Stage Fright: How to have a successful presentation

Many successful presentations follow the acronym A-E-O-M-I-S-S-S

 

What’s A-E-O-M-I-S-S-S?

 

Audience

Energy

Organization

Material

Interaction

Surprise

Staging

Self-awareness

 

Audience

·         Do you know your audience?

·         What makes the audience happy? Pictures/videos, Quotations, ideas, Candy/prizes

·         What bores the audience? Stating the obvious, too much info, too little info

 Energy

·         Use the right volume so your audience can hear you clearly

·         Act like you have a passion for the topic

·         Do not stand in one position

·         Be confident and engaging

 Organization

·         Have an intro, body, conclusion

·         Sate the big and interesting points up front

·         Have something you want your audience to take away from this presentation

·         Use power point slides

Material

·         Use a variety of material

·         Have handouts, illustrations, videos, props or examples

 Interaction

·         Understand where the audience is in regards to your topic

·         Adapt your style of talk to your audience

·         Keep track of what the audience says and in turn relate it in your presentation

 Surprise

·         Your audience expects or already knows how you are going talk ex. Walk through 25 slides

·         Break this expectation by doing something completely unexpected like using different presentation software, getting them involved etc.

·         Be creative !

Staging

·         Practice hand-offs with other presenters

·         Do not hide behind the podium

·         Make eye contact with your audience

 Self-Awareness

·         Are you aware of how your acting? Ex. Hand movements, saying “ums, “ahs” etc.

·         Do you know how the audience is responding to your presentation? Are they bored? What parts are they more attentive to?

·         Use body language and clues to keep track of the audiences response

 

 

All in all, In order to have a successfull presentation use AEOMISSS in order to get you to success !!!!

 

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