I spend a lot of my time on other people’s forums, offering help and advice where I can. (So give a saint-hood!). One of the most common please I find is the “I’ve got to do a presentation on X: how do I make it interesting?”. As soon as anyone asks them anything about X they don’t know – they’ve done the typical but tedious thing and hit the panic button….
Here’s the advice I just gave one such student who wanted to know how to make a presentation on the health system of some country….
I know it’s easy to do, but try not to worry about the presentation. The presentation is only a means, not an end in itself. The end is for people to know about your subject matter – that means you need to do the research first. Your prof only gave you the assignment to get you to do the work! :) Once you’ve done the research the way of getting your audience involved (good idea, by the way!) should stand out. If it doesn’t, do some more research!
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Remember – the presentation is about getting the message over. For heaven’s sake, be sure of your message before anything else – otherwise you end up with no substance and run the risk of no presentation either. Can’t get any worse than that, can it!?
How does this panic button workA? I am looking for something like the “that was easy” speaking button. Does this one speak?