You're facing a room full of expectant faces. How can you conquer your nerves and ace that big presentation?

Ensure you are well-versed in your topic. The more familiar you are with the content, the more confident you will feel. And also practice regularly rehearsing your presentation multiple times. Consider practicing in front of friends, family, or colleagues to get comfortable speaking aloud and to receive feedback.

Something that's really helped me is to take a moment and observe my thoughts, like I'm outside my mind looking in. Ask yourself: what am I feeling? What am I specifically worried about? What's driving this? Why am I letting myself be affected by this? By seeing your thoughts as separate to you, you can name them and tame them, and regain masterful control.

People do not respond well to a presentation which consists of the presenter simply reading from pre-prepared slides - they can read those themselves. Taking this approach you will likely see eyes start to glaze over and/or phones being taken out, which can increase your anxiety. Think about presenting instead as an extension of a conversation and treat it accordingly. First, research who will be in your audience and use this as a basis to find how to best connect. For example: what are their professional backgrounds, what are they most interested to hear about? Then think about how you use body language, eye contact and tone of voice to maintain the 'conversation' in your presentation. I'd love to know how you get on!

The number one mistake by far that I've seen people make (and I make too!) is speaking too damn fast! Slow. Down. Give people some space to take in each idea you're throwing at them. This probably means removing some of your content, which is usually a good thing; it's too easy to stuff in too much content. ;)

Don't be afraid of using your own hand-drawn images or hand-lettered titles and text. People tend to love the novelty of it, and it shows so much more of your own personality.

Em algumas apresenta??es que pude participar, gostei muito quando a narrativa do apresentador se utiliza de imagens de impacto para atrair a aten??o do espectador, e poucos textos. Na verdade, o locutor é quem faz a diferen?a neste contexto onde só temos imagem. A apresenta??o foi ensaiada diversas vezes pelo locutor, sem improvisos. A constru??o da história a ser contada foi pensada em detalhes junto as imagens apresentadas. Assim, com esse ensaio e com os detelhes pensados antecipadamente, n?o existe motivo para n?o trazer e conquistar a audência. Prepara??o é o segredo de uma grande apresenta??o.