Act Natural! The problem with this advice is that you'll find yourself in a completely unnatural environment -- alone in front of a large group of people, lights shining in your face, a mike wire dangling from your lapel to your fanny, monster visual displays behind your back -- just exactly how do you go about acting "naturally" in such an unnatural situation? Nothing takes the jitters out of a presentation like a real, live, full dress rehearsal. Say you're giving a live presentation to a large audience. And let's say this is not something you do on a regular basis.

Most of the presentations had a clear message and the visuals amplified the talk instead of detracting from it. Graphics have been simplified and the presenters are well rehearsed. It’s nice to be an attendee this year instead of running around the bowels of the Long Beach Performing Art Center supporting speakers. I

Today we’ll look at one such principle; Elaborative Rehearsal. There’s a lot more to the idea of Elaborative Rehearsal than these five tips, and we’ll discuss them in future articles. The The “take-away” today is the need for the public speaker to “train” their audiences how to use elaborative rehearsal to their greatest learning benefit. If you haven’t already–as a public speaker, you should dedicate yourself to a lifetime study of adult learning principles. It will pay you colossal dividends.