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Styles of Presenting

Reading a Script

Many public speakers use a script read from an autocue. This makes it look as though
the presentation is being done from memory, as well as allowing the speaker to focus
on the audience. This impression of a lot of eye contact combined with relatively free
head movement can facilitate a much more professional delivery than simply reading
from a hard copy script.

If you are making your presentation at a conference and an autocue is available, then
it may be worthwhile experimenting with it to see if it suits you. If it does, you will

need a full rehearsal with the autocue operator who will support you in the actual
presentation. You should make sure that they can recognize occasions where you ad
lib and pause the machine accordingly.

If you are not experienced in using it, then an autocue can result in a delivery that is dull
and fails to engage the audience because it can be difficult to remember that you are
there to communicate a message and not just read a script. This is something that can
happen when you are presenting to a large audience in a darkened room.

Other disadvantages are the unnaturally fast pace this style of delivery can create and the
inability to modify your language to accommodate the audience’s understanding of the
material—something that may only become apparent as the presentation progresses.

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