HBR 20-Minute Manager Boxed Set (10 Books) (HBR 20-Minute Manager Series)

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Deliver Your Presentation

O

nce you’re in the room with your audience,

focus on engaging people and projecting

confi dence. Here are some suggestions that

will help:

• Retain the expressive, conversational tone you

practiced in your rehearsal.

• Speak at a moderate pace. You’ll sound nervous

if you go too fast; you’ll bore people if you go

too slowly.

• Make sure everyone can hear you. If you have

a microphone and sound system, test its effec-

tiveness before you begin.

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• Avoid watering down what you say with “kind

of” and “sort of.”

• Make eye contact with audience members. ...