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Well, I'll probably use this thread to get some advice. So during my graduate coursework (CS), there were a couple of courses which required the class to revie
by curiousfiddler 13y ago
Well, I'll probably use this thread to get some advice.
So during my graduate coursework (CS), there were a couple of courses which required the class to review and present various papers. When my turn would come, I would prepare really well, make good notes and I would say reasonably fine slides. But then, when I would present, I would just lose the context when going over the slides. Eventually I started keeping more text on the slides and would end up reading off it, which is awful for the listeners.
Is this stage fright? Or perhaps poor memory? Or something else may be?
- mzs 13y agoDid you practice, like get a buddy to watch while you gave the presentation beforehand? That step was very important for me, I saw where I would get off track and the biggest weaknesses of where my presentation was unclear.
- goblin89 13y agoI heard it helps if you select a few people who seem to pay the most attention—better sitting at far end of audience to make sure you don't lower your voice too much—and ‘talk’ to those few listeners, cycling between them. I encountered this once and I suspect it was because I was thinking about presentation, not focused on delivering my point to the audience, not caring about it enough. Possibly also the audience that time didn't really care about my point. (Hard to find origin, as factors seem to worsen one another: you care less → audience cares less → … → your thoughts wander, you lose context.)