How to Control Your Nerves Before and During Your Presentation

Many people would say that giving a presentation is the scariest thing they need to do at work. Indeed, some people who do it a lot still find it a real challenge to get their nerves under control. Happily, a little nervousness can give you a bit of an edge. And there are plenty of techniques to help control your nerves and keep excessive fear under control.
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PRESENTATION SKILLS
This video is part of course module 2.2.2
Program 2: Manager as Communicator
Course 2: Presentation Skills
Section 2: Delivery
Other videos in this section include:
Preparation is Key: How to Review and Rehearse Your Presentation https://youtu.be/_9bOgcBNaeU
How to Control Your Nerves Before and During Your Presentation https://youtu.be/ztB6Qj4NnD4
Travelling to Your Presentation: Speakers Checklists for Rad Warrior Presenters https://youtu.be/n9LNTAhtWs8
Basic Platform Skills: Giving a Great Presentation https://youtu.be/ReEK7ZTK7nM
Advanced Platform Skills: Master-level Presentation Tips https://youtu.be/mOEhksbVcHs
Managing Audience Questions in Your Presentation [inc the Tough Ones!] https://youtu.be/Qygaao2pB5U
LESSON NOTES
Eustress : the level of stress at which we perform at our peak.
Too much stress and we find the fear can cause our nerves to impact our performance adversely. Yoo little stress, we can find that complacency leads us to underperform against our true potential.
Four Points of Control
1. Preparation
2. Your Environment
3. Mental Control - Visualization and Self-talk
4. Physiological (body) Control
RECOMMENDED EXERCISE
Next time you need to deliver a presentation, try all these techniques to control your nerves:
1. Preparation - see our video https://youtu.be/_9bOgcBNaeU (2 MC CPD Points)
2. Get your environment right (2 MC CPD Points)
3. Visualization and Self-talk (2 MC CPD Points)
4. Get your body relaxed (2 MC CPD Points)
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RECOMMENDED READING
My top recommendation is my own book:
How to Speak so people Listen - https://geni.us/HSPL
Other Recommendations:
The Presentation Book - https://geni.us/6sqr
Presentation Zen - https://geni.us/mrvmeh
The Pyramid Principle - https://geni.us/9cbjvBs
The Presentation Secrets of Steve Jobs - https://geni.us/KJpG
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CHAPTER MARKERS
00:00 - Giving a presentation is scary
00:37 - Eustress - optimize your stress level
01:26 - Four points of control
01:43 - Preparation
03:22 - Your environment
04:27 - Mental Control
04:49 - Visualization
05:57 - Self-talk
06:51 - Physiology - your body
08:05 - And finally…
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