How To Make A Speech Less Stressful

Horrified of speaking in public? Have a speech or presentation coming up

? Don't be alarmed, there's still hope! There's one easy way to draw attention away from yourself and give you the confidence you need. Ladies and gentlemen, let me present to you the power point.

By incorporating a slide show into your speech you automatically have several advantages. For one thing, you no longer have to have a crinkled and sweat-caked outline continually falling on the floor. For another thing, you have a much better chance of not only keeping your audience awake, but also diverting their attention away from how nervous you look.

If you're planning on using a slide show there are several things you should do. First, perfect your slides. I've seen too many slide shows littered with grammatical errors, blinding colors, pixilated images, unreadable text, and worse. Select fonts that are easily readable, and never set text in bright red or yellow, as they often don't appear on the screen. Use high contrast colors, such as black and white, to ensure everything appears clearly. Use large fonts but never put everything in capital letters, as this is unprofessional. Make your slides clean and easy to read. Don't overwhelm your audience with each new slide you use.

When it comes to actually using your power point, make sure you transition from slide to slide at a relatively constant speed. On average, you should spend about three to five minutes per slide. It is also important to not read what you've written on each slide word for word. The text is there to remind you what to say and to engage the audience. If you read the text on the screen verbatim, your audience will quickly grow bored.

Hopefully, these few tips on giving a power point will ease the tension for you. Don't worry, everyone fears giving speeches. Now that you know how to properly use a power point you'll do better. A power point is a substantial tool for speakers. As a power point is to a speech, so a security system is to a house. A power point keeps the audience awake and enhances the speech. A security system wakes up sleeping homeowners when their home is being broken into, and enhances the house. The two are quite similar in some ways.

by: Erin Walker

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