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o Don’t use any fancy charts or colours. Keep it professional and standard. In
banking, best follow this rule: “when in doubt, always be conservative”
o Again, don’t read from the slides. It is very tempting to do so when stressed, but
keep your focus and eyes on the audience.
• Practice, practice
o Practice out loud at least once or twice. You may use small card to remember your
points, but don’t read from them
o Most of the questions from the audience can be anticipated. Therefore, prepare
your answers in advance, which will also help you
• Be a good team player
o Early on during the assignment, agree with the teams members on what the
approach should be to solve the problem. Be flexible even if you don’t absolutely
agree on the approach: the goal for you is to give a good presentation (doesn’t
have to be perfect) and most importantly, to leave a positive impression to the
audience.
o Make sure you contribute to the discussions but don’t dominate or be aggressive.
Don’t cut your teammates or the audience when they speak, and don’t contradict a
team member even if you don’t agree with him/her argument.
o Don’t be too passive either. If you do the work, but then don’t speak much during
the presentation, the audience will not know what your contribution was.
o Don’t compete with your teammates. You are not in a direct contest again each
others, if all of you are good, you will probably all get a chance to go to the next
round. Instead, rely on each other strengths, and have fun during the process. This
is the best way to look relaxed and confident, which is the most important success
factor for those presentations
o If you are unsure or unclear, don’t hesitate to say so, or to ask team members for
help. There is nothing worse than pretending to know the answer – the audience
will notice.
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