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Presentation Skills and Confidence Adam Sandelson

LSE Student Counselling Service. Presentation Skills and Confidence Adam Sandelson. Aims. Look at confidence building measures to giving good presentations Develop positive self talk Overcome physical anxiety Manage underlying feelings. CIRCLE OF CONFIDENCE.

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Presentation Skills and Confidence Adam Sandelson

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  1. LSE Student Counselling Service Presentation Skills and Confidence Adam Sandelson

  2. Aims • Look at confidence building measures to giving good presentations • Develop positive self talk • Overcome physical anxiety • Manage underlying feelings

  3. CIRCLE OF CONFIDENCE situation thoughts feelings behaviour (self-talk) sensations Negative Circle

  4. CIRCLE OF CONFIDENCE situation thoughts feelings behaviour (self-talk) sensations Positive Circle

  5. Confidence for Presentations Key Principles: Sensible planning Positive Self talk Role Rehearsal Relaxation/ Stress Management

  6. Presentation Planning Clear simple structure Summarise: what you’re going to say say it Tell them what you’ve said Rehearse it out loud First two minutes – repeat practice

  7. Developing Positive Self-Talk: Where/when am I already confident? What does that confidence feel like? How is it different from feeling low? How did I build that confidence?

  8. Role Rehearsal What happens when I think about giving a presentation 3 desired ‘goals’ Work out matching behaviours Practice (in front of mirror) Fake it till you make it

  9. How is our message received?

  10. Good practice tips Positive self talk e.g. ‘good enough’ Vary vocal style – 3 P’s Pace Power Pause Pitch Less is More Focus on positive listeners

  11. Anxiety Management Anxiety = high level of bodily arousal + negative self-defeating thoughts Instead, learn: 1. Physical relaxation 2. Breathing 3. Mini-pause

  12. Presentation Dynamics

  13. Underlying dynamics • Trying to please others • Wanting to be the best • Being a perfectionist • Family /historic context for being successful • Setting yourself impossible targets

  14. Keeping perfectionism in check • Set realistic and achievable goals • Recognise your achievements • Perfectionism is undesirable • Experiment with standards for success • Focus on the process not just the end result. • Evaluate success – • What did you accomplish? • Could you enjoy the task? • Imagine looking back – 2 hours/ 2 weeks later

  15. Challenging negative thoughts • Imagine them being tested in Court • Identify the negative thought • Eg, My presentation will be terrible • Ascertain the evidence For and Against • Ask if you are making a ‘thinking error’ • Propose a more reasonable alternative thought

  16. Thinking errors • All or nothing thinking • Discounting the positive/ tunnel vision • only seeing the negative side of things • Overgeneralizing • because it happened in the past it will happen again in the future • Believing a catastrophe will happen

  17. LSE Student Counselling Service – G507 • Free and confidential • Mainly short term counselling • Book appointments in advance • Urgent appointments (phone early in the day) • See Website for • Stress management handouts • Self help resources on a wide range of student issues (study – related and personal difficulties) • Relaxation MP3’s

  18. Final Thoughts Any questions 1 or 2 things from today What else

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