Think about your strong and your weak points as a speaker:

   

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                                   ‘Before / After’ Questionnaire

                                             (Homework)



   When you make a presentation:

   

    1. Do you:

   a.        read your presentation

   b.       use notes

   c.        improvise (i.e. talk without preparation)?

    2. Do you:

         a. keep eye contact with one person in the audience
         b. look at all the people in the audience
         c. look at the floor?

    3. Do you:

         a. smile from time to time
         b. tell an amusing story
         c. remain serious?

    4. Do you feel:

         a. relaxed
         b. nervous
         c. terrified?

    5. Do you:

         a. walk up and down a lot
         b. move your arms a lot
         c. move very little?

    6. Do you use visual aids:

         a. sometimes
         b. all the time
         c. never

    7. Do you usually:

         a. finish your presentation early
         b. finish on time
         c. overrun your time?

    8. Are you a speaker who:

         a. talks quickly and quietly
         b. talks with ease (i.e. in a relaxed way)?

    9. Do you practise your presentation:

         a. at every possible moment – in the bath/on the bus etc...
         b. a few times
         c. once

   10.  Do you:

         a. enjoy giving presentations
         b. not mind giving presentations
         c. hate giving presentations?