Index

Actions for making successful presentations, 5–6

delivering, 6, 79–99

planning, 5–6, 25–50

preparing, 6, 51–78

Activities during presentations. See Presentation aids

Anecdotes usage, 59

Anxiety before presentation and reducing fear, 14, 15, 16, 17, 117

Arrival before presentation, 20–21

Attention getters for good openings, 58

Attributes of a good presentation, 1

Audience

alerting start of presentation to, 84

attendance reasons of, 29, 122

behavior problem handling of difficult member(s) of, 94–96

characteristics of, 29, 140

evaluation, 26, 27–31, 139

eye contact with, 21, 92

getting attention of, 82, 84

knowledge of information beforehand by, 36–37, 140

managing, 91–96

needs and concerns of, 29–30, 140

participation control of, 92, 93

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