MarvMarvSuperMarv Posted February 20, 2010 Share Posted February 20, 2010 (edited) I have a presentation to do on Tuesday, and I have finished my Powerpoint slides, my cue cards and my handouts. I still, however, have the actual presenting bit to do, and I really, really don't want to. The way I thought about doing my icebreaker was by just thinking; do the people I am talking to care about what I'm saying? (except teachers ect) No. Do I care what they think? No. Do I give a shit about anyone in the audience? No. And that got me through it. But, if you're doing it infront of just authority then this theory doesn't quite work. Edited February 20, 2010 by MarvMarvSuperMarv 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisa Cuddy Posted February 20, 2010 Share Posted February 20, 2010 (edited) Can I be nosey and ask what your presentation in on? Aye, psychotic men and their crystal fixations.* I've got one for Monday and I haven't started yet. I've done such a good job in lowering the bar in previous presentations though that I'm sure very little will be expected from it. Which is just as well. I've been working on mine a couple of weeks now, and today I ditched everything I'd already done and started over again. The worst bit is planning what I'm going to say, which I've done, but I bet it all goes right out of my head on Tuesday. *But not really. It's Gestational Diabetes. The way I thought about doing my icebreaker just thinking do the people I am talking to care about what I'm saying? (except teachers ect) No. Do I care what they think? No. Do I give a shit about anyone in the audience? No. And that got me through it. But, if you're doing it infront of just authority then this theory doesn't quite work. It's part of an assessment, so I have to take it pretty seriously, unfortunately, and I have a horrible fear of speaking in public. There's only going to be about 10 in the class, including a lecturer (the rest are students who have their own presentations to do), but I'm still bricking it. Doesn't help that I'm the only one in the class with an English accent either. It's not that anyone else is anti-English or anything, I'm just very aware that I sound completely different to everyone else! Edited February 20, 2010 by Lyn-Marie -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saint dave Posted February 20, 2010 Share Posted February 20, 2010 Aye, psychotic men and their crystal fixations.* I've been working on mine a couple of weeks now, and today I ditched everything I'd already done and started over again. The worst bit is planning what I'm going to say, which I've done, but I bet it all goes right out of my head on Tuesday. *But not really. It's Gestational Diabetes. Presentations are hard work.the first one I done I did by hand,because I didn't have a pc then.they turned the lights down and I couldn't read my notes. If you've already done the slides,don't overload them.put a max of 5 things on them and focus on 2.don't put graphs on if you can help it either,but bar charts are ok. If you're doing this as a student in front of other students,make sure you promise each other you won't ask any hard questions at the end. Hope it goes well 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisa Cuddy Posted February 20, 2010 Share Posted February 20, 2010 Presentations are hard work.the first one I done I did by hand,because I didn't have a pc then.they turned the lights down and I couldn't read my notes. If you've already done the slides,don't overload them.put a max of 5 things on them and focus on 2.don't put graphs on if you can help it either,but bar charts are ok. If you're doing this as a student in front of other students,make sure you promise each other you won't ask any hard questions at the end. Hope it goes well Thanks for the advice and good wishes. I might have a glass of wine before I head in there. 11am isn't too early, is it? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saint dave Posted February 20, 2010 Share Posted February 20, 2010 Thanks for the advice and good wishes. I might have a glass of wine before I head in there. 11am isn't too early, is it? Might be hard to say gestational diebetes though ps make sure you have a glass of water handy for the dry mouth effect 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bullywee Posted February 20, 2010 Share Posted February 20, 2010 Thanks for the advice and good wishes. I might have a glass of wine before I head in there. 11am isn't too early, is it? 11am at night? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon EF Posted February 20, 2010 Share Posted February 20, 2010 If you're doing this as a student in front of other students,make sure you promise each other you won't ask any hard questions at the end. Or, tell each other which questions you'd like to ask each other beforehand. I did a group presentation/project a few years ago and two groups were there, and we gave our presentations to each other. We agreed not to ask difficult questions. They did theirs and we all sat there asking banal questions. We did ours and they gilled us. <unts! Another thing you can do is slip something in but don't explain it fully, knowing it will probably lead to a question so you can anticipate it. I did this in a big presentation last year. The inevitable question came and I forgot what the answer was and just waffled for a couple of minutes. I felt like a complete tit. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisa Cuddy Posted February 20, 2010 Share Posted February 20, 2010 Might be hard to say gestational diebetes though ps make sure you have a glass of water handy for the dry mouth effect Good point. I can shorten it to "GDM" after the initial introduction though. 11am at night? No, 11am Tuesday morning. Or, tell each other which questions you'd like to ask each other beforehand. I did a group presentation/project a few years ago and two groups were there, and we gave our presentations to each other. We agreed not to ask difficult questions. They did theirs and we all sat there asking banal questions. We did ours and they gilled us. <unts! Another thing you can do is slip something in but don't explain it fully, knowing it will probably lead to a question so you can anticipate it. I did this in a big presentation last year. The inevitable question came and I forgot what the answer was and just waffled for a couple of minutes. I felt like a complete tit. I don't know most of the class though, so herein lies my biggest problem. Our class got split into other groups for this one particular subject, and although we've been in our new groups for several weeks, it's quite a big group so there's a good few that I've not spoken to yet. We've only got 7 minutes for the presentation itself, so there's a good few bits that I only have time to skim over anyway, so hopefully they'll be the bits I get questions on. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
county-mad Posted February 20, 2010 Share Posted February 20, 2010 I have fallen completely in love with Kate Hudson in You Me And Dupree 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bullywee Posted February 20, 2010 Share Posted February 20, 2010 No, 11am Tuesday morning. surely the correct response would have been 'lol'. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Master Posted February 20, 2010 Share Posted February 20, 2010 I managed to lose around 600GB of data this morning when setting up my new PC. This would be a PTTGOYN but it's probably a blessing in disguise; most of what was there was ripped DVDs and my organization was absolute rubbish. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarvMarvSuperMarv Posted February 20, 2010 Share Posted February 20, 2010 11am at night? WHAT?! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Naitch Posted February 20, 2010 Share Posted February 20, 2010 I managed to lose around 600GB of data this morning when setting up my new PC. This would be a PTTGOYN but it's probably a blessing in disguise; most of what was there was ripped DVDs and my organization was absolute rubbish. 600GB? Didn't know one could have so much porn...* *Someone had to crack the obvious joke - I'll get ma coat. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Master Posted February 20, 2010 Share Posted February 20, 2010 600GB? Didn't know one could have so much porn...* And all homemade too 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Naitch Posted February 20, 2010 Share Posted February 20, 2010 And all homemade too Oh my, how modest of you... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kieran Posted February 20, 2010 Share Posted February 20, 2010 Has trhe font changed on here? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Master Posted February 21, 2010 Share Posted February 21, 2010 No, it hasn't. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smurph Posted February 21, 2010 Share Posted February 21, 2010 Received a letter this morning, and now I've got to go to the hospital in March for an Echocardiogram or something like that. Mum has a high blood pressure and something up with her heart, so I've to go get checked out. *sigh* 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kieran Posted February 21, 2010 Share Posted February 21, 2010 Awww wait no it hasnt 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theentomologist Posted February 21, 2010 Share Posted February 21, 2010 Or, tell each other which questions you'd like to ask each other beforehand. I did a group presentation/project a few years ago and two groups were there, and we gave our presentations to each other. We agreed not to ask difficult questions. They did theirs and we all sat there asking banal questions. We did ours and they gilled us. <unts! Another thing you can do is slip something in but don't explain it fully, knowing it will probably lead to a question so you can anticipate it. I did this in a big presentation last year. The inevitable question came and I forgot what the answer was and just waffled for a couple of minutes. I felt like a complete tit. this is an excellent strategy particularly if its a debate...."no questions, we'll be finished early.....aye sure...." and then.....:lol: victory is mine! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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