Morning All!
I've been trawling through the forum for a few hours now trying to decide what to include in a presentation I'm doing on Friday. They're evaluating my presentation skills so I only need do a 5 minute skit so any suggestions on what I should include?
There's so much I could waffle on about but I'd like to make it humerous...but open to loads of suggestions!
So...any ideas?
Thanks for your help guys
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Thanks OB!
Get a treadmill in and do it all whilst running.
That's hardly enough time to get warmed up.
Flipper, you could point out that marathon training takes up less time than many spend watching soap operas or propping up the bar down the local.
But it's the time spent on the forums that ....
Perhaps, after 2 minutes on the treadmill you should have a quick al-fresco toilet break, then jump back on the machine for the remaining time.
What puzzled me was how did Paula R manage without the Exchange and Mart, the Sun or the News of the World ?
Must be different for women.
I disagree. Compelling presentations tell us something about the presenter as well as the material. Use humour if it suits you and reflects who you are. Don't use it if it doesn't come naturally to you as the jokes will be a bit wooden.
Use VO2 max data if you want to send your audience to sleep within 30 seconds. Tell them about the portaloo queue if you want to keep them interested.
Nothing wrong with making it interesting - that's a major part of presentation skills - but making a talk interesting is not the same as talking about an interesting subject. Keep the style friendly, informal, whatever, but cracking jokes is a cardinal sin.
I suppose it depends on the field of work, but if they're assessing your presentation skills, they're not assessing your story-telling skills. I say go with a neutral story and make it interesting. Good presenters can even make VO2 interesting.
you need to know who your audience are and what they want to know
hard if it's an evaluation
humour is ok usually IF the joke ilustrates the point- gags for the sake of gags less good
the key is to think about your audience though
and prctise in front of a bathroom mirror - too many people think their subject matter rocks so people won't mind if they overrun...wrong
I agree that this is completely context sensitive. I have seen presentations bomb because they didn't match the audience. I once gave a presentation to 200 civil servants, mostly statisticians and accountants. The subject was really dry - 30 year financial planning methodologies. I'd sat through two presentations already and saw the audience falling asleep so I opended with a couple of jokes about the place where I worked and some stuff in the news about the government. It was a risk but it worked. I saw people sit up a bit and change posture and it made me feel better which led to a better presentation.
There are no absolutes but I do recommend that people show a bit of themselves as well as the subject.
If its going badly, I usually show them my bum!
Mmm... not my finest ever top of the page.
I dunno
I just checked out my assessment criteria:
1.1 Orally present info an ideas in an ordered and coherent way so ideas and concepts are easily followed by the audience.
1.2 Speak clearly using language, style and tone appropriate to the purpose, subject, audience and situations.
this forum is usually cleaner than the driven snow
5 mins so max 2 viz aids...
I'd personally go for how running has effected yuo in your life then its personal, doesn't get bogged down in facts and figures and no one can tell you you're wrong as its personal.
Plus it will be a bit interesting and makes answering Q/s a doddle.
5 min wizzs by.
Remember you're in control so enjoy the attention.