A Naked Audience?
March 27th, 2009 Posted in Presentations
Presentation prep advice from Nancy Duarte:
“Imagine everyone in the audience naked.”
Are you kidding me?!?!? Why would I want to imagine standing in front of a large group of naked people? Just thinking of that makes me shudder. I mean seriously what if you are presenting to a group of engineers? No offense, but I can’t imagine presenting to Steve Wozniak as he stares at me in the nude! Steve, I love you, but…
The point of this advice is to lighten your focus, relieve your stress, and allow you to relax into the moment. The secret is, there’s no secret–the key is preparation and rehearsal. Here’s some techniques I’ve been shown over the years to help me obtain focus and be more relaxed onstage.
