This exercise is intended to give each of you an opportunity to practice
oral presentation skills (a top priority of all employers!) in a non-threatening
environment. PRACTICE! Do not do this presentation cold. Come
to an empty classroom, lots are available every afternoon, and run through your
presentation. Bring a friend to help and time the actual time it takes to give it,
including arranging, putting up and taking down your overheads. THINK AHEAD! PLAN AHEAD!
It will make your presentation much easier and more fun!
1. Each individual presentation will represent course content material, based on a text
reference, but, going beyond the text in either depth, timeliness, or both. For example,
use one or two web sites, or, a magazine or journal article, you find which expands on the
subject or gives an example in one or two real-world company or organizational settings.
Tell us about it. Very briefly.
2. Each student will have the opportunity to "bid" on a topic and time as
provided. The instructor will decide the specific outcomes of the "bidding"
process, and Post the results. See schedule.
3. Content of each presentation will be developed in consultation with the instructor, and
in concert with others presenting that day.
4. Each presentation will be six to seven minutes in length.
5. Each presentation will use (at least) two or three overhead
transparencies to highlight the presentation and to enhance the learning opportunity of
fellow students. Care will be taken to use transparencies appropriate to a classroom
presentation, i.e. readible,
meaningful, useful.
6. Each individual presentation will conclude with an open-ended
discussion question, one that will elicit comments or additional questions from
class members.
7. Each individual presentation will be peer-reviewed by the class.