Project Presentation

Less Can Be More Illustration by Jolby from the gettoworkbook

Presentation Resources

• Speaking.io

• Advice on Public Speaking from Zach Lieberman

• Jer Thorp, Three things I’ve learned from 18 years of public speaking

Focus on Showing & Telling, as opposed to just Telling

• Despite giving an accompanying presentation with or without slides, your actual project should be the primary focus of any project presentation.

• With many presentations, people talk about their project, but spend either less time or no time showing us their actual project.

• In other words, it's better to integrate the talking with the showing of your project instead of having a separate slideshow.

• If you choose to create a separate slideshow make sure it's image-heavy as opposed to text-heavy.

• Use the project plan sections as a template for your oral or visual presentation. The project plan is just a guideline for information for your presentation. It is up to you to decide which areas you want to focus on. In some cases, you might omit a section if you think the class remembers key ideas from your previous presentation.

• Post the link in this google doc before class begins to an accompanying slideshow or your project if you will be speaking primarily through showing your project (which is recommended).

Each presentation will consist of:

• 7 minutes of presentation

• (OPTIONAL) If you choose to create an accompanying slideshow please use google slides, prezi, or a platform that can be shared via a URL.

Document your feedback

Always document any feedback you receive on your project management platform after any critique. This critique feedback post should include images of the current status of your project (prototype or version), a description of your project progress as it currently stands, and discussion of the feedback your received from the critique. How will this feedback improve your work and ideas?