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Originally Posted by MoneyGuy
Practise your words, but I hate it when people read everything.
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How I forgot to put this down is beyond me, I was ending my lunch hour. Don't read word for word off of your notes.
While you don't have to know your material inside out, it's a good idea to when you're nervous. If you don't know your material inside out there are ways to answer a question with misdirection (think politicans right MoneyGuy, lol... or watch the movie Thank You For Smoking)
Go over what you want to say, if it helps to write it out word for word go ahead, but when you get up there don't read your speech/presentation.
I find having key notes helps me, a few notes just helps keep me on track and going where I want to go.
Remember NO ONE but you knows your presentation, if you screw it up, or leave a part out, or go on a bit of a tangent but comes back, THE ONLY PERSON THAT KNOWS THAT IS YOU. So don't worry about it, if you speak with confidence, and poise everyone will think it's part of the presentation.
I like MoneyGuy love to public speak (I get a high off the crowd).
Like I said before everyone's different, if you're at UofC go to one of the debating meetings and see what they're all about. Debating is how I got my start, and while haven't really competitively debated in a while, the skills of public speaking don't just go away.