“Are you familiar with this man on the screen?” — asked Drew Higgins a sophomore engineering student, to a room full of his peers at the Leonard Center Speaking Contest. Drew was giving a presentation on the futuristic Hyperloop, using an image of its creator Elon Musk as his entry point. Before beginning his presentation, Drew provided some background knowledge explaining the reason behind creating such a mode of transportation. The motivation behind it was that Musk was having a difficult time moving between his companies Tesla and SpaceX situated about 360 miles apart. This information allowed Drew to nicely transition into his topic; The Hyperloop, by emphasizing how it would cut the travel between Los Angeles and San Fransisco to about 30 minutes. Here Drew established the problem at hand and offered an engineering solution using famous cities the audiences were familiar with to strengthen his pitch.
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This allocation of subtopics allowed the audience to get an idea of the scope of the presentation and what they could expect while simultaneously allowing Drew to organize his presentation efficiently due to the time constraint at hand.
Here Drew did a fantastic job of breaking down the complicated process of manufacturing The Hyperloop into bite size pieces. He made multiple references to the Concorde and Air Hockey making his presentation much more understandable and relatable. He decision to focus on a specific part on the complex structure was also a wise move since he was limited to a ten minutes. At the end of his presentation, Drew gave concise recap of everything he had covered, leaving the audience refreshed with the information
This allocation of subtopics allowed the audience to get an idea of the scope of the presentation and what they could expect while simultaneously allowing Drew to organize his presentation efficiently due to the time constraint at hand.
Here Drew did a fantastic job of breaking down the complicated process of manufacturing The Hyperloop into bite size pieces. He made multiple references to the Concorde and Air Hockey making his presentation much more understandable and relatable. He decision to focus on a specific part on the complex structure was also a wise move since he was limited to a ten minutes. At the end of his presentation, Drew gave concise recap of everything he had covered, leaving the audience refreshed with the information