‘THANK YOU’ MAY BE REDUNDANT

Speakers must think about the THANK YOU often offered at the end of a presentation. Realistically, the audience should thank the presenter for their contribution.

Watch out for DISTRACTING GESTURES. Scratching parts of the body while presenting needs avoiding. Don’t scratch your nose, squint, or overuse eyebrow wrinkles. Involuntary actions can be off-putting.

INJECT HUMOUR into speech, but AVOID LAUGHING at that humour. Humour engages and focuses audience groups. However, those same audiences can be offputting if speakers laugh at their own

jokes.