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When planning your presentation, think through as far as you can the practical details of each stage of what you plan to do. Some of these practicalities may be outside your control, but at least you will have thought of them. If you give presentations regularly, then it would be good to compile a check list of the various items.

1 Have the phone number of your contact. (Their phone number is probably more important than their email address.) Keep that phone number near you, or key it into your mobile so you can access it quickly if you are delayed.

case study Max tries to get to a venue early, well before the time the presentation is due to begin, especially if he is going into a company for the first time. Once, he arrived half an hour early and immediately began to notice who was talking to who…and who wasn’t talking to anyone else. One person offered to make Max a coffee, and colleagues expressed surprise as that person had never offered to make them a coffee. This information was helpful to Max later in the presentation when he encouraged colleagues who didn’t usually interact to start talking to each other and begin working as a team.

2 Know the time of your presentation: when you are due to begin and end; whether questions will be asked and, if so, if it will be during your talk or at the end. If they come at the end, will you chair the Question and Answer session or will someone else?

3 Know who will introduce you – or will you be expected to introduce yourself?

4 Know whether you bring your own handouts. Make sure you make enough photocopies in advance. Think about when you will distribute them.

5 Take your own pens, papers, post-it notes for last-minute changes and if necessary enough paper and pens for your audience.

Time spent planning the order of your presentation helps you stay in control.