Does standing up in front of a room full of people to do a presentation fill you with terror? According to Microsoft, 30 million Powerpoint presentations take place every day, yet giving a successful presentation isn't always something that comes naturally to everyone. And fairly or not, your performance as a speaker can often be used to make judgements on your overall ability to do your job. So how can you improve your performance? "Effective Presentation "is a practical step-by-step guide to help you improve on every aspect of making presentations. It helps you clarify what you want to say, what order to say it in and what words to say it with. There are great tips on visual aids, and the authors show you how to plan your presentation from thinking through the concept, to how to stage it and project to an audience.