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PRESENTATION SKILLS
DR WAN PUSPA MELATI
nervousness & anxiety
anxiety and nervousness
A speaker’s individual level of fear or anxiety associated with either real or anticipated communication to a group of people or an audience
biology of anxiety
Autonomic Nervous System - Fight or flight response
Stress vs Distress
class exercise
1. How nervous are you? (1 - 10)
2. What makes you nervous / stage fright?
3. How do you overcome it?
class exercise
misconception about presentation anxiety
misconception
I AM MORE NERVOUS THAN MOST PEOPLE
- Even if the levels of anxiety differ, at least 40% of the other people are as equally nervous
SPEAKING ANXIETY IS THE NUMBER ONE FEAR
- The result of the previous study was misinterpreted. The survey was limited and asked for ‘common fears’, not the ‘biggest fears’.
source of anxiety
source
managing nervousness
what can you do to improve IT?
-CHANGE IT TO POSITIVE VIBES
(stage EXCITEMENT / STAGE ENTHUSIASM)
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There are trial and error to help minimize the errors
The more we present the less threatening it will become
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prepare, prepare, prepare
- Do not tell audience you are unprepared
- Pick a topic you truly care about and prepare
- A standard rule of thumb is that each minute of speaking time requires one to two hours of preparation time
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think positively
use the power of visualization
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- Envision success in performance
- Research has shown that this kind of mental imaging can significantly increase athletic performance (Ungerleider, 2005 as cited in Lucas, 2009 p.13) and control stage fright (Ayres et al., 1997 as cited in Lucas, 2009 p.13)
remember that nervousness is not visible
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- Don't tell audience you are nervous
- Viewers can only tell some signs
- It’s hard to be convincing if you look tense and insecure
don't expect perfection
- No perfect presentation
- Errors will not be known to audience if well managed
- Presentation as an act of communication and performance
- Error makes us human :)
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quick recap
wanpuspa@segi.edu.my
012 319 0544