Presentation no.1

My Goals for Pres. No1

PAL Goals
Purpose
-I want to tell the audience what I am passionate about and why. Also, by looking at this presentation afterwards, I will be able to analyze my presentation skills and try to make them better.
Audience
-Mark, Sylvane, and my AEP classmates
Logistics
-within three minutes
-one question per presentation
-visuals
-on Monday December 20th at ILC-101 during third period

Personal Goals
1. Preparation/rehersal
I want to find the images/pictures to put in the power point in order to get an idea of what I might say. Secondly, I will decide what to talk about. Thirdly, I will write dowm in simple words what I want to say in the presentation. Then, I will look for specific photos that support my ideas. After I have finished creating my power point, I will practice as much as I can before class. I will stand up and practice in front of the mirror.

2.Content/Overall impression
I want to tell the audience that I love samba and the reasons for it. There are three main reasons and I would like to explain them in a way that would be easy for everyone to understand. As for overall impression, I would like everyone to get a more detailed idea of what samba is and to know that I really really like it.

3.Voice
I want to make sure most importantly that I speak so everyone can hear me. I want to speak clearly, not too quiet, not too loud. I want to speak slowly, but not too slowly. I also want to put more emotion in my voice because it always sounds monotone and boring. I might be able to do that by taking pauses after each sentence and before something important.

4.Body language
I want to use it as a support of my presentation, not as something that disturbs the audience. In order to do that, I think I should use my hands in a natural way that connects to the content of the presentation. I also tend to not use my hands and have them behind my back when I am nervous, so I would like to avoid that.

5.Visuals
I want to make sure the visuals help the audience get a better understanding. I also want to use visuals to make my presentation more interesting, something that draws their sttention. I want to use some pictures that were on the internet and some that are personal pictures with members of LAMBS in it. I am still wondering if I should use the actual tool (insturment) in front of everyone or not...

These are my goals for presentation no.1 on December 20th.

TED video

Tony Robbins asks why we do what we do Video on TED.com

a)I liked the content of the presentation. I agree with the opinion that you can do anything if you have the emotion (resourcefulness), not the resources. I have also experienced doing better than I thought when I really put my mind to it. I also agree that fulfillment is a very important gaol in life.

b)There are four things that I thought the speaker was good at. Firstly, he uses different speed during the speech effectively. He ususally speaks pretty fast but when he talks about important parts, he slows down and emphasizes his words using pauses. Secondly, he uses hand gestures to emphasize important words and make it easier to understand. Thirdly, he offers many opportunities for the audience to participate. For example, he has a system of asking the audience to say 'I' if they agree. I think this keeps the audience alert and makes the speech more interesting for them. Also, he uses power point for important parts that he wants the audience to remember. I liked how he used power point as a visual aid and not something that the audience watches all the time. Not all parts of his speech were on the power point, just the important ones.

c)There are two things that could be improved. His language is not very clean. He uses words like 'bullshit' without any hesitance and I did not feel very good hearing these words in a presentatoin. Other people may think the same way as well. Also, he made fun of an audience's remark during his speech. From the way he said it, he probably did not mean any harm and said it as a joke. However, not everyone in the audience was laughing, which implies that the audience did not think so well of it. Overall, some people might have been offended hearing his speech.

Characteristics of goob/bad presentations

In a good presentation, the presenter...

• speaks clearly in a loud voice so the audience has no trouble hearing.
• does not speak to fast, but not too slow either.
• makes much eye contact with the audience.
• uses hand gestures to help the audience understand.
• has a smile on their face.

In a bad presentation, the presenter...

• does not speak loudly enough for the audience to hear.
• speaks to fast that the audience can not understand.
• does not look at the audience. He/she looks at the ground or up the ceiling.
• does not use emphasis and sounds monotone.

does not pause between sentences.

• looks very nervous. Does not use hand gestures.

Test

Today I set my alarm clock to 8a.m. but I slept again so I woke up 15 minutes later. I was horrified