what are some things to keep in my for a huge presentation…how do you not lose it…and keep your voice high enough and sound confident and make sure that you’re not missing out imp stuff you had practiced to say due to to the pressure?
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even if u forget sumthing ,dont get nervous .be like u know all
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pretend like u rule the world and the ppl there r kindergaten kids who dont know anything!
practice wat ur presenting once or twice infront of the mirror and be natural try not to act fake or rehearsed u knw... jst talk like ur telling ur friend sumthing.
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oh! i always get nervous when having a presentation infront of class, teacher always says that i have to speak up so everyone in the back hears, but i just cant 
and when i get nervous i end up looking down at the paper in my hands where ive written key-words. 
but i guess practise makes one feel better, ive had a few now so for every tim eim getting better nd better! 
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Join a Toastmasters club near you.
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I do this day in and day out - from running the classroom as a professor to public speaking engagements and keynote speeches at international conferences… I’ve been doing it for almost 7 years, and I can tell you that I still get nervous - and a certain level of anxiety still sets in even if I’m teaching the same course for the 10th time. This is despite the fact that I’ve also participated in numerous case presentation competitions and won a handful of awards as well.
So, anyone who tells you don’t get nervous isn’t exactly right… some anxiety is always good. It can help you think on your feet and dynamically adapt your presentation to the audience.
Some points I can think off the top of my head:
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The key is to try to get a feel for the audience early on in your presentation - start your presentation with something that you think is sure to spark some interest in the subject matter, e.g. a controversial issue, a recent event making headlines, a new surprising research finding etc. - doing this will help you see how the audience reacts… if you get a lesser than expected umph! reaction… then you know that you’ll have to shift into a higher gear.
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Also, there’s no substitute for substantial knowledge and grounding in the subject area that you’re presenting on. You can’t be expected to have all the answers, but you should be able to offer an opinion or a practical and relevant comment on issues that might be raised.
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Next, do not put everything as text on your slides or transparencies… this will make your audience go into reading mode which you don’t want. Always use a good balance of text and other visual aids including tables, graphs, and figures.
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Use props if at all possible - items or activities that will allow you to hopefully anchor your message and also prevent you from becoming a “talking head” and make your presentation more memorable
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Also have some morsels or tidbits of information handy that you can simply throw in during your presentation as “I don’t know how many of you know this…” - this will get the audience intrigued as well as impressed
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Lastly, if you’re doing a class presentation, then something I learned during my student days - is a little cheat trick to get you more points… plant a couple of good questions in the audience (i.e. get your friends to ask questions that you know the answers to). It works!
hmmm… I can write a blog article on this subject
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I tried both of them, and they work specially the first bold one - people really wake up, if you throw something random !
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Indeed very good posts.
All of these points are very valid.
It takes practice and doing many presentations on different topics and towards different audience over and over again.
Make presentation of enough length/duration. Too much info kills the interest of the audience. Go back and remove extra slides.
Remember, your estimated time will always be shorter than what it will be during presentation since you may spend more time explaining something which you cannot foresee.
Avoid an occasional annoying questioner by saying you will be happy to answer his question after the presentation.
Don't read through the slides, people can do that themselves.
Learn the lingo from other people's presentations.
Give people break in between by showing something nice.
Don't try to explain a graph/bar diagram etc. too much, just explain quickly what it means.
Avoid clutter, like lots of graphs and numbers on one slide.
Some people show a long video and this takes people away from topic at hand.
Give a punch line after each set of slide-meaning summarize what you have accomplished so far.
Try not to joke if you don't know how to and if you don't know how people will take that joke.
Arrange slides in such a way that it seems a flow of knowledge and don't go back again what you have already said.
Speak clearly with short sentences and work on your accent/pronunciation of the word.
Avoid repeated/habitual words
"this is LIKE",
"Whatchya may call it"
" You know"
" Uh Uh" etc.
Don't make people think they know nothing and you are the smarty pant.
I could go on......... but seems enough for now. :-)
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Really Good points
I took a class which had class presentations which were for B2B sales. I live in Texas…about 90% of the class had “What do y’all” think?..Then “All y’all” …to “when can we call y’all”
I guess its funny considering we were supposed to be presenting using professional business terms:D
Point being said is, also for whoever is presenting please don’t use such phrases as “Blah blah blah”…yes I have seen people say that…
..Just today. And then there are some that say “you guys can read from the slides so I guess I don’t need to read it”
I found this youtube video that I really liked, I'll try finding it, it was more about how to stand, how not to sound shrill(we tend to do that when we are nervous).
Do keep us updated as to how it went.
My presentation was good.At the end of it,studends ask question about that specific topic n u have to answer them.I said loudly
"So,do you guys have any questions?"
A guy got up n asked a question.I got mixed up,but its not that i didnot know the asnwer.
I gave him a wrong answer ,he ahd a grin on his face n said ,its wrong.
I retorted"Hey why did u ask me if you knew it much better then me"
Bacha smart ban raha tha:D