Presentation is often considered as big fear by a lot of people. Indeed, for some people speaking in front of public is something burdensome. However, they can actually deal with their fear by doing regular practice. One of the best times to practice public speaking is during presentation time in your class. In this article, you can find some hints to help you perform your best presentation in front of the class.
The main important preparation before going in front of your audience and deliver the presentation if your understanding. Make sure that you understand well the requirements and the materials that you are going to deliver. You have to notice whether you are going to have explanatory or persuasive presentation. Besides, you also have to think about the time that you have to deliver the while content. Therefore, you can prepare the best way in delivering the material well.
Then, you need to think about any supporting tools that you are going to use during your presentation, particularly your overhead projector, slides, whiteboard, and the PowerPoint. Or, you can use some other types of software in order to keep the focus of the audience to your presentation.
Besides, you need to practice more and more. Do not be so silly by thinking that you can handle everything well during the presentation time just by reading the materials and operating the supporting tools. It will be better for you to do rehearsal before in front of your family members. Ask their opinion, critiques and suggestions for the feedback.
You also have to remember that you are not to speak too fast in front of your audience since they will not get your point. Usually, people automatically speak quickly when they are nervous. Meanwhile speaking too fast will just make your audience fail to understand your point and to connect or interact with you. So, do more and more practice.
The last thing is developing good eye contact to connect with the audience. Good eye contact will make your audience feels that they are there to accept the material you bring to them. Now you are ready to perform your best presentation in class. Do your best.