5 highly practical tips to help make you a more confident, dynamic and authentic presenter. At Edison Red we specialise in presenting, storytelling and design. www.edisonred.com

1. Presentation Tips
no-one ever
tells you
ESSENTIAL5

2. Be present in the moment
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3. Focus OUTSIDE of YOURSELF
without judgement,
see the colour of the room,
what people are wearing.
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4. If someone yawns, notice it,
do not ASSUME they are
BORED…!
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Worrying about
YOURSELF
will only feed
your imagination
and fear.
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5. Manage confidence
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6. Great speakers have high levels of CONFIDENCE.
What’s your confidence number
between 1 (being low) and
10 (being high)?
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7. Could you be a higher number when presenting?

8. Can you raise it by just two digits ?
This cognitive process is a quick
route to displaying
a host of CONFIDENT physical traits.
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9. Mark your territory
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10. An unfamiliar arena can
restrict your movement.
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11. Being at ease with the presentation environment
will enable you to move around it effortlessly,
gaining OWNERSHIP over your territory.
Familiarity with your area
will always give you an edge.
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12. Use elephant pauses
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13. Elephant pauses are big silences -
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they don’t rush a
presenter and they
can vary in size
and weight.
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Pauses will…
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CREATE GRAVITAS - BUILD DRAMA
ADD PRESSURE - GIVE A QUESTION RESPECT
GIVE TIME TO THINK - ALLOW COMIC TIMING
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15. Disclosure
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16. Self-disclosure can shift the
dynamics of a presentation.
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Real life stories can help
illustrate the message.
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17. Self-disclosure is reciprocal,
and positive self-disclosure
increases likeability
and trust.
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Ken Robinson’s TEDtalk
is a brilliant example.
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