Some presenters are too confident - yes you can be overconfident as a presenter. You often hear these people say things like, "I'm much better when I'm spontaneous, so I don't need to practise", or "I love it when I can just make it up as I go along, I'm so much more natural". Well, they are wrong.

Being too confident means you do not put in any effort. And people who work at being good presenters are always the best ones at it. Presentations require hard work. They need careful planning and writing. Plus they need rehearsing, adapting to the specific environment and structuring for each particular audience.

Successful presenters are those who spend time and effort on their presentations. This then gives them the confidence that what they are doing is right. Those people who are over confident do not put in the effort required. They then think that what they have done is brilliant, but are never aware that they didn't succeed.

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