Are you trembling with fear when only thinking about your thesis committee you have to present your speech to? It is high time to learn how to give a speech in public. You have great experience in taking exams, don’t you? Of course, all people are different, but if you are afraid of your thesis committees, you will certainly fail. The tips presented below will help you behave right at your defense, and you will certainly succeed at your thesis paper defense.

• Try to look decent. Your hair and clothes should be business-like. The members of the thesis committee do not need to be aware of the brand-news of your suits or dresses. “Modesty and confidence” should be your slogan;
• Do not read your report using notes. Learn your report by heart. The thesis committee will be much more impressed by your short and simple sentences said without any notes than by a perfect speech that you will read aloud;
• Do not pronounce the phrases like “as I have already said”, “as it is well known to everyone”. Perhaps, you have already said it, but the thesis committee members passed your words off. Great! You do not have to make out something new to present to thesis committees, but just pronounce a few phrases from your report;
• Do not think over your answer to the question asked for too long. Naturally, you can check back if you did not understand the question. The other way out is to start telling a bit different thing, in this case the thesis committee members would rather blame a person for such unclear formulation of the question than you;

• Do not make out your case, since not always there is a need in this. Probably, one of the thesis committees members just wanted to show his or her awareness in the area. Just say “I will certainly take it into consideration in the future”.

The most important thing is that you should not be afraid of your thesis committee. Good luck!