According to Forbes, 90% of all people have anxiety about public speaking.
Everyone's heard tips like "Picture your audience in their underwear," and "Practice in front of a mirror," but Karen Hough has written "Be the Best Bad Presenter Ever" to help the 90% feel truly confident in presentations--by being our authentic selves. You can't be authentic if you're following rules that drain the life and personality out of your presentation, Hough says. It's authenticity and passion that win people over, not polish.
You have more potential to give great presentations than any polished phony on the planet. Because guess what? You're not innately a terrible presenter. Someone else's rules are making you "bad"--rules from Presentations 101--the rules that box you in, regulate everything you do, and define "good" presentations.
Don't worry about all the rules you've been taught. People would rather see you, warts and all, if you can communicate with passion. And that's when all the things you want will follow--jobs, funding, support, partners, believers. So do it Your Way.
Be Passionately Bad
Just like Michael Jackson, you are now bad in the coolest way.
Passion--what you care about most--is the core of authenticity. It's the real deal, and you have it.
It's a special part of our psyche, values and beliefs. We can talk about our passion for hours, and it's always interesting to us. And the best part is that in a presentation, passion overrides technique.
Source: Karen Hough: Be the Best Bad Presenter Ever: Break the Rules, Make Mistakes, and Win Them Over
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