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Deliver presentations without breaking a sweat: Adopt crowd-pleasing podium skills

Medical Staff Briefing, April 1, 2010

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As a medical staff leader or MSP, at some point during your career, you will inevitably find yourself standing in front of a crowd delivering a presentation. You may be presenting to only five board members or a crowd of 400. Either way, you should have the right tools in your belt if you want to hold your audience's attention.
Whether you seldom stand at a podium or have delivered dozens of speeches and presentations, these tips will help you polish your preparation and speaking skills to help you feel confident in front of a crowd.
Prepare detailed handouts. Avoid including supplemental reading material, such as lengthy reports and white papers, in your slide presentation. Most likely, the print will be too small to read when projected on a screen. Rather, compile the supplemental material into a printed take-away packet.
If you have the luxury of knowing the individuals in your audience, cater your handouts to their needs. "We have a MEC [medical executive committee] of about 35 people. We have some physicians who want the bare bones presentation, and a few who want a one- or two- page summary. Others want all the details, and for them, I prepare a full report," says Guenther Baerje, BSIT, CPMSM, HACP, director of medical staff management at Good Samaritan Hospital in Los Angeles.

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