The Old School Secret To Free Speaking When You Present:
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So many presenters use their PowerPoint slides as their presentation "script". The problem with that is the slides usually aren't designed to be a "script."
Even though they're the expert, the packed slides have so much data, so many bullet points, and so much information that the presenter becomes less secure than they otherwise would be.
They become chained to their slides.
There's so much stuff that they know the audience can see, that they feel obligated to follow the slides, even though they don't want to talk about everything that's on
them.
Effectively, they become the slave, while PowerPoint becomes the master, dictating what they say and when they say it.
The solution? An old-school cheat sheet. I like to use moderation cards, like a TV presenter. With just three symbols or keywords on each side, they act as a road map to what I want to talk about.
Added bonus, because there's only three symbols on each side, I can write big. That means I can put them on a table and read them from a fairly large distance, if I need to.
Most importantly, it allows me to break the master-slave relationship with PowerPoint and free-speak without my slides.
Big added bonus: because I can free-speak, instead of always needing to look at my slides, I can maintain maximum non-verbal contact with my audience, optimizing eye contact, hand gestures and facial expressions.
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