1. REHEARSAL

2. A Common Mistake
• Too many people spend hours writing points
on their powerpoint, but they don’t rehearse
properly.
“If you fail to prepare, you are prepared to fail”
Rehearse
your
presentation
properly.

3. A Common Mistake
Do you want your audience to look like this…
Or this?

4. How to rehearse properly
• Plan to rehearse
your presentation
out loud at least 4
times. (Give
yourself enough
time)
• Rehearse against
the clock to change
for the time limit.

5. How to rehearse properly
• Take a leaf out of
Winston Churchill’s
book – memorize
your script.
• Video or tape record
yourself.

6. Mr Jim’s Tips
• “Don’t read from your
slides – that’s
probably the worst
thing you can do.”
• “Plan to finish the
preparation early – so
you will have time to
rehearse.”
• “DO NOT rehearse
during class!”

7. THE RULE OF THREE
“We remember three
things…”
- Aristotle

8. The audience remembers three
things…
• So plan what they will be – choose the three
primary messages of your presentation.
• Change your presentation to fit them.
• Remember, if there are three parts of a body,
you should put them in the right order –
interesting first, informative second, and
important for the grand finale.

9. The audience remembers three
things…
• Use lists of three
whenever you can in
your presentation.
– For example, three
examples, three
steps, or three
further reading links.

10. Less is More
Treike: “So, Mr Jim, what do we
do if we have four points
instead of three?”
Mr Jim: “Cut one out. Your
audience won’t
remember it anyway.”
No-one ever complained of a presentation being too short…

11. Presentation Essentials
1. USE VISUAL AIDS WHERE YOU CAN.
2. REHEARSE, REHEARSE, REHEARSE.
3. THE AUDIENCE WILL ONLY REMEMBER THREE
MESSAGES.

12. “She said I was
skinny, I had no
spine and I had no
guts…”
“Well, she was
right about the
last part…”
IN THREE WORDS…