- 10 points: What were the 3-5 presentations that really stood out to you as well done (excluding your own presentation)? Why did they stand out, what did they do differently? The most distinctive element that made presentations stand out from others were passion. For example, the presentations about Drake combined humor and a true love for a music performer which truly changed my opinion of Drake. I possessed a negative stigma of Drake but the presenter brought in relatable human commonalities to portray Drake as more of a humanitarian. Although I am personally not a fan of the rap genre and generally have a negative opinion of all rappers, the presenter portrayed his opinion is such a way that it was difficult not to regard Drake in high
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I understood that the audience was going to be listening to presentations for 50 minutes, therefore I was aware that if I used slides with a large quantity of words they were not going to be read by the audience. I found that the audience responded best to brief and conscious bullet points, three main overall ideas, and interesting images. The audience will not desire to read a large amount of information off the powerpoint so I really tried to maintain brief points in bold font throughout the presentation. Overall, a presenter must be aware their audience is not going to retain all the information, so instead of trying to force information upon the listener, it's best to leave them with three main overall ideas that they actually have a chance of remembering. Lastly, for both my presentations I found that it would highly aid the audience to utilize appropriate images, not only did these add value to the presentation but it kept the audience interested.
- 10 points: How did taking this course help you develop your presentation? What were 3-5 things that you learned in the course that helped shape your presentation? (List and briefly explain) Overall this course really helped develop my confidence and ability to give presentations. I think the greatest takeaways from this course in terms of presentation are being passionate about a topic, speaking from knowledge not from memorization, the audience will sense the level of confidence, being unique is memorable, and rehearsal truly does make the presentations better.
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I understood that the audience was going to be listening to presentations for 50 minutes, therefore I was aware that if I used slides with a large quantity of words they were not going to be read by the audience. I found that the audience responded best to brief and conscious bullet points, three main overall ideas, and interesting images. The audience will not desire to read a large amount of information off the powerpoint so I really tried to maintain brief points in bold font throughout the presentation. Overall, a presenter must be aware their audience is not going to retain all the information, so instead of trying to force information upon the listener, it's best to leave them with three main overall ideas that they actually have a chance of remembering. Lastly, for both my presentations I found that it would highly aid the audience to utilize appropriate images, not only did these add value to the presentation but it kept the audience interested.
- 10 points: How did taking this course help you develop your presentation? What were 3-5 things that you learned in the course that helped shape your presentation? (List and briefly explain) Overall this course really helped develop my confidence and ability to give presentations. I think the greatest takeaways from this course in terms of presentation are being passionate about a topic, speaking from knowledge not from memorization, the audience will sense the level of confidence, being unique is memorable, and rehearsal truly does make the presentations better.
Be passionate about a