Tips for oral presentations

• Be
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  prepared, know your material, and have your memory aids in place (notes, slides, script). Don’t try to wing it.
• Respect time limits. Plan and practice so that you can finish without rushing, leaving time for questions.
• If you use slides, referring to them is more effective than reading them verbatim. Position yourself so that you are facing your audience even while referring to a point or a visual on a slide. Try not to use too many slides, and don’t crowd them with too much text or data.
• If you read your text, write sentences that are brief and easy to understand. Doing so will hold your audience’s attention.
• If you make a mistake, forget what you want to say, or lose your place, make a simple recovery. Don’t dwell on your lapse. Just move on.