Have faith in yourself and be confident when you present. There are advantages to being the first speaker – you set the standard (and I believe you’re good, if not you wouldn’t be there) and relieve the stress on yourself for the rest of the presentation. It’s always the anticipation that kills me. You can then critically analyze the speakers after you and use the information to improve your own work next time round. I find that as long as I am adequately prepared, the standard of my presentation usually holds up to expectations – it doesn’t mean that since you’re the first speaker you will naturally be the “worst”. People after who have equal or lower standards would probably not get as high a score as you as it becomes “boring” – you have the advantage of being the “original”. Am I even making sense? LOL. In future, you will find that presentations are a big part of most jobs, and you’ll do it even without thinking. Best to get rid of the anxiety now. Hope this helps.
Danae.
Re: Good luck!
I never thought about that.. you’re right, doing it first means I wont’ be anticipating my presentation the entire time. We’re not scored, but it’s more like the impression people get from us that counts, since potential employers could be there. I only have 3 days to prepare for it though, so I’m really hoping that’s enough!
Re: Good luck!
Glad it helped – one more thing, even if you don’t know much about what you’re doing, be CONFIDENT. I went to a presentation once where this girl had a very content-poor presentation and was not able to answer the assessors’ questions but handled it very well, quoting that there were no studies specific to the situation. IMO it was all a bunch of cr@p, but she scored really well because of that. In contrast, my friend who looked up tons of paper and was able to answer all the questions pertaining to her presentation was 10 points behind, simply because she appeared to be jittery and did not grasp the subject matter well. I for one know that she knows alot about the topic because I helped her prepare and rehearse. Alas, nerves spoilt everything.
Cheers,
Danae.
Re: Good luck!
Oh confidence is easy, cos I can fake that really well 😛 But seeing myself on video has really thrown me, no idea I looked so dorky! I hope they’ll video tape me when I speak, I really want to look at it later and see what I look like speaking 😉
Good luck!
Have faith in yourself and be confident when you present. There are advantages to being the first speaker – you set the standard (and I believe you’re good, if not you wouldn’t be there) and relieve the stress on yourself for the rest of the presentation. It’s always the anticipation that kills me. You can then critically analyze the speakers after you and use the information to improve your own work next time round. I find that as long as I am adequately prepared, the standard of my presentation usually holds up to expectations – it doesn’t mean that since you’re the first speaker you will naturally be the “worst”. People after who have equal or lower standards would probably not get as high a score as you as it becomes “boring” – you have the advantage of being the “original”. Am I even making sense? LOL. In future, you will find that presentations are a big part of most jobs, and you’ll do it even without thinking. Best to get rid of the anxiety now. Hope this helps.
Danae.
Re: Good luck!
I never thought about that.. you’re right, doing it first means I wont’ be anticipating my presentation the entire time. We’re not scored, but it’s more like the impression people get from us that counts, since potential employers could be there. I only have 3 days to prepare for it though, so I’m really hoping that’s enough!
Re: Good luck!
Glad it helped – one more thing, even if you don’t know much about what you’re doing, be CONFIDENT. I went to a presentation once where this girl had a very content-poor presentation and was not able to answer the assessors’ questions but handled it very well, quoting that there were no studies specific to the situation. IMO it was all a bunch of cr@p, but she scored really well because of that. In contrast, my friend who looked up tons of paper and was able to answer all the questions pertaining to her presentation was 10 points behind, simply because she appeared to be jittery and did not grasp the subject matter well. I for one know that she knows alot about the topic because I helped her prepare and rehearse. Alas, nerves spoilt everything.
Cheers,
Danae.
Re: Good luck!
Oh confidence is easy, cos I can fake that really well 😛 But seeing myself on video has really thrown me, no idea I looked so dorky! I hope they’ll video tape me when I speak, I really want to look at it later and see what I look like speaking 😉
Good luck!
Have faith in yourself and be confident when you present. There are advantages to being the first speaker – you set the standard (and I believe you’re good, if not you wouldn’t be there) and relieve the stress on yourself for the rest of the presentation. It’s always the anticipation that kills me. You can then critically analyze the speakers after you and use the information to improve your own work next time round. I find that as long as I am adequately prepared, the standard of my presentation usually holds up to expectations – it doesn’t mean that since you’re the first speaker you will naturally be the “worst”. People after who have equal or lower standards would probably not get as high a score as you as it becomes “boring” – you have the advantage of being the “original”. Am I even making sense? LOL. In future, you will find that presentations are a big part of most jobs, and you’ll do it even without thinking. Best to get rid of the anxiety now. Hope this helps.
Danae.
Re: Good luck!
I never thought about that.. you’re right, doing it first means I wont’ be anticipating my presentation the entire time. We’re not scored, but it’s more like the impression people get from us that counts, since potential employers could be there. I only have 3 days to prepare for it though, so I’m really hoping that’s enough!
Re: Good luck!
Glad it helped – one more thing, even if you don’t know much about what you’re doing, be CONFIDENT. I went to a presentation once where this girl had a very content-poor presentation and was not able to answer the assessors’ questions but handled it very well, quoting that there were no studies specific to the situation. IMO it was all a bunch of cr@p, but she scored really well because of that. In contrast, my friend who looked up tons of paper and was able to answer all the questions pertaining to her presentation was 10 points behind, simply because she appeared to be jittery and did not grasp the subject matter well. I for one know that she knows alot about the topic because I helped her prepare and rehearse. Alas, nerves spoilt everything.
Cheers,
Danae.
Re: Good luck!
Oh confidence is easy, cos I can fake that really well 😛 But seeing myself on video has really thrown me, no idea I looked so dorky! I hope they’ll video tape me when I speak, I really want to look at it later and see what I look like speaking 😉
Good luck!
Have faith in yourself and be confident when you present. There are advantages to being the first speaker – you set the standard (and I believe you’re good, if not you wouldn’t be there) and relieve the stress on yourself for the rest of the presentation. It’s always the anticipation that kills me. You can then critically analyze the speakers after you and use the information to improve your own work next time round. I find that as long as I am adequately prepared, the standard of my presentation usually holds up to expectations – it doesn’t mean that since you’re the first speaker you will naturally be the “worst”. People after who have equal or lower standards would probably not get as high a score as you as it becomes “boring” – you have the advantage of being the “original”. Am I even making sense? LOL. In future, you will find that presentations are a big part of most jobs, and you’ll do it even without thinking. Best to get rid of the anxiety now. Hope this helps.
Danae.
Re: Good luck!
I never thought about that.. you’re right, doing it first means I wont’ be anticipating my presentation the entire time. We’re not scored, but it’s more like the impression people get from us that counts, since potential employers could be there. I only have 3 days to prepare for it though, so I’m really hoping that’s enough!
Re: Good luck!
Glad it helped – one more thing, even if you don’t know much about what you’re doing, be CONFIDENT. I went to a presentation once where this girl had a very content-poor presentation and was not able to answer the assessors’ questions but handled it very well, quoting that there were no studies specific to the situation. IMO it was all a bunch of cr@p, but she scored really well because of that. In contrast, my friend who looked up tons of paper and was able to answer all the questions pertaining to her presentation was 10 points behind, simply because she appeared to be jittery and did not grasp the subject matter well. I for one know that she knows alot about the topic because I helped her prepare and rehearse. Alas, nerves spoilt everything.
Cheers,
Danae.
Re: Good luck!
Oh confidence is easy, cos I can fake that really well 😛 But seeing myself on video has really thrown me, no idea I looked so dorky! I hope they’ll video tape me when I speak, I really want to look at it later and see what I look like speaking 😉