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How can you stay in the present (mentally) – or get to the present? Here are 5 strategies:

1. Breathe. The idea is that you breathe in. Then you breathe out. This helps you to get centered – and somewhere I read that the space between breathing in and breathing out – that’s the present. So actually, right now, breathe. In. Out. In. Out. It’s amazing that we need to be reminded.
2. Stand up straight or sit up straight (if you are physically able to do so). Just pull your head up, straighten your spine, pull in your stomach, and of course, breathe. It’s interesting how making sure we are doing all of these behaviors just pulls us to the present. Apparently there is no chance of multi-minding when we are focused – just for a moment – on standing up straight, pulling our head up and our stomachs in – and, oh, yeah…breathing. Those four tasks take all our concentration and are sometimes enough to break us out of whatever past tense, future tense, or too tense thinking we were in just before.
3. Say, “One thing, right now.” It’s a calming phrase. It helps you to get centered again. “One thing, right now.” “One thing, right now.” “One thing, right now.” Say it over and over as needed. Let people around you know that if/when you get into a “state,” they might help you by saying, “One thing, right now.”
4. If you have an object that helps you focus on the present – then use that. It might be something physical, it might be a picture, it might be a quote. It’s whatever will calm your mind enough to focus on now – just now.
5. Make marmalade. This recommendation comes from D.H. Lawrence’s suggestion: “I got the blues thinking of the future, so I left off and made some marmalade. It’s amazing how it cheers one up to shred oranges and scrub the floor.” The idea, of course, is to take up an activity where you need to be focused. Making marmalade, doing repair, engaging in some kind of intricate work….all of these activities require your focus and that you be present. Figure out what your marmalade activity is.

I promised that these were simple – and they are. Yet, we often don’t apply simple solutions. Give one or more of these a try when you need to bring yourself back to NOW – and see if you aren’t more focused and much more peaceful, too.

A presenter would need the skills of presentation to be outstanding. Many of us have been trained about the presentation skills since in high school and college. That aims one, to make you get accustomed to doing good presentation that is interesting to audiences. Presentation skill is also one of the most important skills in the workplace. You can influence customers to buy company’s product and negotiate with business partners to go through the win-win relationship with good presentation. To some people, the talent is just there naturally. You do not to practice in front of the mirror, observe your talented friend, or read the guides from books. To the rest, you will need more effort. Presentation skills involve the ability to speak in loud and clear voice, the ability to organize ideas so that they turn out smoothly and systematically, the ability to organize words and sentences so that they are easy to be understood, the ability to give and use examples appropriately, using the right and interesting body languages, and engage the audiences in the whole presentation.

How do you know then, whether a presentation is successful or not? Well, If you see your audiences’ eyes stay focused on you and the projector or whiteboard during the presentation, then your presentation is good. Also, if audiences are curious to ask questions or participate in the discussion, then you can feel optimistic about the presentation. Other clues are if no audience uses their mobile phone, looks sleepy, chats with his/her colleagues, and walk in/out the presentation rooms over time during the presentation. Obtaining audiences’ attention is not an easy thing. You would need some preparations such as: the content of presentation including the points to deliver, body language, and your attitude, the dress or suits to wear, how to build interaction with audiences, the choice of words and sentences, the visual aids to make your message more interesting, and so on. During the presentation session, you should reminding yourself to stay connected with your audience by relating the topic you are talking about with their daily lives, grab their attention by tell a compelling story or material so that they are eager to listen to the next material, keep understanding the material you have talked about. There should be synchronization among the sentences and points you speak out.

If possible, write some specific goals before you go through the presentation. For example, if you are doing presentation to obtain a contract with business partner, then obtaining the contract can be your stated goal. If you are doing a presentation in front of audiences to get new sales, then you can state your goal as to sell 50 units of products That way, you can have clear indicator whether your presentation is successful or not. Some other tips for you are to be confidence with your presentation, know who you are talking to, engage in the presentation and show empathy so that you do not sound like giving lecturer, make the material sounds simple so that audiences can easily get the points and clues, and anticipate any reaction from audiences.