presentations

Some confusion over who the presentation is aimed towards. Keep the presentation as real as possible. The presentation should be telling an external audience what actually happened on your assignment. A framework for the presentation could be:

• background - describe the problem to be solved
  
• what you attempted to do
• some of the issues that came out of the attempt
• what was the conclusion
• what are the next steps, if any
• what have I learned from doing the assignment

5 - 7 or at a maximum 6 - 8 slides will easily use up 10 minutes...

Core assessment criteria:

• clarity
• content
• check understanding

Making effective presentations - preparation


Developing objectives - the core message of the presentation (set the scene)

• Tell / Inform => to achieve => understanding
  Bare in mind the complexity of the information and understand the limitations and how much information can be taken from your presentation. Decide the core information you want to impart.
• Sell/influence => Buy in
  The core of selling is to promote the 'what's in it for me' aspect
• Impel/Direct/Motive => action
  Going against the tide, inspire to take action
• Entertain => Enjoyment

Assess the audience

• consider the 'language' to use
• don't make presumptions about what people already understand about the situation
  

identify key/sub points

• Mind map - brainstorm all the points then group them into key subject areas
• Put the key points into an order

Prepare the script/outline

• Do you want to use a script?

prepare visual aides, handouts, notes

• The presenter is the important focus the visual aids are secondary
• 3 - 4 bullet points max per slide
• Too much information is boring but too little info makes no sense to your audience afterwards
• Use consistent design - font, colour, size
  
• Graphics - a picture paints a thousand words.
  

practice
"The human brain starts working the moment you are born and doesn't stop until the moment you stand up to speak in public" - George Jessel

• Accept that you are going to be anxious, it's normal, you need the adrenaline
• Be organised
• Presentation should be personal and in plain language - be yourself
• Breathe deeply
• Watch your posture
• Maintain good eye contact with the audience
• Maintain a clear voice
  

Presentations
We all designed and delivered a presentation and evaluated each other - and got quite serious and a bit nervous but in the end had quite a bit of fun.

My presentation was about wikis