9. Giving the Presentation

In This Chapter

Preparing to Present 120 Cool Presentation Gear 123 Running the Presentation 127

The funny thing about presentations is that you do lots of work to create your presentation and make it look good, and when you’re done the real job hasn’t even started yet—you still have to give the presentation. For some people, giving a presentation (and public speaking in general) ranks in popularity just this side of dental surgery. Other folks like nothing better than standing in front of an audience. Most of us, however, fall somewhere between those extremes.