A Couple Of Tips On Presenting To An Audience
If you're worried about presenting in front of people, DiResta has a few quick pointers that are easy to remember:
- Instead of looking at a sweeping sea of people, focus your attention on one person in the audience for 10 seconds, then switch to another person. This makes your presentation feel more like a 1:1 conversation.
- Don't let the “um” derail you. Take pauses between points - even between sentences, if you need them. The silence is far less uncomfortable to the audience than it seems to you and gives you a chance to breathe and collect your thoughts for the rest of your presentation.
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