How to defend a thesis

You have worked with effort for a long time in this project and it is time to defend it before a large number of professors and authorities, while the date is approaching the nerves take hold of you and you fear not to transmit orally and effectively what you know of memory. Calm down, do not get carried away by anxiety, we give you some tips so you know how to defend a thesis successfully

Create a scheme

It is clear that nobody knows this project better than you, but in order not to be a victim of nerves and omit important things, it is necessary to create an exhibition scheme that you must stick to when defending your thesis, this will help you organize more effective the ideas and leave out the dispensable data that can be consulted in the written thesis

Balances time and information

In many cases the thesis defenses must have a maximum duration time, why? Because it is necessary to prioritize when transmitting information, so practice your defense with a stopwatch and see what you feel is missing or correct the rest

Practice

Practicing and having the ability to visualize yourself in the defense of thesis is very important, because this helps you to face anxiety, to detect errors in your defense, to memorize the content and to feel more secure. Do it first only in the mirror and then in front of your close ones to monitor their opinion

The round of questions

All thesis defense includes questions from teachers and authorities and this is perhaps what most anxiety awake, so it is important that you prepare for it, that you imagine the round of questions that could come and that if possible a colleague will help you pretending to be a teacher. This strategy will help you prepare the ground and feel more secure

Calm nerves

It is important to remember that the defense of the thesis will last only a few minutes and that you are fully trained to face it, if you fall prey to panic and anxiety you could make mistakes, so stay relaxed, avoid contact with negative and overly nervous people and focus on reinforcing what you already know

Some old strategies

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