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TIPS FOR REDUCING ANXIETY 1. Organize Being well organized gives you more confidence, which allows you to focus on the presentation. Prior planning prevents poor performances. 2. Visualize Mentally rehearse walking into the room, delivering your presentation with enthusiasm, fielding questions with confidence, and sitting down after a great job. 3. Practice Practice by standing up, as if audience were in front of you, and rehearse your presentation aloud. Practice with your visual aid. (Example: Senior Project PowerPoint) 4. Breathe
Take deep, slow cleansing breaths. This will help with your relaxation.
5. Focus on Relaxing As you breathe, tell yourself on the inhale, “I am” and on the exhale, “relaxed.”
6. Release Tension Unreleased energy may cause hands and legs to shake. Try an isometric exercise, such as clenching your fists for 10 counts, relaxing, clenching your fists again for 10 counts, relaxing, until you feel calmer. 7. Move If you stand in one spot and never gesture, you will experience tension. You can’t gesture too much if the actions are natural. 8. Eye Contact With The Audience Relate and connect with your audience. This should help you relax because you are less isolated and learn to respond to their interest in you. |
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