Q1. What do you do with your eyes during a presentation ?

a) Stare at members of the audience ?
Never Rarely Sometimes Often Usually Always

b) Look into the eyes of the members of the audience for up to four seconds ?
Never Rarely Sometimes Often Usually Always

c) Look over the heads of the audience into the distance ?
Never Rarely Sometimes Often Usually Always

d) Look predominantly to the right or the left ?
Never Rarely Sometimes Often Usually Always

e) Divide the auditorium into quadrants and look at someone in each quadrant in turn ?
Never Rarely Sometimes Often Usually Always

Q2. What do you do with your hands and arms ?

a) Wave them like a windmill ?
Never Rarely Sometimes Often Usually Always

b) Stand with them quietly by your sides ?
Never Rarely Sometimes Often Usually Always

c) Fold your arms ?
Never Rarely Sometimes Often Usually Always

d) Gesture emphatically as you make a point ?
Never Rarely Sometimes Often Usually Always

e) Put them in your pockets ?
Never Rarely Sometimes Often Usually Always

Q3.When should you use visual aids ?

a) As often as possible ?
Yes No

b) About once every two minutes ?
Yes No

c) When there is no other sensible way of conveying the information ?
Yes No

d) When a picture saves a thousand words ?
Yes No

e) When you have expensive equipment available ?
Yes No

Q4. What should you do about notes ?

a) Write the speech out in full just in case ?
Yes Possibly No

b) Use visual aids as notes ?
Yes Possibly No

c) Speak from memory ?
Yes Possibly No

d) Rely on buzz words and phrases ?
Yes Possibly No

e) Rely on mnemonics ?
Yes Possibly No

Q5. Is there anything we can do about nerves ?

a) Keep a stiff upper lip ?
Yes No

b) Think positively ?
Yes No

c) Breathe from the shoulders ?
Yes No

d) Use relaxation techniques ?
Yes No

e) Practise the Alexander Technique ?
Yes No

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