We know some of you guy love class presentations so you can show your brilliant public speaking speech and some of you just don’t. Whatever the case may be, here are the best tips or tricks on how to avoid or give the best class presentation yet because you simply cannot avoid presentations.
Plan way ahead
Absolutely do NOT pull the fire alarm (so illegal), but do try to stealthily figure out from the main office the next time your school is planning a fire drill. That will just happen to be the day you volunteer to present. Look who is off the hook to present (in a totally legal way)!
Trick the group into doing most of the work
Ask if you can do your class presentation in a group. Then, be that group member that never seems to care about doing any work. You know that the other members will just carry you through the assignment and take care of the presentation parts. Just relax!
Lose your voice suddenly
Put your acting skills to work by convincing your teacher you have laryngitis. However, being the good student you are, you don’t mind just handing in the project despite being very, very sick. We think she’ll appreciate your effort in spite of your lost voice and just grade the written work. Class presentation avoided AND you’ve impressed your teacher!
Take ill
Okay, it’s a lot to ask you to commit to going through the whole day without talking. Try this acting exercise instead. When you get up to do your presentation, pretend that you’ve suddenly become quite queasy. Maybe even whimper a little. Believe me, the class will not want to risk the chance that you lose your lunch up there in front of the room, and instead of presenting, you’ll get to nap in the nurse’s office.
Try the classic pop star approach – ‘lip sync’
Nervous about those awkward pauses or coughs or messing up words? Just record your whole presentation ahead of time. All you have to do is just get up there and mouth the words. Lip syncing is totally acceptable for many musical artists to do when they perform, so it is definitely okay for a class presentation. As long as the words and your mouth movements kind of match up, that’s all good. What’s that old lip sync trick – just mouth “watermelon” over and over? Sounds simple enough!
Go futuristic
Why should you stand there and present when someone else has already made a video that supports your project? It will look like you just want to enrich your presentation with credible sources and multimedia, but really this is 30 minutes less time you need to present yourself. Plus, with a video rolling, you could even nap during your own presentation. Win!
Let others do the talking
Plan an informal “interactive presentation,” a.k.a rely on the brains of your classmates by planning for everyone else in the class to come up with questions or write out an essay or debate your topic. Meanwhile, you just kind of sit there and let it happen, all the while looking like you’ve created the most engaging class presentation ever – without ever really needing to present anything.
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