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How to be a good presenter? What makes a good teacher? What makes a class interesting?
It is undeniable that the majority of the classes that we attend to, tend to be boring.
So what makes a class interesting to attend to?
The most challenging issue in teaching is when the teacher talks and talks and talks until the time is up, the teacher must make sure that s/he allows participation and allows the students to have their say in the lessons. It is human’s nature that they feel important when they give their opinion and inturn you approve of it. Be agreeable, even when the student gives a wrong answer to your question, reply positively and encourage more participation.
Keep the class as active as possible. “People forget what you say, but they remember how you made them feel”. ~ Maya Angelou. So try to make the students feel good about themselves as much as you can.
Keep eye contact directed to all of the students.
Tell stories.
Stories attract attention, who doesn’t like a good old story that teaches us lessons that can not be explained directly.
Create activities, always allow the students to interact with each other, even if you have to provide them with silly activities, it will still make them feel good, and more attentive to you, because you made them feel good attending to your class. After building interest in your group, you will be shocked to see how much effort they put by themselves to attend and listen to you!
Don’t be too serious with your course material, your true priority should be to have a group of interested students. What’s the point of covering the material if the students didn’t learn anything?
Love your students as much as you can. Personally I wouldn’t forget a teacher who once made me feel good.
Talking about presentations.
If you are not a teacher but you just want to present something to a group, by best advice to you is to prepare and rehearse your presentation, try to present to your family or friends and take note of their opinions.
Benefits of meditation, 10 reasons why you should meditate and enjoy a stress-free life.
Meditation helps you control your thoughts and silences those chaotic multiple voices in your head, which their sources are unknown. Napoleon Hill says: Thought control is the highest form of self control. If you have dreams and you want to achieve them, you better have thought control or you’ll end up finding yourself on an emotional roller coaster. Uncertainty is one of our greatest enemies, meditation kills it.
Meditation helps slow your heart rate, if combined with deep breathing, your body will relax, escape the tensions of our high-demanding-info-chaotic world, and rebalance/harmonize your cells.
Meditation helps in eliminating stress, a relaxed mind is always stess free.
Meditation helps you listen to your deepest concerns, and filters out those thoughts which bombard you but in reality they don’t concern you, in other words you know the difference between what really matters to you and what doesn’t.
Meditation helps you get closer to your inner voice, the voice of wisdom, the all knowing, infinite intelligence, god.
Meditation makes you trust your heart, and strengthens your instincts.
Meditation gives your life a purpose, gratitude and love for oneself.
Meditation helps you identify your ego.
If you have love in your heart sometimes you will find that you were born only to meditate and to do nothing else.
In the end, it depends on what you have in your heart when you meditate, if you want to achieve something specific, try meditating and imagining those things that you want. Einstein says: Your imagination is your preview of your life’s coming attractions.
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