Rehearsal

REHEARSAL

A Common Mistake

• Too many people spend hours writing points on their powerpoint, but they don’t rehearse properly.

“If you fail to prepare, you are prepared to fail”

Rehearse your presentation properly.

A Common Mistake

Do you want your audience to look like this…

Or this?

How to rehearse properly• Plan to rehearse

your presentation out loud at least 4 times. (Give yourself enough time)

• Rehearse against the clock to change for the time limit.

How to rehearse properly

• Take a leaf out of Winston Churchill’s book – memorize your script.

• Video or tape record yourself.

Mr Jim’s Tips• “Don’t read from your

slides – that’s probably the worst thing you can do.”

• “Plan to finish the preparation early – so you will have time to rehearse.”

• “DO NOT rehearse during class!”

THE RULE OF THREE

“We remember three things…”

- Aristotle

The audience remembers three things…

• So plan what they will be – choose the three primary messages of your presentation.

• Change your presentation to fit them.

• Remember, if there are three parts of a body, you should put them in the right order – interesting first, informative second, and important for the grand finale.

The audience remembers three things…

• Use lists of three whenever you can in your presentation.

– For example, three examples, three steps, or three further reading links.

Less is More

Treike: “So, Mr Jim, what do we do if we have four points instead of three?”

Mr Jim: “Cut one out. Your audience won’t remember it anyway.”

No-one ever complained of a presentation being too short…

Presentation Essentials

1. USE VISUAL AIDS WHERE YOU CAN.

2. REHEARSE, REHEARSE, REHEARSE.

3. THE AUDIENCE WILL ONLY REMEMBER THREE MESSAGES.

“She said I was skinny, I had no spine and I had no guts…”

“Well, she was right about the last part…”

IN THREE WORDS…