{"id":1103,"date":"2011-09-17T14:30:41","date_gmt":"2011-09-17T13:30:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.elementally.co.uk\/presentation-skills-blog\/?p=1103"},"modified":"2011-09-17T14:30:41","modified_gmt":"2011-09-17T13:30:41","slug":"errrm-part-two","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.awareplus.co.uk\/presentation-skills-blog\/errrm-part-two\/","title":{"rendered":"Errrm part two."},"content":{"rendered":"

Earlier<\/a>, I blogged about the problem of filler words (or lack of a problem).\u00c2\u00a0 That makes it probably a good time to talk about how to solve the problem (if there is one).<\/p>\n

What causes the problem?\u00c2\u00a0 It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s problem caused by the speaker\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s brain not having got the next thing to say ready.\u00c2\u00a0 Which makes the solution pretty simple – don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t speak until you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re sure you know what you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re going to say.\u00c2\u00a0 Like many things in this world, however, just because it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s simple doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t mean it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s easy.<\/p>\n

Dieting is simple (eat less and exercise more)… but that doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t make it easy.<\/p>\n

Rehearsing is the main tool in the presenter\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s arsenal.\u00c2\u00a0 Going over material time and time again will fix it in the mind.\u00c2\u00a0 (But don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t forget the perils of over-rehearsing and of becoming formulaic and scripted!).<\/p>\n

In this context, specifically, I don’t mean rehearsing the script (never use scripts) – I’m talking about just practicing delivery. By way of an example, I’ve got a big presentation on Friday, for which I’ve set aside all of Tuesday to go over … and over… and over… and this is material I was already an expert on! \u00c2\u00a0(I’m a conference speaker<\/a> on emotional resilience.)<\/p>\n

If you do happen to flounder for a moment, despite your rehearsal, the basic way of tackling the issue is to wait.. and wait… until you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re ready to speak.\u00c2\u00a0 There are times when silence is better than saying the wrong things. Simple – but it takes nerves.<\/p>\n

There’s a technical bit of help here too – presenter view. \u00c2\u00a0Presenter view is a must for all serious presenters, to be honest, and I’m always surprised that would-be speakers are amazed when I show it to them.<\/p>\n

In presenter view, what the audience sees on the screen and what you see on your screen are different. \u00c2\u00a0That means you can have two big advantages to help avoid the dreaded fillers.<\/p>\n

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How a Confidence Monitor could look when presenting, using presenter view<\/p><\/div>\n

Firstly, you can have keywords in big, friendly letters on your screen (called a Confidence Monitor). Your security blanket is right there in front of you. \u00c2\u00a0Secondly, when it’s set up right, Presenter View will show you the images of two slides… it’ll show you what the audience is seeing on the main screen and it’ll show you the next slide – the one that’s going to appear the next time you advance a slide.<\/p>\n

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That way, you can do your thinking about what’s coming next in advance of when you need it! Sweet, eh?<\/p>\n

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