The secret to a great presentation is to take control of the stage.

Audience are paying attention; they laugh when you joke; they become your best friend in the presentation.

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The feel of taking control of the stage is hilarious - you’re the only one who controls the way the presentation walks. You’re the driver of this roller coaster - up and down. You can make your passengers laugh, vomit, scream, anything. You’re the star.

But of course, every achievable great thing (like taking control of the stage) is difficult to achieve - however, it’s achievable (I’ve already mentioned it). And for this case, I’ll give you help.

So, how to take control of the stage in presentation?

1. Make a Grand Opening - Full of Laughter

For the first few seconds of your presentation, I recommend you to make all those people laugh. Try the best as you can.

Why?

Because a grand opening will create a “grand” image of you in the mind of the audience too. At least, the audience will think that you’re “a funny, excited, and worth-to-listen public speaker”.

2. Use Stunning Visual Support

When you don’t have a good sense of humor - you can try this one. Using stunning visual for your presentation, and combined with blend moment, can be a very great advantage for your show.

You can tell a story with visual representation (maybe a video without audio). You can show your potential business partner a great image about a city which you invited them to invest in. Essentially, you can combine stunning visual with your presentation skill in many ways, even unpredictable one.

3. Invite Your Ally to Watch

When you’re in front of hundreds audience, you can try this trick.

Invite some of your friends - you can even pay them. Tell ‘em to laugh when you joke - laugh a lot and out loud but still in a natural way. This will encourage other people to laugh with them, so your joke has done its job.

You can do same thing for asking applause, asking a “wow!”, etc..

Well, that’s all for now, I have a chemistry homework to do.

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