|
presentations! AHHH
Hey! =]
15/f 9th grade
okay well last friday i had a 10 minute presentation, well it was supposed to be 10 miunutes but i tottaly bombed it! it sucked. I got up there and i looked at everyone and i just forgot EVERYTHING i was supposed to say, we got to use notecards and i couldnt even like read the notecards right my words were all slurred together and i was like shaking like crazy! and like i had like LOOOONG pauses and yeah when i was done everyone was like laughing and it was so embaressing but i had to soke it up.
but i need some like some GOOD techniques on how to do presentions, and maybe even if you have some embaressing stories about when you presented
because in the spring time we have to do a 50 minute presentation ahhh!
so helppp!
thanks! =]
[ ]
Want to answer more questions in the Work & School category?
Maybe give some free advice about: School?
okay, presentations as a whole are a mentality thing. when somebody is presenting in front of an audience, the audience wants the presenter/performer to do well. nobody wants to see somebody suck. so when you get up there to present, don't get stuck with the mentality that everybody hates you and wants you to bomb- it's just not so. in the past, if i've done like a poster project, it's helped me to tape notecards to the back of the poster and hold the poster up. also, don't make eye contact with anybody. at all. until you have done a few presentations and now feel comfortable doing that. the best thing to do is look at the back of the room, or whatever. to me, presentations are just like standing there talking to my friends, so if you think of it like that, it won't bother you. also, presentations that are directed toward your age group (as in sentences that people can actually comprehend) are better too because it keeps people's attention. until you feel comfortable just winging a presentation, do powerpoint whenever possible. that way, all you have to do is click and read. sure, powerpoints are the epitome of boredom as far as presentations go, but they're still acceptable and there's no possible way that you can forget to say anything. anyway, without further ado, here is my embarassing moment:
this doesn't have to do with a presentation per se as much as a performance. i was supposed to memorize and perform this 5 page beethoven piece on piano for a recital in this huge church. so of course, every time i practiced the song at home i thought that i had it memorized... until i got to the place where the recital was being held. when they called my name and i walked up there, suddenly i thought, "holy crap, i can't remember any part of this song." by the way, it was a really repetitive song and really easy to get confused. so, i get through like the first 2 pages fine, until i get to a part where the music completely changes. by this time, it was really funny to me that i had completely sucked so far, with no hope of revival... so i accidentally hit some wrong chords and started laughing out loud. i considered standing up and being like, "um, well, i actually don't even know this song. sorry." but then i just played another wrong chord. it sounded so awkward. i got up and walked back to my seat and people didn't know whether or not to clap. they were like, "um, was that the end?"
anyway, at the time, that seemed like the worst thing that could have happened to me ever in my whole entire life, but i got over it after a few days. truthfully, stuff like that happens all the time to me and at this point it's just funny. today at school i walked by a bookcase full of dictionaries and encyclopedias and it completely collapsed and most of the books fell on top of another girl. everybody started laughing at me. i just laughed with them because it was so dumb.
well, i hope my stupid stories have helped you a little bit.
]
Try practicing in front of something silly, like a row of stuffed animals. Practice over and over again in front of whatever silly thing you're using. Then when you go up to give the presentation, look at the opposite wall and think of all your stuffed animals all lined up (or whatever you're using). I know this sounds dumb, but I used it, and I am totally fear-free!
]
oh gosh thats nothing!
one time in speech [i was a freshman and EVERYONE else in my class was either a junior or senior] we had to make a 7 min presentation.. and everyone in that class knew each other so they were all fine. but when i got up there i freaked out. i didnt know ANYONE, and it was like my 2nd week in high school. so while i was talking i kept stuttering and taking 8 second pauses.. then everyone started laughing and i realized my face was as red as a tomato and my hands were practically dripping sweat.. so i was running out of the class and i tripped on a desk.. yeah bad news. i stayed in the bathroom for the rest of the class.
so after that i thought of techniques. and this is what i did.
1.) tell yourself that your the best person ever and that no one is as good as you.. and that while they are watching you they are kinda wishing they were as good as you [sounds cocky.. but it works]
2.) just gaze at them. dont focus.. and if your not good at gazing then just look at the back wall.. or the desk.. they all think your looking at them when your really not.
3.) make firends in that class, so its like.. 'oh my friends are watching me, no big deal'
4.) just htink to yourself.. HALF those people, honestly, probably are not even paying attention.
#1&4 helped me the most!
just calm down, dont get nervous before hand, everyone else is doing it.
goodluck! message me if you have any more questions.
]
More Questions: |