There are so many components to a presentation! It can be a little overwhelming with all of the questions that you have to ask yourself...
What type of style will you present in?
Will it be a sit and get? More collaborative? A demo-style? A Workshop?
Deciding on the resources and how I want to deliver the resources is just as important.
What resources are crucial?
Are there too many resources?
Should I add links within my presentation?
Have my resources on a website?
What if they don't even have a computer to access resources?
Make handouts for them to walk away with instead of just sharing the resource online?
Layout the resources separately from the presentation?
Then there is just the execution of the presentation:
How might you engage your audience?
Should you add humor?
....Can you even pull off humor? (As I learned: Just because you watch Last Comic Standing...doesn't mean you are a comedian)
Should you ask questions? What type of questions? When are there too many questions? How many questions is too many? Do I just enjoy asking questions? (I think so!)
What do you do if it looks like they aren't engaged? (Song and dance? Interpretive dance?)
When do you throw in a story? (and then what happens when your story turns into a tangent for another story?)
A lot of these questions or points came from my presenter expert that I practiced with. His name is John Eick and he's got to be one of the best presenters that I have ever seen. Truly engaging, funny, and able to relay information in a easily understandable way. If you want to be the good, you've got to learn from the best, right? Now, I just need to practice, practice, practice.
What resources are crucial?
Are there too many resources?
Should I add links within my presentation?
Have my resources on a website?
What if they don't even have a computer to access resources?
Make handouts for them to walk away with instead of just sharing the resource online?
Layout the resources separately from the presentation?
Then there is just the execution of the presentation:
How might you engage your audience?
Should you add humor?
....Can you even pull off humor? (As I learned: Just because you watch Last Comic Standing...doesn't mean you are a comedian)
Should you ask questions? What type of questions? When are there too many questions? How many questions is too many? Do I just enjoy asking questions? (I think so!)
What do you do if it looks like they aren't engaged? (Song and dance? Interpretive dance?)
When do you throw in a story? (and then what happens when your story turns into a tangent for another story?)
A lot of these questions or points came from my presenter expert that I practiced with. His name is John Eick and he's got to be one of the best presenters that I have ever seen. Truly engaging, funny, and able to relay information in a easily understandable way. If you want to be the good, you've got to learn from the best, right? Now, I just need to practice, practice, practice.
You're doing great, Jen! I think the beginning is the hardest part; however, it seems like you have it down by thinking and planning it out.
ReplyDeleteI'm also a planner like you. I like to plan and map out on how to accomplish my goals. Maybe it's a teacher thing, where we have an objective and then we plan on how to meet the objective.
Great blog!
Hi Jen. I wish I could attend your Cap CUE presentation. Having observed in your class there's a ton I could learn. I will definitely be following your blog and cheering you on from the sidelines.
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