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Presentation skills talk The professional practice presentation could be considered a credentials pitch. This is an opportunity for you to present what you can do and where you see yourself as an artist, designer, photographer. We can all claim to be organised, creative, innovative, collaborative etc but in a credentials pitch you need to show you can back up attributes like these with evidence from your work or particular perspective on things. Your approach may concentrate on a particular project or work or use a collection of practice and other activity to support your presentation.

Presentation skills talk Tell them what you are going present Present it Remind them what you just presented (K. I. S. ) Keep it simple

Presentation skills talk Theory — Spoken vs the written word

Presentation skills talk The verbal presentation is regarded as a more honest reflection of a persons real thinking on a subject and the depth of their knowledge. In the educational context this can be traced back to ancient Greece and Rome before the development of the supremacy of the written word. Because of the opportunity to question the presenter the verbal presentation is still seen as a real intellectual challenge.

Presentation skills talk — Orality versus corrected and revised print — Interchange and interrogation — Collective Development

Presentation skills talk Problems

Presentation skills talk Linearity of speech It is difficult to keep track of what is being said both for the presenter and for the audience. The understanding of text often relies on re-reading sections. Verbal presentations use redundancy and prompt sheets to help gain the same effect.

Presentation skills talk Misrepresentation Not being able to say what you really mean. Sometimes in the heat of the moment presenters are not able to find the right words. Consider the number of out-takes professional presenters sometimes have in pre-recorded news presentations.

Presentation skills talk Value judgments The association of personality, accent, vocabulary, confidence and pronunciation with truth and quality.

Presentation skills talk Issues — — — — — Content Time Pace Fluidity Confidence Personality Preparation Audience Guide Questions

Presentation skills talk Structure — Aims and objectives What are you trying to say and how can the audience understand respond to it?

Presentation skills talk Style — Scripted Reading from a prepared script is good for accuracy but can appear stilted and that the presenter does not really know the material. Professional presenters may use auto-cue devices but their use is made as unobtrusive as possible. Reading from a script can also become problematic if the presenter is being asked questions.

Presentation skills talk — Prompted Probably the most popular for live presentation where the presenter uses prompt cards or displays bullet points which then can be worked through. Slide and video shows can also be used in the same way as the presenter can locate a set of ideas around a image or video sequence.

Presentation skills talk — Demonstration Many presenters use demonstration as part of the presentation or even as the whole strategy. Drawing or writing on Flip Pads or White Boards is probably the most basic method but it could also include the use of 3 dimensional models and computer presentations where the presenter may interact with the software in an un-scripted way.

Presentation skills talk Issues — Confidence — Drawing ability — Hand writing, readability, spelling, grammar — Turning your back on the audience

Presentation skills talk Methods — How can you overcome the problems? Most presentations can be seen to adopt one or a combination of the following methods. Most of these are aimed at aiding recall and ensuring that all the relevant material is delivered they have been around since ancient Greece.

Presentation skills talk — The Story — The Journey — The Building — The Exhibition/Display — The Model

Presentation skills talk The Story — Create environment — Relate significant events — Describe consequences

Presentation skills talk The Journey/Quest — The destination — The starting Point — Places of interest on route — Description of obstacles or challenges — Description of area reached or journeys end

Presentation skills talk The Building Often used as a way of compartmentalising information in your mind. If you can think of all the parts of a familiar building what is in the rooms and how they are linked together you can use the same capability to locate information by imagining that certain rooms contain specific information and the corridors, stairs etc are the means of getting around. Take the audience to rooms of interest Having seen the whole building describes the whole idea.

Presentation skills talk The exhibition/Display This could be a slide show or an actual exhibition or it could also be a metaphorical mind map Essentially you take the audience through a selection of images which act as prompts for what you want to say. This method is very linear with slides and video but can be very effectively non linear as an actual display in a room for example.

Presentation skills talk The Model This method is popular with Architects and Industrial Designers. Can be used to structure your ideas for an audience who can physically interact with the model. Needs to be appropriate in scale. Usually needs to be dissectible or available as a series of development stages.

Presentation skills talk Demonstration — real time imaging The technology — — — — Flip Pads Black Boards Dry Wipe Boards Smart Boards 3 D Models Computer Demonstrations

Presentation skills talk Pre-prepared —non real time imaging — — — — Flip Pads Portfolio Slides Video Audio Computer Multi-Media 3 D Models Exhibition

Presentation skills talk Issues Raised — — — — Sequence Orientation Location Scale Readability Volume/ sound level Pointing

Presentation skills talk Recap Decide on your content. Decide on how you are going to present the content, story, journey, building, model etc Organise the material in relation to your strategy. Rehearse how you are going to move through the content. Consider what sort of questions might be asked or raised.