Project Presentation
General Overview
When you have completed your project and are preparing to turn in the final documents, you will present that project to your colleagues and instructor. You are presenting this information to share the results of your work with your colleagues, to see connections between your projects and other projects, and to get any essential feedback that will enable you to finalize the project.
In order to effectively present your findings you will need to determine the best format for the presentation:
- will you use Powerpoint and create a series of slides supplemented by other information?
- do you prefer to do a “poster presentation” with the information laid out on one poster (or web page)?
- would a small website be more appropriate to link to external resources?
Answering these questions will require you to consider what kind of experience you want your audience to have. You will also need to consider how much time you have been allotted to present and if you are presenting in a classroom or online. You also need to consider your own comfort level and determine the type of presentation that suits your delivery capabilities. Spend some time thinking about these issues before creating the presentation.
In addition to deciding how to present the materials, you of course need to determine what materials are most important and appropriate to present. You will have done a good deal of work on your project and will have generated a lot of information. You will need to determine how much of that information is necessary and useful for your audience. You will also need to determine the best way to organize that material so that it makes the most sense to your audience.
If your topic seems complex, or if you would like to provide your audience with resources or information, consider providing some type of handout that your audience can refer to during or after your presentation.
After you have created the presentation, make sure you rehearse it. You may want to do a “dress rehearsal” with an audience that does not know much about your project, so they can tell you if it all seems to work. If you are using technology to deliver your presentation, make sure you test the technology before you actually give the presentation and make sure the technology is available wherever you are scheduled to present.
Presentations can be daunting, but are much less so if you are prepared and have thought through all the issues that might come up in your presentation. Be sure to refer to the general resources on presentations to get an overview of what to expect and what to take into consideration.
Required Documents for this Assignment
- Project Assessment Memo
- Formal Presentation
Resources
Richards, Ronny. "Making
a Presentation." http://www.spsu.edu/tmgt/richardson/Common/Presentation.html
12 June 2001.