Keys to a Good Presentation

• Be familiar with your material
• Practice!
• Make eye contact
  • Pay attention to the entire audience
• Have good posture – stand up, hands not in pockets
  • Don’t block your face if reading
  • Try not to just read
  • Use index cards if necessary
• Appear calm –
  • No “pee-pee dance”
  • Try not to quiver
  • Try not to say “Um” or “like” or other fillers
  • Smile (if appropriate)
• Use your voice to help your presentation
  • Be LOUD!
  • Speak clearly
  • Don’t talk too fast
  • Read expressively –
    • Use lots of emotion
    • Create mood with your voice and body language
    • Use appropriate motions
• Get the audience to be actively involved in your presentation
  • Ask questions
  • Have objects or surveys to pass around
  • Involve the audience
  • Get volunteers to assist you
• Use props (if appropriate)
• Have visuals (posters, pictures, charts, or other things for the audience to look at)
• Have an identifiable end