You do not have to
make eye contact with everybody, but make sure you connect with all
areas of the audience equally

7. Don’t speak with a too low or monotonous voice. If people can’t hear you
well at the back of the room, or if you don’t have any energy in your voice, you
will lose the attention of the audience in a minute.

8. Speak slowly to enable the audience to take in what you are saying and
increase their understanding.

9. Appear relaxed. You don't have to actually be relaxed; but at least try to
appear as relaxed as possible. Bring along some water or a drink, take short
breaks from time to time, and think pleasant thoughts. No one enjoys speakers
who are trembling and sweating bullets.
10. Speak with confidence. When you are speaking, you are the authority
on your topic, but do not pretend that you know everything. If you do not
know the answer to a question, admit it. Consider deferring the question
to your mentor or offer to look into the matter further.

11. Make audience laugh – Although you want audience to hear your paper,
you need to make them laugh as well. It keeps the audience alert and they’ll
learn more from you than someone who just reads out.

12. Don’t hide behind the computer or speaker stand. Make sure the
audience see you and maintain eye contact with them.

13. Show some movement –You need to show some movement when
speaking, but naturally you may forget to do so. Make sure you show some
gestures or pace around a bit (not too much) on the stage when speaking.
Remember, no one likes watching a stiff. People are more engaged with an
animated speaker.

14. Watch what you say – You usually don’t notice when you say “uhm”, “ah”,
or any other useless word frequently, but the audience does. It gets quite
irritating; so much that some members of the audience will probably count
how many times you say these useless words.

15. Differentiate yourself – If you don’t do something unique compared to all

the other presenters the audience has heard, they won’t remember you. You
are branding yourself when you speak, so make sure you do something unique
and memorable.

16. Provide Appropriate Acknowledgments. People love to be acknowledged

for their contributions. It is often appropriate to acknowledge people at the
beginning or at the point of their contribution so that their contributions are
very clear.

17. Know when to stop. Do not go over the time limit.

18. Finish strong. Always be sure to have a satisfying conclusion to your

presentation in which you make clear to the listeners what they now know.

19. Have back up plan in case of technical problem.