Common
Performance
Anxieties
There is a certain gap between your
perceptions and others’ perceptions of you
Don’t project your own perceptions to the audience. They don’t know that you are not feeling comfortable
How to stand?
Stand still but not too stiff
Chin up and chest out to show your confidence
Balance on both feet to feel proper and stable
The audience will not
notice your both hands.
Where to put my hands?
Try to grape a laser pointer on hand, another hand in your picket
Or use gesture to emphasize certain viewpoints.
Practice your hand gesture in front of a mirror beforehand.
The audience want to see you.
Where to look at?
So just look at them.
Try to have an eye contact with everyone and don’t forget to smile.
Sure you will, but it also helps you focus..
I feel nervous?
Remember your purpose An important point is that
“don’t forget to breath”. Inexperienced presenters
become nervous because of discordant breathing
As a presenter, you have to pretend you like
everyone’s eye contact.
I hate being the focal point?
If you are shy, then pretend that you are not afraid at all.
Sometimes, pretend that you are a movie start will help, such as Tom Cruise, or Julia Roberts.
You may feel relaxing and be yourself.
You only need to dress a little bit better than the audience.
My hair is a mass and I
should not have worn this
outfit?
Make sure it is simple and formal, not to distract the focus of your ppt.
Dress in dark color without image. No ear ring hanging on your ears,
and no colorful tie.
If you worry about your hair,
remember that the audience will not pay attention to it.
Pause it or take a look at your note and then continue.
What about when I forgot
what to de next?
This is not a exam.
You are in charge of the scene.
It will look like that you purposely to stop for a while in order to give time for the audience to
articulate.
The audience don’t know that you are forgetting, so just pretend that you are not.
Just fix it.
What about if something
goes wrong?
Don’t ever say “sorry”.
The only thing to apology is the facility not being functioning well.
If you cough or make a mistake, or stuttering, don’t apology.
If you apology, then the audience lose the confidence on you and interrupt the continuity of the presentation.
No.
Are the audience laughing
at me?
They laugh because of your joke.
They are more interested in your presentation, not yourself.
Do and Don’t
Do
Don’t
Look into the eyes of the audience deliver your message and enhance the persuasiveness
Don’t stare at the space above the audience
Look around the audience to
enhance the influence and not missing anyone
Don’t just start at one person makes the person nervous and
misleading others that you are in favor of that person
When forgetting your line, take a loot
Do and Don’t
Do
Don’t
Smile at the audience you look kind
and confidence this way Don’t frown at your audience you look troubled and not kind to the audience
Keep body still and two hands
naturally down Don’t lower your head/shoulder and cross hands in front of your chest not kind
One hand in pocket to show your confidence. Another hand to make
some gesture. Holding a pen or pointer to make yourself feel comfortable.
Don’t put both hand in your pockets. Don’t play with your coins or keys in your pocket.
When holding a microphone, the other
hand can be used for gestures. When holding a microphone, don’t block your face with it. When appropriate, you can walk
