Comments on: Don’t forget to plan a strong conclusion http://www.inter-activ.co.uk/presentation-skills/dont-forget-to-plan-a-strong-conclusion/ ideas & techniques for for improving your speaking, presenting and influencing skills Fri, 30 Jul 2010 15:35:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Andrew Lightheart http://www.inter-activ.co.uk/presentation-skills/dont-forget-to-plan-a-strong-conclusion/comment-page-1/#comment-865 Andrew Lightheart Tue, 20 May 2008 23:33:18 +0000 http://www.inter-activ.co.uk/?p=231#comment-865 This is so true. I often see people so convinced by the evil voices their head (!) that they have done a bad job, that they fairly run from the front of the room. That and how stressful our inner chimpanzee finds it to have a whole troupe of chimps looking at it... In terms of the physical aspects of the ending, I tell people to be conscious of standing their ground, keeping eye contact and smiling. Your points about the content of the conclusion are welcome and well-made. Making a strong ending is one of the things that has to be very consciously done, as all of our survival bits want us out of the 'dangerous' situation. Nice! This is so true. I often see people so convinced by the evil voices their head (!) that they have done a bad job, that they fairly run from the front of the room.

That and how stressful our inner chimpanzee finds it to have a whole troupe of chimps looking at it…

In terms of the physical aspects of the ending, I tell people to be conscious of standing their ground, keeping eye contact and smiling. Your points about the content of the conclusion are welcome and well-made.

Making a strong ending is one of the things that has to be very consciously done, as all of our survival bits want us out of the ‘dangerous’ situation.

Nice!

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