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Thursday, September 3, 2009
Monday, August 31, 2009
Powerful Presentation
EFFECTIVE ATMOSPHERES - Jenna
Room appearance:
• Room Layout: It is vitally important to consider room layout when planning your presentation, because it is one of the first things the audience observes. Theatre and Classroom style layout are two options.
• Lighting: Use balanced lighting to encourage a comfortable atmosphere and message acceptance among the audience.
• Decorations: Craft decorations that enhance the presentation message without becoming a distraction.
• Music: Background music can build a foundation for emotional stories highlighted in your presentation. All music should align with the organization’s personality and message and stray away from cultural taboos.
• Food: When served prior to the presentation, food can cure mid – afternoon munchies and provide the audience with a “taste” of culture.
• Aromas: Create scents that are pleasant, nonirritating, and connect culturally with the presentation message.
• Audience Take – Away Materials: By providing audience members with take –away materials the presentation message is more likely to be retained.
PRESENTATION ATTIRE - Monica
Physical Appearance
Ladies: Hair away from face (especially your bangs), nails natural or nail polish in natural tones, makeup to minimum avoid glitter, sparkly eye shadows and wear minimal jewelry.
Men: Be well groomed, so make sure to trim facial hair and get a haircut and nails should be clean.
Both: Take a good look in the mirror to make sure your face is clean and you are not wearing the last meal you had on your face, clothes or in your teeth and wear clean shoes. Head to class at least 10 minutes early for a quick 5-minute check up!
Clothing
Ladies: Choose skirts and pants in neutral colors. Also choose blouses and collared shirts in neutral colors or soft patterns. Avoid bold prints and loud colors.
Men: Pants in neutral colors. Collared shirts and ties in neutral colors. Avoid wearing denim.
Both: You can wear items that are related to your topic but make sure it doesn’t take way from your speech or distract your audience. It’s essential to try on your outfit in front of a good friend.
Clothing Preparation
Both: Make sure to iron or dry-clean your clothes and have your accessories and clean shoes ready in advance. The care and time you take to look sharp will add to your credibility.
Preparation equals Confidence
Both: When you look good, you feel confident. In turn, you are able to deliver an effective speech because you feel go about yourself.
BODY LANGUAGE - Jared
The Eyes, are a window into the soul:
- Eye contact provides social information to the person you are listening to and talking to.
- Too much eye contact and you could be seen as aggressive, too little eye contact and you can be seen as having no interest in the person speaking.
- Eyes that look glossy could be received as not interested.
- Eyes that carry a blank look can be received as boredom.
3 ways to improve eye contact:
1. Talking in a group
2. Talking one on one
3. Listening to someone
- 5 one eye
- 5 other eye
- 5 mouth
The importance of hand gestures.
1. Hand gestures can be used to explain physical features of an object or environment.
2. Your body movements can express confidence or insecurities.
Vocal tone, speed, and volume are clear indicators of the importance or mood of a subject.
1. Fast speech indicates urgency or fear.
2. Calm speech indicates professionalism and relaxation.
A. Loud volume indicates anger or un-easiness.
B. Low volume indicates softness and safeness.
PAPER LAYOUT - Chelsea
Establish a Clear Theme:
You must establish a clear theme that runs through all elements of the paper and presentation. All parts of your paper should all look like it belongs to the same organization. Use design elements such as fonts and graphic images in a way that supports the theme.
Choose Fonts Carefully:
You can send conflicting messages if your fonts do not match up with your content. A cartoonish font would be inappropriate for a paper describing the plight of child soldiers in Uganda. Fonts should also be easy to read. There are two broad categories of fonts: serif and sans serif. Times New Roman is an example of a serif font, and Arial is an example of a sans serif font. No more than 3 fonts should be used per page, in fact you should consider limiting the number of fonts for the entire paper. Too many fonts are overwhelming and the reader’s eye doesn’t know where to look.
Color:
Color can be the most powerful element of your paper when used correctly. Don’t be afraid of whitespace (space that is not covered by text or graphics). Appropriate use of whitespace can give a clean and simplified look to your paper. Make sure, as with fonts, that your colors make sense with your theme. Ask yourself, why did I choose these colors? Colors also have symbolic meaning. Some common associations with colors are:
• White – purity
• Yellow – processed by eye faster than any other color
• Green – freshness, new life
• Red – passion, fire, love
• Purple – royalty
• Pink – girl’s color
• Blue – ranges from airy and fantasy to professional and serious depending on shade
• Black – considered most minimal, sophisticated color. Use when increasing perceived value.
• Grey – most attractive to creative people, know audience.
Designing Your Cover:
The interior layout of the paper is important, but the design of the report’s cover will be the first indication of your ability to design with your client’s needs in mind. It should immediately grab the reader’s attention and be relevant to subject. A strong photographic image can do this. A photo focusing on the eyes can pull readers in.
When in doubt about how to design your cover, just K.I.S.S. – keep it simple stupid.
Don’t overwhelm the eye. You can follow these basic layout patterns
• Symmetrical
• Asymmetrical
• Radial
• The “Z”
Using unique binding and textured paper can give readers a tangible experience with your paper. Be careful, though, because some textures make text more difficult to read and can distort images.
The Total Package:
Having a well designed paper is vital, but it is not meant to stand on its own. The paper must work with the overall theme of the group presentation. When working with a PowerPoint or media presentation, remember to include elements from you paper in the presentation. Continue using color and graphic elements. Also all additional printed materials ought to continue the theme.
EFFECTIVE POWERPOINTS - Josh
- Watch YOUR Text Size
- Pay Attention to your Colors
- Bullet
- Points
- Aren’t
- For
- Everything
Slide Types
- A descriptive slide has the most information
- No more than 6-8 lines on one slide
- Only put the most important information on a slide
Media Usage
-Avoid Overcomplicated visuals
-The less complication the better.
BACK-UP PLANS -Terence
Time is important to everyone, your audience especially, don’t waste there’s setting up or figuring out problems.
1. Prepare for different amounts of time
a. Your allotted time could change last minute don’t get rattled.
b. Speaker before could go long, Presentation could be shortened for numerous reasons. Be Professional
B. Visual Aids can help your presentation transition from one topic to the next or help if you have technical problems.
1. Transparencies and Power points are the most popular form of visual aids.
2. Transparencies cost less than 50 cents a slide.
3. Third is Handouts
4. Your audience will retain the knowledge from your presentation longer if you use visual aids.
a. Statistics to verify retaining knowledge.
Room appearance:
• Room Layout: It is vitally important to consider room layout when planning your presentation, because it is one of the first things the audience observes. Theatre and Classroom style layout are two options.
• Lighting: Use balanced lighting to encourage a comfortable atmosphere and message acceptance among the audience.
• Decorations: Craft decorations that enhance the presentation message without becoming a distraction.
• Music: Background music can build a foundation for emotional stories highlighted in your presentation. All music should align with the organization’s personality and message and stray away from cultural taboos.
• Food: When served prior to the presentation, food can cure mid – afternoon munchies and provide the audience with a “taste” of culture.
• Aromas: Create scents that are pleasant, nonirritating, and connect culturally with the presentation message.
• Audience Take – Away Materials: By providing audience members with take –away materials the presentation message is more likely to be retained.
PRESENTATION ATTIRE - Monica
Physical Appearance
Ladies: Hair away from face (especially your bangs), nails natural or nail polish in natural tones, makeup to minimum avoid glitter, sparkly eye shadows and wear minimal jewelry.
Men: Be well groomed, so make sure to trim facial hair and get a haircut and nails should be clean.
Both: Take a good look in the mirror to make sure your face is clean and you are not wearing the last meal you had on your face, clothes or in your teeth and wear clean shoes. Head to class at least 10 minutes early for a quick 5-minute check up!
Clothing
Ladies: Choose skirts and pants in neutral colors. Also choose blouses and collared shirts in neutral colors or soft patterns. Avoid bold prints and loud colors.
Men: Pants in neutral colors. Collared shirts and ties in neutral colors. Avoid wearing denim.
Both: You can wear items that are related to your topic but make sure it doesn’t take way from your speech or distract your audience. It’s essential to try on your outfit in front of a good friend.
Clothing Preparation
Both: Make sure to iron or dry-clean your clothes and have your accessories and clean shoes ready in advance. The care and time you take to look sharp will add to your credibility.
Preparation equals Confidence
Both: When you look good, you feel confident. In turn, you are able to deliver an effective speech because you feel go about yourself.
BODY LANGUAGE - Jared
The Eyes, are a window into the soul:
- Eye contact provides social information to the person you are listening to and talking to.
- Too much eye contact and you could be seen as aggressive, too little eye contact and you can be seen as having no interest in the person speaking.
- Eyes that look glossy could be received as not interested.
- Eyes that carry a blank look can be received as boredom.
3 ways to improve eye contact:
1. Talking in a group
2. Talking one on one
3. Listening to someone
- 5 one eye
- 5 other eye
- 5 mouth
The importance of hand gestures.
1. Hand gestures can be used to explain physical features of an object or environment.
2. Your body movements can express confidence or insecurities.
Vocal tone, speed, and volume are clear indicators of the importance or mood of a subject.
1. Fast speech indicates urgency or fear.
2. Calm speech indicates professionalism and relaxation.
A. Loud volume indicates anger or un-easiness.
B. Low volume indicates softness and safeness.
PAPER LAYOUT - Chelsea
Establish a Clear Theme:
You must establish a clear theme that runs through all elements of the paper and presentation. All parts of your paper should all look like it belongs to the same organization. Use design elements such as fonts and graphic images in a way that supports the theme.
Choose Fonts Carefully:
You can send conflicting messages if your fonts do not match up with your content. A cartoonish font would be inappropriate for a paper describing the plight of child soldiers in Uganda. Fonts should also be easy to read. There are two broad categories of fonts: serif and sans serif. Times New Roman is an example of a serif font, and Arial is an example of a sans serif font. No more than 3 fonts should be used per page, in fact you should consider limiting the number of fonts for the entire paper. Too many fonts are overwhelming and the reader’s eye doesn’t know where to look.
Color:
Color can be the most powerful element of your paper when used correctly. Don’t be afraid of whitespace (space that is not covered by text or graphics). Appropriate use of whitespace can give a clean and simplified look to your paper. Make sure, as with fonts, that your colors make sense with your theme. Ask yourself, why did I choose these colors? Colors also have symbolic meaning. Some common associations with colors are:
• White – purity
• Yellow – processed by eye faster than any other color
• Green – freshness, new life
• Red – passion, fire, love
• Purple – royalty
• Pink – girl’s color
• Blue – ranges from airy and fantasy to professional and serious depending on shade
• Black – considered most minimal, sophisticated color. Use when increasing perceived value.
• Grey – most attractive to creative people, know audience.
Designing Your Cover:
The interior layout of the paper is important, but the design of the report’s cover will be the first indication of your ability to design with your client’s needs in mind. It should immediately grab the reader’s attention and be relevant to subject. A strong photographic image can do this. A photo focusing on the eyes can pull readers in.
When in doubt about how to design your cover, just K.I.S.S. – keep it simple stupid.
Don’t overwhelm the eye. You can follow these basic layout patterns
• Symmetrical
• Asymmetrical
• Radial
• The “Z”
Using unique binding and textured paper can give readers a tangible experience with your paper. Be careful, though, because some textures make text more difficult to read and can distort images.
The Total Package:
Having a well designed paper is vital, but it is not meant to stand on its own. The paper must work with the overall theme of the group presentation. When working with a PowerPoint or media presentation, remember to include elements from you paper in the presentation. Continue using color and graphic elements. Also all additional printed materials ought to continue the theme.
EFFECTIVE POWERPOINTS - Josh
- Watch YOUR Text Size
- Pay Attention to your Colors
- Bullet
- Points
- Aren’t
- For
- Everything
Slide Types
- A descriptive slide has the most information
- No more than 6-8 lines on one slide
- Only put the most important information on a slide
Media Usage
-Avoid Overcomplicated visuals
-The less complication the better.
BACK-UP PLANS -Terence
Time is important to everyone, your audience especially, don’t waste there’s setting up or figuring out problems.
1. Prepare for different amounts of time
a. Your allotted time could change last minute don’t get rattled.
b. Speaker before could go long, Presentation could be shortened for numerous reasons. Be Professional
B. Visual Aids can help your presentation transition from one topic to the next or help if you have technical problems.
1. Transparencies and Power points are the most popular form of visual aids.
2. Transparencies cost less than 50 cents a slide.
3. Third is Handouts
4. Your audience will retain the knowledge from your presentation longer if you use visual aids.
a. Statistics to verify retaining knowledge.
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