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Overcome Nervousness and Deliver a Powerful Presentation
by Betty Mahalik

1. Prepare.

Nothing is more important to your success than preparation. It will eliminate 80-90% of your nervousness if you're well prepared. Make sure you have rehearsed the ideas in your presentation at least 4 times through.

2. Know your audience.

Your audience is the reason you're there. Never forget that they don't care how brilliant you are. They care about the value you bring to them. Take the time to find out all you can about your audience, their needs, interests and concerns. Then speak to those.

3. Avoid caffeine, alcohol, or extremely hot or cold drinks before you speak.

The best beverage to keep your vocal chords in good working order is room temperature water with a squeeze of lemon.

4. Loosen up with exercise.

This doesn't mean run 5 miles right before your speech, but a brisk walk followed by head, neck, shoulder rotations and other "loosening up" exercises will alleviate a lot of nervous tension in your body. Exercise also increases oxygen flow to the brain--a very necessary component for good speaking!

5. Warm up your voice.

Your voice is essentially a muscle and as such requires warm-up for effective performance. Warm ups can include several rounds of "So-humm" to get voice into a lower register. Reciting children's nursery rhymes or a short stanza of poetry is another way to flex the vocal chords before speaking. Remember to breathe!

6. Practice the "Sarnoff technique" to reduce nervousness.

Dorothy Sarnoff was a communication coach to politicians, diplomats, actors and other high profile figures. This technique involves taking in a deep, diaphragmatic breath, then pressing the heels of the hands together in an isometric hold while you slowly exhale the air, hissing through the teeth. Sounds silly but it works!

7. Arrive at your speaking venue well in advance of your presentation.

Running late is not only unprofessional, it ruins your composure. Arriving early allows you time to do a "tech check" on all audio-visual equipment, make sure you have your room-temperature lemon-water available, and generally get comfortable in your surroundings.

8. Do a mirror check before walking into the room.

Especially check shoulders for flakes, front of clothing for anything that might distract (unbuttoned shirts and zippers); between teeth, and hair. Women, blend or reapply make-up as needed. Anything "small" that might distract your audience can have large negative consequences.

9. Make friendly face-to-face contact with at least 4-5 audience members before you speak.

Not only will this relax you and make you feel connected to your audience, it may provide an opportunity for humor or comments you can weave in to create rapport. Also note where the friendly faces are seated during your presentation, and direct your eye contact to them during your presentation.

10. Practice "positivity."

I advise clients to use another of Dorothy Sarnoff's techniques, a short mental affirmation to remind them that they're standing in the midst of a golden opportunity. The affirmation goes like this: "I'm glad I'm here; I'm glad you're here; I know what I know, and I care about you." Repeat as needed before you stand and speak. Now go out there and own the moment!!

(c) 2003 Betty Mahalik, All rights reserved.
(c) 2003 Coachville, LLC

This piece was written by Betty Mahalik, BS in Broadcast Journalism; Business & Personal Coach, specializing in communication, who can be reached at bettym@dynamic-coaching.com, or visited on the web at Dynamic Coaching

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