Presenting at orals for the first time. Any tips?

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Take 2 minutes to slow your breathing. Center yourself. Calm any nerves you have. Smile when you talk. Try to remember to pause for impact at key points.

Write down the key words/bullets you want to make sure to hit - especially for any questions you anticipate they will/may ask.

I'm in Orals today too... whether we're on the same team or not, there will be others there with you who are cheering for you the whole time.

You've got this!

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Stop talking so much and let the client speak. If your opening is good and your pitch is solid, they will tell you how to sell to them by their comments.

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Don’t go naked

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Good advice overall! I think someone said this during orientation- human minds think they’re speaking much slower than they should be, so most people end up being fast. I was told to go at half the sped I think I should speak at to be an effective communicator. Also pauses are much better then umm, so, etc and other fillers.

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Breathe through your ears.

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Just the tip

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How did it go, OP? CONGRATS on surviving your first one!!

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Not everyone gets out alive

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Rehearse with others. Practice saying out loud what you plan to say in front of others and get their feedback. Do it a few times.

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Yeah what is an oral?

Really? Orals are the dog & pony show, the full team oral presentation to the client buying panel. The partners, SMs and often a bunch of SMEs fly in to sprinkle magic hopium dust around.

All of the RFP finalist firms are invited to present, sometimes consecutively so awkwardly you run into your rivals at the Starbucks near the client office. I hate them because they are a giant time sink with at best a 30% win rate.

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Just be yourself. Sometimes whatever you do may not be enough for your boss! And sometimes the bare minimum you do will work miracles.

Anticipate what questions you are likely to get and practice answering them.

Remember to end with singing the EY slogan in any tune of your choice. My personal favorite is “quality in everything we do” sung to the State Farm jingle tune..

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