Challenges Of A Presenter On

A Stage

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Rebam Aslam Ma’am Sana

Saher Aslam Arz Bhutto

Saleha Arif

Introduction

Presenter

A presenter is a person who narrates or, as the

name suggest, host a program or an exhibit.

Presentation

presentation is giving something to someone or

explaining, through a speech or talk to an

audience about new product, idea or a piece of

work in a formal ceremony.

presentations are an important

element behind success of a business.

Challenges

• Fear of public speaking

• Self-confidence

• Shaky voice

• Fluency in language

• Any technical glitch

• Lack of interest in audience

• Stiffness in use of body

• Lack of humor

• Lack of energy or enthusiasm etc.

Background

BACKGROUND

Business Communication:

The sharing of information between people

within an enterprise that is performed for

the commercial benefit of the organization.

IMPORTANCE OF PRESENTATION

Importance to the company/organization

Good presentations improve communications

within the company, which improves morale and

reduces stress including clarification of company’s

policies.

Market and Completive Information

Business presentations inform executives and

managers about key markets and competitive

strategies.

Importance to the individual within the

organization

It is a sign of leadership, therefore presenter is

more likely to be promoted

New Products

Business presentations inform employees about

new products or services.

ASPECTS OF A PRESENTATION

People must deal with several aspects when

preparing a presentation. Failure to pay attention

to all of these aspects can result in an ineffective

presentation.

The Speaker

One of the major components of any speech or

presentation is the speaker themselves.

The Message

The message refers to everything a

speaker does or says, both verbally

and non-verbally.

The Audience

As speaker you should analyze listeners and thendecide how to present ideas.

The Channel

When we communicate with our audiences, we usemany channels of communication.

The Feedback

Feedback means the process through which thespeaker receives information about how his or hermessage has been received by the listeners

TYPES OF PRESENTATION

Informative Presentation A reporting presentation brings the audience up to date on projects or events, telling

how things are going.

Instructional Presentation

It can include why information is

important, learning objective, demonstration etc.

Arousing Presentation To arouse the audience’s emotions and intellect so that they will be receptive to presenter’s point of view.

Persuasive Presentation

A convincing persuasive presentation offers asolution to a controversy, dispute, or problem. Itattempt to convince the audience to buy product orservice.

Decision-making Presentation A decision-making presentation presents

ideas, suggestions, and arguments strongly

enough to persuade an audience to carry out company’s requests.

Goodwill presentations

The purpose of goodwill presentations is prettyobvious; to build goodwill and to build respect for theorganization and/or the product, as well as for peers,colleagues, and superiors.

METHODS OF PRESENTATIONS

Few people are able to give a presentationwithout notes. Even the most experiencedspeakers will usually have to hand at leastsome form of notes to jog their memory and aidtheir presentation.

•Full Text

•Cue Cards

•Keywords on Cue Cards

•Mind Maps

Challenges Of A

Presenter On Stage

Presentation is an action in which someonedemonstrations something to a group of people.Presenting any topic or a proposal seems to scaremany people. The reason is that presenter ispresenting his message to a number of people whopresenter may or may not know. They becameconcern and conscious about every detail.

There is no logic to this fear that most people feel when giving presentation or speeches.

Lack of initial rapport with listeners

Presenter usually focus on content and forgets toestablish a rapport with audience. Although theyhave their material down, they have failed to buildthe initial rapport and connection that can determinethe success or failure of a presentation.

Stiffness or woodenness in use of body

The body is an important tool of communication.None of the messages will matter if

audience is distract by uncomfortable

or awkwardness of presenter, it can

make or break your presentation.

Speaker seems uncomfortable because of fear of failure

Fear announces itself in a speaker. Your job when you present is to give your listeners something of value. There is only one road to failure you need to avoid when you speak: focusing more on yourself than your listeners

Poor use of eye contact and facial expression

Eye contact and facial expression are important aspects of communicating with an audience The

eyes can indicate interest, attention,

and involvement while failure to make

eye contact can be interpreted as

disinterest.

Voice shaking and become breathless

Shaky breathing or heavy breathing is caused by the dreaded“fight or flight” response and anxiety. Rushing through a talkrequires that you talk fast. Talking fast interferes with yourbreathing. Instead of breathing comfortably, you breathe in ashort, shallow manner, or you might even hold your breath. Thisgives you the sensation of running out of air and being unable tobreathe, a common fear in this situation, and one that greatlyincreases fear of public speaking

A critic in the audience

What could be worse than pouring our heart

out on stage and having someone criticize

you? These people often makes the

presenter confused and sweaty.

Flat and unengaged audience

It depends on age, gender, and occupation of the audience. This can

be controlled, through meeting content according to audience Audience

losses focus every three to four minutes and are less willing to listen

and will only remember ten percent of what a presenter is presenting.

The audience they will, sooner or later, think that that that the presenter

is dull and boring. Speeding through presentation or going too

slowly

Speed of the presentation is one hundred percent in control of the

presenter. This include pace and timing. Pace and timing are effected

by the content.

Unfamiliarity with the setup

When a presenter have no knowledge or experience with a setup.

Time constraints

What do you do if you're told that your speaking time is reduced because of scheduling issues? What would you do if you were the speaker? Mostly presenter try to speed through presentations. They usually want to complete the presentation then convey message

Forgetting what to say

This is called brain freeze. Most of us have suffered from it. We can

take example of Arizona governor Jan Brewer. She went blank for 13

seconds. Similarly Jeanine Pirro, got blank for 32 seconds.

Technical glitch

This is something over which we have very little control. People usually

get confused and their mind becomes blank if their power point or their

videos are not working and they panic. It is like fight or flight situation.

Not knowing answer to some questions

Usually presenter also fear the question answer session as they

fear they would face a question, from, they have no knowledge

about.

Sweating through cloths and face turning red

Some people fear nervous sweating in front of others. They're

afraid they'll look odd and defective, sweating profusely in a

comfortably cool room. Here blushing can be because maybe

the presenter have been coughed off guard by a question or a

comment Knowing you are a blusher makes presenter more

nervous as they usually don’t want audience to interpret them as

they become uncomfortable.

Overcome Challenges of a

Presenter on Stage

Ways To Overcome Stage Fright

• If you have to speak in public then rehearse well and

have all the information, notes etc. in advance so

that you will feel well prepared.

• See the speech or presentation as a challenge, a

positive opportunity to improve yourself and don’t

avoid it.

• Always smile you will look

and feel more confident.

• Learn to relax your muscles

And remove tension from

your body.

Key Weapons For Brain Freeze

• First, Practice: Be disciplined about going

through the speech/presentation as many times as

it takes.

• Second, Memorization: By far, the worst

episodes of

brain freeze in my opinion have been

triggered by one thing: Memorization.

When we memorize, the focus moves

away from connecting the audience

with concepts.

Powerful Tips For Brain Friendly

Format

John Medina offers some simple but powerful tips in

his fantastic book “Brain Rules”:

• We don’t pay attention to boring things.

• Vision trumps all other senses.

And this powerful tip comes from

Daniel Pink, author of

A Whole New Mind:

• Story matters more than fact.

• Arrive early and test every thing.

Important Points To Overcome

Challenges

• Most importantly, make sure you know your stuff so

thoroughly that if you had to get up and be

creative without PowerPoint.

• Breathe. Many times things just take a minute or two to

start working which can feel like an eternity.

• About the rate of delivery, this is really a matter of

practice and self-awareness.

• The best way to handle nervousness is simply to

tell yourself that you have valuable material to

share.

• Investigate your fears by making a list of the

specific things that make you feel anxious or afraid.

• If your speaking time is reduced,

rather than rush through every

topic or slide you originally had

planned, consider dropping

topics or slides.

Precautions

• Stick with room temperature water instead

of ice water because it constrict your vocal

cords.

• Exercise reduces tension and

helps you to concentrate.

• It’s important to take good care

of yourself and follow your

morning rituals before a

speaking event.

• Always arrive early to set up. When attendees start arriving stand by the door and greet each one. Learn what looks natural, and then get that into your muscle memory. Discover the body language messages you may be broadcasting

• Write down all of the questions you could get, and practice answering them. If it is a question that is not something you should obviously know, you need to get comfortable with admitting that you’re not 100%

Conclusion

Conclusion

• Business communication means to share

information sharing to potential customers about

product or service.

• Communication is really essential in a business for

its success and its survival for a long period of time.

• As said by John Powell “communication works for

those who work at it”.

• A huge factor in business operation is presentations

and meetings which are necessary business

elements.