by Gilda Bonanno LLC www.gildabonanno.com
Someone attending one of my recent presentation skills training programs asked me, “I’ve noticed that I tend to repeat myself when I’m giving a presentation. How do I stop doing that?”
Get organized
Determine ahead of time how you will arrange, categorize and present your information. Will you include 3 reasons, 2 points, 5 steps?
Gilda Bonanno's blog www.gildabonanno.blogspot.com
Someone attending one of my recent presentation skills training programs asked me, “I’ve noticed that I tend to repeat myself when I’m giving a presentation. How do I stop doing that?”
It’s a common problem. While it’s helpful to repeat your message so
the audience understands it, you want to ensure that any repetition is
deliberate. What you want to avoid is “accidental
repetition" because it can bore your audience, cause you to exceed your time
limit and make you look like you’re unprepared.
Here are 3 tips for ensuring that you won’t keep
repeating yourself:
Prepare
Have a clear message and know what your sub-points
are. Get organized
Determine ahead of time how you will arrange, categorize and present your information. Will you include 3 reasons, 2 points, 5 steps?
Practice
Practice saying your presentation out loud. Focus especially on your transitions, which is
where presenters tend to get stuck and repeat themselves. How will you get from your first point to
your second?
If you’d like to repeat a point for emphasis, that’s
fine – just be sure it’s deliberate repetition.
Gilda Bonanno's blog www.gildabonanno.blogspot.com