My first public presentation.
- My experience.
- Targets of this article
- What unexpectedly easy was
- What unexpectedly difficult was
- Tips
- Conclusion. (What I learned. )
- Resources
My experience.
Needless to say, I was so nervous. It was my first presentation in public in English also I've nerver done any public presentations in Japanese. I spent a long time for preparing my slides(below) and a workshop material (below) and I had rehearsal for my presentation twice. I think it's kind of enough but I was feeling uncomfortable until the end of my presentation. So I want to share my experience of this If you think of doing presentation in your second language first time.
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Targets of this article
- People
- who have never made a presentation in public.
- who want to overcome your nervous in public speaking.
What unexpectedly easy was
Actually, I was uncomfortable until the end of my presentation. So I tried to talk with audience before I start it to make me calm and it works for me.
- People who I talked with looked smiley and I could have eye-contact to them many times.
- After finishing presentation, some people asked about what I taught in my presentation without feeling nervous.
What unexpectedly difficult was
I preapred lerning material for my workshop and wrote down how to install necessary environment to do the material. I thought most of them had already finished setting up environment but, It was opposite in real. So I had to change my original plan to demonstrate how to use the material to learn.
Tips
Be friendly
To remove your nervous, Being friendly to audience before you start is good way. For example, after having conversation with someone, he or she helps you during your presentation by smiling or asking some question.
Ask questions to audience.
When you forget what you want to say, it is better to ask questions to audience to avoid making silence. During the time, you can try to remember whant you are thinking about.
Make time for audience to introduce next to him or her.
This tip is related to Be friendly. Some audience may come for the first time, which means audience might feel uncomfortable as well. Introducing themselves to others is kind of ice breaker. After introducing time, audience would have less nervous.
Conclusion. (What I learned. )
- Having conversation with audience before you start helps you.
- Unexpected things happen even though you spent a lot of time on preparing for your presentation. (At that time, you need to change your original plan.)
- If you are friendly, some people ask some questions without nervous.
