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A3310 Presentation Workshop: Instructor NotesDay 1Exercise 1: Introduction Ice Breaker For the first exercise, ask your group to break into pairs (for an odd number, use yourself). For the next five minutes get to know your partner and ask for information relevant to introducing them on-camera to a group of colleagues at a new job. After the five-minute research period, ask each student to give a 30 second introduction of his or her partner on-camera. Film all of the introductions in one sitting and then watch the recording. Speak about camera-shyness and other common faux pas.Exercise 2: Interview PracticeIf there is time after exercise one is complete, ask for a volunteer. Once one is identified, ask the volunteer about a topic he would like to discuss. Once a topic is chosen, ask a series of information questions about the topic to educate yourself and frame out an interview discussion. After the Q&A period, interview the volunteer on camera using a series of questions your identified during the Q&A period. Before starting the interview, decide on a target audience (but only tell the volunteer, not the rest of the group). The volunteer should answers your questions using responses appropriate for the target audience. A list of potential audiences is provided below. After the 3-5 minute interview, play the recording back and see if the group and guess who the audience was based on the participant’s body language and verbal responses.Potential Audience Groups:Congressional hearingScientific conferenceNightly newsCollege classroomHigh-school classroomPublic event (e.g., popular science talk at the local planetarium).Day 2Exercise 3: Short PresentationsEach student was requested to bring a powerpoint slides for short presentation. Filming each student in your group one-at-a-time, ask them to give the presentation and then watch the playback and discuss as a group. Target 3 minutes per presentation and 15 minutes for discussion afterwards. If time allows, ask each student to perform the presentations twice. Once without slides and once with slides. For the presentation without slides, only have each student speak to one slide and then ask the audience to fill out the blank slide sheets with what she/she thinks SHOULD be on the slide based on what the speaker is discussing.When you playback the presentation, first do so without sound to highlight body language issues. Then playback each the presentation with sound.A list of presentation fundamentals and common issues is provided below to help motivate the discussion:Presentation Fundamentals:Know your material so well, that you feel you “own it”Have reserve knowledge beyond what you are speaking aboutProject the value and significance of your messageQuestions that should be addressed:Who is the audience?What is the purpose of the talk?What is the take-home message?Use body language (don’t stand still, don’t hit people in the face)Energy is OK!Build a rapport with your audienceStare at each individual (when possible) for 1-2 secondsUse “we” not “I”Welcome criticismHave fun!Presentation Structure:Opening (get the attention of the audience)ExamplesStartling messageQuestion or needMysterious statementComplimentDramatic IncidentMessage (guides the development and scope of the presentation)Evidence (convince the audience of your assertions)Closing (repeat take-home message and leave a positive lasing impression)Good to use a motivating statement, quotation, or personal connection to leave a lasting impression.Extrude confidence!ExamplesSummarize in a few wordsAppeal to nobler motivesThrow down a challengeDramatize your ideasRepeat the most important points ................
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