Gordon Kangas

• Presentation Development. Organize your information in a logical fashion. You should have 3-5 main points in your presentation. Additionally, make sure to narrow your topic. To be successful, you need to construct a message which is interesting, structured, and accurate.

While a good presentation can deliver the insights of a topic and allows the audience to clearly understand a textual topic in a visual and more memorable way, a bad presentation can also make the audience more confused for even the things that they already know. Unlike how most people think, presentation is not all about the quality of the contents of the presentation but it greatly depends on aspects such as presenter’s confidence, quality of slides, and speaker’s methods and preparation for that particular topic. The most complicated and boring topics can seem so interesting by the audience,

What is…. And what could be? That is how a presentation can go depending on how you present your message. Using Steve Jobs and MLK (both known to history as being great speakers and motivators), Nancy Duarte showed that these men did not rely on some pre-written speech to dictate how their messages would come across. Establishing your point, acknowledging what is and what could be, and finally say why others should listen to what you have to say. It is also critical to make sure you are addressing the right audience. If you stick to a boring presentation, there is no clear vision for the future.

Lucianne Walkovicz used several examples of her own advice from her article “A Non Talk on Giving Talks” in her talk about starlight. Her use of empathy in telling the audience her story of her first sight of starlight as well as using images intended to evoke emotion captivated her audience not only in the beginning but also throughout her talk. In her article “A Non Talk on Giving Talks” she stresses to not make wordy slides, for this causes the audience to choose between listening to the speaker and reading the slide. During her presentation, she did not use words but instead used images to keep the audience’s attention while she spoke. Another rule she stressed in her article was to not use flashy slides or lots of animations. None of

A good presenter is someone who ensures the information being presented is interesting, is not made up or fake, not a speech or written essay being read off paper. As someone who is performing a presentation, you should always ask these questions to ensure the audience is getting the best possible experience. 1.How does/is your audience (going to) feel about the subject being presented? What would they want to hear me talk about? 2.Is my delivery being executed in such a way the audience gets the clear message in the tone desired? Ensure you're getting the message across and getting across the way you want. 3.What is the objective of my speech? What is my speech trying to accomplish? What is the motive? 4.How would I feel if I were the audience?

Students are advised to present as if they are presenting to a client. The criteria used to mark students is being able to explain the key topic thoroughly and having excellent presentation skills. Over the weeks, I watched several presentations and the mistakes that other students made include not adhering to the time limit, not being creative and not having group coordination. As a result, my tutor gave feedback and provided solutions for each mistake. Along with the feedback from other groups, I believe I have learned how to present effectively.

Create a 5-6 minute presentation using PowerPoint visuals. Make sure your PowerPoint follows the guidelines discussed in class. The purpose of the presentation should be to inform the audience. Your presentation should reflect a topic, theme, or issue relevant to your major. For ideas of topics, you may consider looking at issues of Crains’ Chicago, The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg BusinessWeek, The New York Times, The Chicago Tribune, cnn.com, The Huffington Post, NPR.org, Slate, Wired, or industry-specific papers/journals in your area of study.

An exceptional presenter speaks to their audience’s interests, and uses stories to make their speech more pleasant. Exceptional presenters own the room by making themselves the center of attention. To be the center of attention one must appear organized, and credible. You should have a passion for the subject that you’re speaking about, and you must engage your audience. Engaging your audience relies on the ability to understand your audience, and relate to them. Relating to your audience can be difficult if you are working with a diverse set of individuals, but if you appear natural they will be more accepting of you. Above all, practice is key.

Comment on the following points: presentation introduction, presentation closure, speaker knowledge about information, main points clear to audience, etc.

The audience has made up their mind on David?s presentation in the initial 7-10 seconds in front of the high school staff (Bretag, Crossman and Bordia 2009, p. 195). After five minutes of David?s presentation; he noticed that most of the audience was looking bored on his sales pitch. What turned out badly with David's presentation is that he did not have a clear structure in his speech with appropriate signposts and transitions to keep his audience on track (Laws 2000, p. 67). He did not interact, and a lack of rapport with his audience. David forgets that he also communicate without speaking (Bretag et.al., 2009, p. 204). David was not able to convey his approaches through his body language, and non-verbal communication such

understand what I am saying. Another problem that I might face during my presentation is to

The intended audience for the presentation is identified and their level of understanding of the presentation topic is assessed

While I was watching my demonstration presentation the first thing I noticed that constant enthusiasm. At the beginning of the video I saw myself being overly excited about presentation, and I thought this excitement would decrease during demonstration. However, the last minutes of presentation, even question-answer part, I observed that I was still in the same level of excitement. So I believe that even though some of my classmates may not be interested in preparing vegan sushi, my passion help me to invoke sympathy from my audience. Unlike the persuasive speech, the demonstrational presentation topic must appeal the audience attention because its purpose is to teach a structure, or steps,

Our presentation slides focuses more on pictures, charts and key-points for visual aid. By keeping the slides simple, audiences can focus more on the speaker. The videos uploaded by the Centre for English Language Communication department tell us our weaknesses which we do not realize by ourselves. Reflecting on my first and second presentation through videos and feedbacks from Ms. Christine has helped me

If you have the opportunity, go to the room ahead of time and practice your presentation. Actually speak the words and choreograph your movement. If you can’t get to the room, rehearse in front of a mirror. Rehearsing your presentation out loud will help you be more effective. Anticipating questions will help you formulate your answers before you get in start a live audience.