4.Effective Presentation

4.Effective Presenation
The first thing I think of when I hear the words ``presentation`` is nerves, it makes me sick with nerves. On my second week in college we were asked by our lecturer to present an effective presentation in front of the class group. Starting college alone was a  nerve wrecking experience for me, but this worried me as I had a fear of public speaking, well i taught I did.

A few days passed and I experienced some difficulty on what topic to choose and also a difficulty on finding the confidence to face the crowd and keep the audience attention without losing their interest. We could choose anything we wanted to talk about, i decided i will discuss a topic I am familiar with as I feel this topic is close to my heart as I have a family member who this topic relates to.
In 2010, I  completed a P.L.C in Community Care, we were asked to create a booklet on a disease of our choice, so I choose Cervical Cancer as it is a very common diease in women. I felt I had quiet a lot of knowledge about this disease due to personal experience.

Typing up the presenation onto the powerpoint slide show was fine, we were giving a clear guide format so I had an Introduction,  main body and a conclusion.It was easliy done and just took up little time,  the hard task was talking for five mintues without forgetting the message I was conveying and showing my nervousness to my class peers. I practiced sevreal times and it was only lasting 3 mintues, so I figured that I had to get more information, I researched some more information on the disease I had choose and a lady named Jade Goody had gotton cervial cancer and did not fight the diease, unfortunatly she paassed away. This lady raised so much awareness on cervical cancer such as regular checks and smear tests. I felt talking about this lady would interest my auidence as Jade was a famous girl for a number of reasons.

The day had come and my slot was up, so here goes….I was so nervous, I drew attention to the fact that I was nervous which I shouldnt have done and regretted after the presentation. When I stood up I felt sick with the nerves and really did not want to do it, but with presuing from my classmates I went ahead and did it. It went quiet well and I was happy after it was over with. Public speaking is a a very useful skill and I have learned how important is it and will really work on it.