ACRONYM REMINDERS
SEPLAM
   The Seating-Plan Matters The room arrangement and seating-plan are crucial; optimize them if you can.
the same goes for lighting and heating ....
BH
  Be Happy If you look miserable & stressed, your audience will be the same. If you look happy, at least there’s a chance they will be, too.
PUTOD
  Put Title On Display You may know what you’re talking about, but you could be ten minutes into your talk before the audience works out the title.
PUPLOD
  Put the Plan On Display Show audience the structure of your talk - make sure they know where you’re coming from and where you’re going.
TOYA
   Think Of Your Audience In other words - EMPATHIZE - You can’t speak at normal speed in colloquial language in a mixed nationality audience.
WIIFT
   What's in it for them? Give them what they want and/or need!
BEROD
   Be relaxed or Die If you’re not relaxed (confident!), then your audience will not be either.
HANWENF
   Handouts When Finished Once you give something out, you lose control over the audience.
HORCOR
   Horses for Courses What works well in one situation won’t in another.
LAYA
  Look At Your Audience Look round - look them in the eyes. Only then do they feel you are communicating - only then can you know their reactions.
LERPRONK
   Learn to Pronounce Key Words There’s no excuse for mispronouncing key words. Ask a native speaker!!
SUAT
  Stand Up And Talk You can’t hold your audience if you sit down - or lean on a table.
BISH
  Build In Some Humour Don’t be heavy and over-serious - there must be some lighter moments.
GARG
   Graphics Are Really Good A picture tells a thousand words - use maps, charts, graphs - BUT NOT LONG BLOCKS OF TEXT.
PUSIC
  Put Statistics Into Chart All figures should be displayed in a chart of some kind. It is difficult to grasp the significance of statistics unless this is done.
DOB
   Don't Over-Bullet An excess of bullets will lose them in a tsunami of text
GITT
  Give Them Time Don’t change slides too fast. Give the audience time to absorb them. In general, give people time to think - pause after key points. Put complex points in different ways: ‘in other words’ - ‘that is to say’ etc
LISI
   Let It Sink In As above - give the audience time to absorb the information.
RIR-TIT
  Reading Is Reading
  - Talking Is Talking		 You can’t use the same language that you find in print. You have to re-write it in oral English. ERGO -> You can’t read from a transcript. THERE IS NO SAFETY IN WRITING IT OUT IN FULL - YOU MUST IMPROVISE FROM NOTES.
APIE
  A Pointer Is Essential YOU know what you are referring to on a map - your audience may not.
MOHALS
  More Haste Less Speed You can’t speak at normal speed. Talk more slowly than usual. Use pauses for emphasis. Let your voice fall at the end of a sense group.

SOS

  The Secret of Success

 is especially CONFIDENCE, which comes from knowledge of your subject, mastering of techniques, language ability and ... preparation, preparation, preparation