Please help me learn my lines

[cbfair]

I have a script for a presentation thats about 40 minutes long. I want to give this presentation nearly verbatim without using notes in about one week. Are there any actors or presenters out there who can give me some pointers?

Things I've thought of and started working on:

1. Read the whole thing through several times and am beginning to recognize the various transitions and what they lead to.

2. Try to memorize small sections then piece them together.


Things I've thought of and haven't started working on:

1. Read the whole thing into a recorder then play back the recording while silently reading the text.

2. Writing-out the text so I can improve recall. - Is handwriting better than typing for improving recall? My hand hurts just thinking about it.

Any better techniques out there? I'm all ears.

Thanks,

cbf