Comments on: There’s no such thing as the perfect presentation http://www.speakingaboutpresenting.com/nervousness/no-perfect-presentation/ Presentation tips from Olivia Mitchell Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:50:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: La Glosofobia y los Patrones de Pensamiento http://www.speakingaboutpresenting.com/nervousness/no-perfect-presentation/comment-page-1/#comment-6698 La Glosofobia y los Patrones de Pensamiento Sun, 20 Feb 2011 19:04:41 +0000 http://speakingaboutpresenting.com/?p=645#comment-6698 [...] http://speakingaboutpresenting.com/nervousness/no-perfect-presentation/ [...] [...] http://speakingaboutpresenting.com/nervousness/no-perfect-presentation/ [...]

]]> By: Olivia Mitchell http://www.speakingaboutpresenting.com/nervousness/no-perfect-presentation/comment-page-1/#comment-6621 Olivia Mitchell Mon, 24 Jan 2011 09:04:32 +0000 http://speakingaboutpresenting.com/?p=645#comment-6621 Hi Kevin I think that the transition from needing to be perfect and saying it just right towards simply getting your ideas across is a pivotal point in most people's development as speakers. Olivia Hi Kevin
I think that the transition from needing to be perfect and saying it just right towards simply getting your ideas across is a pivotal point in most people’s development as speakers.
Olivia

]]> By: Kevin Kane http://www.speakingaboutpresenting.com/nervousness/no-perfect-presentation/comment-page-1/#comment-6603 Kevin Kane Sat, 15 Jan 2011 17:45:45 +0000 http://speakingaboutpresenting.com/?p=645#comment-6603 After my first few speeches I lamented that I forgot to say this or that. But I've overcome my delusion that I'll ever deliver a flawless speech. Now I'm becoming more natural and engaging since I've stopped trying to follow a perfect script. Instead I'm just trying to have a good conversation with the audience. It's not about the exact words that I say. It's about the main message that they remember. After my first few speeches I lamented that I forgot to say this or that.

But I’ve overcome my delusion that I’ll ever deliver a flawless speech.

Now I’m becoming more natural and engaging since I’ve stopped trying to follow a perfect script. Instead I’m just trying to have a good conversation with the audience.

It’s not about the exact words that I say. It’s about the main message that they remember.

]]> By: Olivia Mitchell http://www.speakingaboutpresenting.com/nervousness/no-perfect-presentation/comment-page-1/#comment-5505 Olivia Mitchell Fri, 11 Jun 2010 05:44:58 +0000 http://speakingaboutpresenting.com/?p=645#comment-5505 Hi Jing That's a great example of the benefits of accepting that there is no such thing as a perfect presentation. Olivia Hi Jing
That’s a great example of the benefits of accepting that there is no such thing as a perfect presentation.

Olivia

]]> By: Jing Wang http://www.speakingaboutpresenting.com/nervousness/no-perfect-presentation/comment-page-1/#comment-5500 Jing Wang Thu, 10 Jun 2010 21:18:05 +0000 http://speakingaboutpresenting.com/?p=645#comment-5500 Hey Olivia, the sentence "it’s not a matter of life and death" reminds me that one of my best friends uses often the method "the worst case scenario". He often lowers his goal and thinks: It must not go perfectly. I will be satisfied, if I can pass the basic ideas of this presetation to the people. And with this "the worst case scenario" method, he can always deliver a good presentation than he thought. Cheers Jing Hey Olivia,

the sentence “it’s not a matter of life and death” reminds me that one of my best friends uses often the method “the worst case scenario”.
He often lowers his goal and thinks: It must not go perfectly. I will be satisfied, if I can pass the basic ideas of this presetation to the people.
And with this “the worst case scenario” method, he can always deliver a good presentation than he thought.

Cheers

Jing

]]> By: Don’t follow these presentation tips : Speaking about Presenting http://www.speakingaboutpresenting.com/nervousness/no-perfect-presentation/comment-page-1/#comment-2312 Don’t follow these presentation tips : Speaking about Presenting Fri, 24 Jul 2009 22:39:21 +0000 http://speakingaboutpresenting.com/?p=645#comment-2312 [...] For more on how to combat the pressure-performance curve see this post There’s no such thing as the perfect presentation. [...] [...] For more on how to combat the pressure-performance curve see this post There’s no such thing as the perfect presentation. [...]

]]> By: Presentation planning time-saving tips : Speaking about Presenting http://www.speakingaboutpresenting.com/nervousness/no-perfect-presentation/comment-page-1/#comment-294 Presentation planning time-saving tips : Speaking about Presenting Thu, 11 Dec 2008 22:52:03 +0000 http://speakingaboutpresenting.com/?p=645#comment-294 [...] Many of us get caught up in trying to create the perfect presentation. There’s no such thing. Presentations are a live event and so are subject to all the stumbles, blunders and mistakes that make a live event exciting (for the spectators!) A presentation is also a snapshot in time. Sometimes you look great in a photo, and sometimes you’ve got your eyes half-closed. So it with presentations. So let go of the need to be perfect - you’ll save time. For more help on this see There’s no such thing as the perfect presentation. [...] [...] Many of us get caught up in trying to create the perfect presentation. There’s no such thing. Presentations are a live event and so are subject to all the stumbles, blunders and mistakes that make a live event exciting (for the spectators!) A presentation is also a snapshot in time. Sometimes you look great in a photo, and sometimes you’ve got your eyes half-closed. So it with presentations. So let go of the need to be perfect – you’ll save time. For more help on this see There’s no such thing as the perfect presentation. [...]

]]> By: Public Speaking: How to stop avoiding it : Speaking about Presenting http://www.speakingaboutpresenting.com/nervousness/no-perfect-presentation/comment-page-1/#comment-149 Public Speaking: How to stop avoiding it : Speaking about Presenting Thu, 11 Sep 2008 07:07:12 +0000 http://speakingaboutpresenting.com/?p=645#comment-149 [...] the three previous posts (Overcome your fear,  No perfect presentation, Seven thinking sins) I have talked about the Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) approach to [...] [...] the three previous posts (Overcome your fear,  No perfect presentation, Seven thinking sins) I have talked about the Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) approach to [...]

]]> By: Public Speaking - the Seven Thinking Sins : Speaking about Presenting http://www.speakingaboutpresenting.com/nervousness/no-perfect-presentation/comment-page-1/#comment-146 Public Speaking - the Seven Thinking Sins : Speaking about Presenting Tue, 09 Sep 2008 07:05:16 +0000 http://speakingaboutpresenting.com/?p=645#comment-146 [...] the previous post in this series There’s no such thing as a perfect presentation, I looked at how to analyse your thinking and change “musts” or demands” into [...] [...] the previous post in this series There’s no such thing as a perfect presentation, I looked at how to analyse your thinking and change “musts” or demands” into [...]

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