FILWP Presenting Tips
HERE ARE SOME TOP FILWP PRESENTING TIPS
I originally created #FILWP because I knew what was like to be so anxious and not have any idea how to structure, prepare or deliver presentations. (Read my story here.)
Despite it being such a common problem for so many people I could not find a comprehensive source of useful tips to help improve the way you present anywhere. I did not find it useful to be told to ‘just relax’; if I knew how to do that, I’d not have been asking for help in the first place.
Over the last 20 years or so I’ve attended and facilitated over 300 events and I’ve learnt a lot about what does and doesn’t work, and here it is.
FINDING YOUR OWN VOICE AND YOUR OWN WAY
We all have different styles of presenting and I do not necessarily know you, your style, values, environment or audience; what I do know is that these tips consistently work for me and the many people who I’ve shared them with.
They are really easy to implement and have such great and positive impact that I’d love for you to start using them in your very next presentation; remember that successful people implement quickly. Pick one and then once you’ve got that nailed, pick another one; trying to implement too many at the same time will likely leave you overwhelmed and defeat the purpose.
As you get more confident you will start finding your own voice and your own way and that’s when things become even more fun – when you make stuff up along the way! I hope that this will happen sooner rather than later; in the meantime feel free to ‘borrow’ my way of doing things – most of which I learnt from others anyway!
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