Buildup the confidence of people.

2. Stress Management for
Presentation

3. Group Members
• Waleed Ramzan (Leader)

4. Topics to be Discussed
• What is stress?
• External & Internal sources of Pressure.
• Strategies for coping with stress.
• Identifying Stressors.
• Even More Ideas & helpful tips.
• Major causes behind stage fear.
• How To Lose Stage Fear During
Presentations.
• Negative Effects of Stress.
• Benefits of Stress Management.

5. What is stress?
The result of an imbalance between
our resources and the demands made
on them.

6. Resources
• Physical health
• Skills
• Experience
• Attitudes and beliefs
• Personality
• Social support
• Coping methods / history

7. Demands
• Emotional, social, physical and financial
demands of everyday life
• Adjustments to situations eg changes,
losses,
separations, accidents and illnesses
• Work-life balance
• Attitudes and expectations about self and
others
• Values and goals

8. Feel like you are Losing It!

9. External Sources of Pressure
Physical environment:
e.g. noise, overcrowding
Job factors:
e.g. tight deadlines, little
control
Social/cultural factors:
e.g. competition, economic
pressures

10. Internal Sources of Pressure
Physical:
e.g. state of health, sleep
Behavioral:
e.g. inefficient work patterns,
procrastination
Cognitive:
e.g. perfectionism, negativity
Emotional:
e.g. won’t get help, others’ needs put
first

11. Are you Stressed?

12. Strategies for coping with
stress
• EMOTION-BASED – talking about/
expressing feelings, getting support e.g.
exercise, meditation
• AVOIDANCE BASED – denial, pretense, e.g.
boozing, bingeing
• PROBLEM-BASED – trying to sort it out e.g.
getting help
• STRESS-CARRYING – taking emotions out
on others e.g. shouting, blaming

13. Stress busting goals
• Identify your difficult areas
• Think about the changes you would like
and set goals for change - SMART ones
• Develop strategies and techniques to
achieve your goals
• Review and revise your plan

14. Is All Stress Bad?
• Moderate levels of stress may actually
improve performance and efficiency
• Too little stress may result in boredom
• Too much stress may cause an
unproductive anxiety level

15. Identifying Stressors
Situations, activities, and relationships
that cause ‘trauma’ to one’s physical,
emotional, or psychological self

16. Name Your Stressor
• Person
• Place
• Thing
• Combination

17. Other Helpful tips
• Changing perceptions and expectations
• Break jobs/tasks into manageable parts
• Set reasonable/realistic goals
• Set boundaries
• Schedule “me” time

18. Negative Effects of Stress
1. Physical
- Heart palpitations
- High blood pressure
2. Emotional
- Mood swings
- Anxiety
- Can lead to depression
• Can also lead to
unhealthy coping
strategies (i.e. alcohol,
drugs, etc)

20. Even More Ideas
• Let go of perfectionism
• Learn to be flexible
• Relax your standards
• Focus less on pleasing others and more
on pleasing yourself
• Stay away from negative people
• Surround yourself with upbeat, flexible
and fun people.

21. How To Lose Stage Fear During
Presentations
Many people have been experimented stage fear
while delivering a presentation. But the
important part is how you manage to overcome
your stage freight. Some people manage to
overcome the fears while others tend to spoil
their presentation due to intemperance leading
to further degradation of their fragile self-
confidence.

22. Major causes behind stage fear
• Inadequate preparation is one of the
prominent cause behind this fear.
• Some people get nervous due to the anxiety
of being judged.
• Lack of proper knowledge and competence is
also amongst one of the main reason of stage
freight.
• Negative past experience or unfamiliarity
with the audience are some other major
causes behind stage fear.

23. Some other points to minimize
the Stress of Presentation
• Holding something (pen)
• Eye contact (don’t see exact in eyes)
• Movement (on stage)
• Be genuine (if you stressed)
• Be clear (properly speak)
• Drink a water
• Try to smile 

24. Ann Landers said…
“People take advantage
of
you only with
your permission”

25. If you ought to deliver an
Impressive and Successful
Presentation.
• Prepare well before delivering a presentation
• Do not cram your Topic
• Stay calm
• Admit your Stage Fear before your audience
• Take help of Notes
• Generate attention
• Convert your nervousness into your strength

26. Benefits of Stress Management
for Presentation
• Physical health gets better
-more energy and stamina
• Emotions stabilized
-positive attitude
-hopeful/happier
• Ability to focus improved
-able to learn and achieve

27. Conclusion
In Conclusion, make a commitment to yourself to change the
situation(s) causing you stress, seek new and different ways to
cope with the daily & stage stresses and attempt to become more
efficient so that you may foresee what stresses may arise and
possibly, avoid or alleviate them.

28. The Key Word Is….
Balance

29. Questions