This document provides tips for making a great first impression. It discusses the importance of knowing your material and audience. You should practice your presentation multiple times. Being punctual, yourself, and at ease are also important. Your appearance and smile create an impression, so present yourself appropriately. Body language like making eye contact and standing tall conveys confidence. You only have a few seconds to make a first impression, so it is worth giving each new encounter your best effort using common sense tips to ensure a great impression.

1. The Hashemite University Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences Business Communication Dr . Amer Shishani Tasnim Abu Alhaija

2. Making a Great First Impression!

3. Topics Know Your Material , Audience. Practice, Practice, Practice. Punctuality , Be Yourself, Be at Ease. Present Yourself Appropriately A Winning Smile! Key Points

6. Know Your Audience You really don't want your presentation to be a surprise. Define your target audience.

7. Know Your Audience making sure you've understood your audience and their needs properly will help you ensure that your material is on target to meet their needs.

8. Practice, Practice, Practice practice helps you to deliver the words naturally. This means they will be coming more from your heart and mind, rather than from a piece of paper.

11. Present Yourself Appropriately Of course physical appearance matters. The person you are meeting for the first time does not know you and your appearance is usually the first clue he or she has to go on.

12. Is your appearance saying the right things to help create the right first impression?

13. A Winning Smile! “Smile and the world smiles too.” So there’s nothing like a smile to create a good first impression.

14. Be Open and Confident Body language as well as appearance speaks much louder than words. Stand tall. Make eye contact.

16. Key Points You have just a few seconds to make a good first impression and it’s almost impossible ever to change it. So it’s worth giving each new encounter your best shot.

20. If you are calm and confident, the other person will feel more at ease, also there is a quote that says “a picture is worth a thousand words”, and so the “picture” you first present says much about you to the person you are meeting.