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Presentation Skills

Whatever applies to a debate or press interview, usually also applies to public presentations. It all starts with good preparation. Why am I giving this presentation? What is my target audience? What is the effect I want to achieve? What is the key message I want to convey? Once you found the answers to these questions, you can move on and start looking for useful elements to include and the structure of your talk.

When the time comes to make your presentation, you will obviously be nervous. But how do I make sure my nerves do not get the better of me? How do I immediately grab the audience's attention? How do I use audiovisual aids? How do I handle a difficult audience and tricky questions? And.. what do I do when things look like they're going to get out of hand.