How to Handle a Presentation

1. Stand tall and look confident and use silence before you start to get your audience engaged. When you start, give a big smile and say hello confidently, so that you look as if you are enjoying this and you seem as if you know what you are talking about. I would expect the intro to go something like this:

"Good morning!! As you know, I am Jane Smith, and what I would like to do is talk to you for 10 minutes about XXXX. I am going to try to summarise what I see as the main issues and explain why I think they are issues, and then at the end I will try to highlight which issues I think are the most important. I'd like to keep this informal, so feel free to interrupt with questions at any time!"

2. Most of us need some kind of a prop, and I often hold a pen in my hands