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Secrets of A Dynamic Presenter

By Anne Miller, President, Chiron Associates 

Here are ten tips guaranteed to give you winning delivery skills.

At home  
   1. Prepare and practice. No professional worth his/her salt, from Michael Jordan to Madonna, ever went before a group without careful preparation  and practice.
   2. Stay positive! See yourself being successful. Think of the value your listeners will gain from your ideas.
   3. Keep your perspective. Remember, no one ever died of a presentation!

On Your Way to the Presentation  
4. Review your opening line several times. Even if you ultimately change the wording, remember that your audience does not know what you prepared.
5. You cant avoid the adrenaline rush you get before a presentation. Its normal, like the feelings before a competitive sports event. Instead, manage them. Breathe in deeply and exhale slowly 2-3 times. Hum to warm your vocal cords. Yawn a big disgusting yawn to open up any tense muscles in your throat. Raise your arms above your head, break in the elbows and shake your hands to loosen up. (These last two to be done only in the nearest restroom or empty elevator.)

During the Presentation 
6. Focus on your listener(s) getting your message rather than on what you look like or how you feel. Sincerity, conviction and enthusiasm will automatically follow.
7. Think conversation, rather than presentation.
8. Do not try to look at everybody in a group at the same time. Youll get a headache, become even more nervous and start to babble. Better to look at and talk to one person at a time for about the length of a phrase or sentence or until you pause to breathe. Then, do the same with the next person, and the next.
9. Pause for emphasis after key thoughts or numbers. BREATHE (generally a good idea).
10. Pepper your information with examples, stories and analogies. The audience loves them and they make you come alive in the voice, in your body language and in your expression. Last, but not least, enjoy the meeting!

CREDITS Anne Miller STRATEGY & SKILLS THAT WIN BUSINESS Seminar Leader, Presentation Advisor, Exec Coach  Box 624 NYC NY 10163 212 876 1875  www.annemiller.com.