Public Speaking with PowerPoint: Let Go of Your Fear
By Paul Abbey
It is common knowledge that public speaking is the biggest fear. When you think about it, there are other things we should be scared of. Going up in front of an audience and sharing some information should not be high on our list of fears.Public speaking with PowerPoint is a great way to get through your fear. It may not erase it completely, but there are certain features that PowerPoint provides that can make it easier for you. The main idea when using public speaking with PowerPoint is that the attention will be off of you and onto the projecting screen. When you know that the eyes are off of you and focused somewhere else, it will be easier to speak and let your information be known the the audience.Here are a few pieces of advice to follow. Pick and choose which ones will help you the most. Some people prefer one or two, other prefer to use them all. The point is to create a comfort level that will ease the fears that you have when speaking in public.Make the PowerPoint interesting to look at. Don't go crazy and use overly distracting colors and styles, but make it seem worth while. Choose an interesting theme when public speaking with PowerPoint. This will get the audience looking at the slides.On the slides, put various media. If you can find relevant video files, audio files, images, and other media, it will be interesting to the audience members. Don't place too many media files on one slide. In fact, to help you fear of public speaking with PowerPoint, it might be best if you used one media per slide.Another thing you can do is to provide the audience members with enough data. Make graphs and charts to place on your PowerPoint. This is information that the audience will want to know and will have their eyes on that instead of you.If it is possible, provide your audience members with outlines of your speech. Make it very general. Most audience members will take notes on the outline that you have provided. If you combine the outline with the data that you provide on your PowerPoint, it can help you feel more relaxed.Don't forget to keep your content interesting. We have all been through boring presentations and even worse PowerPoints, but you can do better. If it makes you feel any better, you can have someone look over your content and provide feedback on how interesting it is.When public speaking with PowerPoint, it is important to practice, practice, practice! Your fear will not get any better if you don't try. You can start out with a small group and work your way up to larger crowds. Who knows, maybe one day this will help you be rid of that fear.
About the author
P Abbey owns and operates http://www.makingpresentationseasy.com Making Presentations from http://www.FreeArticlesAndContent.com
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