1. Presentation
What Really Matters

2. The Top Ten Fears in America.
Speaking in public
Snakes
Confined spaces
Heights
Spiders
Tunnels & bridges
Crowds
Public transportation (especially planes)
Storms
Water (as in swimming & drowning, not drinking)

3. Public Speaking: What’s the Deal?
Why do we fear public speaking?
Seinfeld: The list of fears
“Suggests that at a funeral, the person giving the eulogy would rather be in the box.”

4. So, Let’s Ease the Stress
What Makes an Excellent Presenter?
Physical Skills
Emotional/Social Skills
Effective Content

5. Physical Skills
Eye Contact: Makes you more believable, more trustworthy.
Hands in the pockets: Don’t do it! Just a distraction.
Gestures: Less is more. Again, this is a distraction from what you are actually saying.

6. Emotional/Social Skills
Make your audience comfortable: This is your FIRST priority.
Connect with them: Let them know that whatever you are speaking about has application for their lives. No podium!
Make Yourself Comfortable: Know what you are saying and why!

7. Effective Content
Be Passionate: find something in what you are speaking about that is important to you!
Give them only NECESSARY background Information: Don’t bog them down with too much history.
Know your sources: Have outside information AND personal experience to back up what you are saying!