bring your a game: ten tips for great conference presentations

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TODAY YOU WILL:• Identify opportunities for engaging an

audience through active participation and gamification.

• Discuss options for including visual aids that enhance a presentation and illustrate main ideas.

• Recognize the potential for humor, storytelling, and just plain fun in a professional presentation.

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“How can I focus my energy in order to make my partner feel the way I want them to feel or learn what I want them to learn.”

- Uta Hagen

Write Learning Outcomes

What do I want them to be able to do when they leave the

room?

Skill + knowledge

Make outcomes student centered

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WHAT IS YOUR MESSAGE?

• What are the most important concepts?

• What concepts have direct application for the attendees?

• What is worth being familiar with?

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WARMUPS!• Breathing• Stretching • Bad ballet • Music• Focus

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Identify important points

Brainstorm

Storyboard or talk to a friend

Practice, practice, practice

Get better with time

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HUMORPromotes attention

Makes important points

memorable

Makes you more likeable

(sometimes)

Puts people at ease

HUMORCan alienate

your audienceCan offend someone

Can make you feel like crawling into a hole and dying a terrible

death

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COLOR SCHEMES

Analogous – Colors are near each other on the color wheel

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Complimentary – created from colors opposite on the color wheel

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COLOR SCHEMES

IMAGES

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Software

http://www.powtoon.com/ http://www.sliderocket.com/ https://prezi.com/

https://www.haikudeck.com/ drive.google.com/

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ACTIVITIESThink Pair Share

#1 #2

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#3

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PLAN FOR MOVEMENT

Podium

STAGE

Minutes 1 - 5

Minutes 5 - 15

Audience

Projector

Minutes 15 - 30

Minutes 30 - 50

Audience

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