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By: Lisa Coats

Lisa Coats — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 13:43:00 +0000

Forgot to wish a Happy Halloween to all you Library Garden bloggers!

By: Lisa Coats

Lisa Coats — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 13:40:00 +0000

Thanks for this post, Pete! And the link to the one in February that I must have missed. While I am very comfortable in front of a group of people, I KNOW I need to work on my presentation skills. I plan to go through these suggestions with a fine toothed comb! Thanks Steve for the added tips, too.

By: Steve

Steve — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 14:40:00 +0000

Just a couple quick thoughts:

1. Focus on your transitions, how do you plan to move from topic to topic or slide to slide? Transitions make you smooth.

2. If you want questions, ask questions. Once people begin to talk, they tend to keep talking.

3. Especially if you don't know the audience (do your best to know all you can beforehand), be there early and greet people as they come in with 1-2 questions that will give you a feel for the room and their knowledge of the topic.

4. Expect all your technology to fail...always...even a "bad" backup plan is better than no backup plan.

Steve