My presentation experience

Before giving my presentation, I have read the tips that we have in our book about giving a good presentation. Although I searched the net for other similar topics, I ended up that giving a good presentation is an issue of self-attitude and abilities.

The best way I have realized is to start up immediately! Organize the information about the topic “first of all”, then practice, practice and practice. It's very embarrassing and scary to confront people, but practicing will break the ice and will boost the self confidence. In fact, it's that hard to confront a group of people for only the first two minutes, but you will get more used and more relaxed quickly.

Regarding the planning for the presentation, I asked myself do I have to prepare for each word I'm going to say? I found that for the first time the answer is yes. But with giving more presentations, the performance will be enhanced, the experience will be enriched and the planning will not be any more for all the details.

I wrote down the points that I am going to talk about and started preparing my power point slides. I tried to make the power-point as simple as it can be, with comfortable colors and images.

I prepared myself to be ready to any kind of question that might be related to my topic but not in my research materials.

I was thinking of how I can get the attention of my audience. Finally, I decided to start with some statistical facts to get their attention and attract them to my speech. I also practiced to use my body parts (hands) to explain some ideas and to move to change my place. I practiced to use good accent and good voice and to distribute my eye look to everybody. It works, I love it and I am proud of myself.