How to do the 'how to do' presentation

Below are the slides that I took you through in this morning's session. I hope you have some fun with this assessment, but don't forget the importance of structuring: title slide, structure slide, slides for the 'content', conclusion, sources, q and a.

Mark

How to do the 'how to do'!

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Congratulations to today's contenders

Hello.

Well done to all seven presenters this morning who each gave very good talks on a wide range of topics.

Tomorrow will see the final two talks. Gary will be talking about Sir Alex Ferguson and Imran will be discussing Johnny Cash.

Then I will take you through our next assessment, which comes in two parts: the 'how to do' talk which is supplemented by a presentation plan.

We are right on track and I have really enjoyed the enthusiasm shown with your presentations so far.

See you tomorrow,

Mark

Roald Dahl Funny Prize won by Cats Ahoy!

Since we heard so much about Roald Dahl from Ellie in her wonderful talk on Tuesday, this article piqued my interest. Sounds like the purrfect recipient to me...

 

A rhyming picture book about pirate cats has won the Roald Dahl Funny Prize, which honours humorous books for children.

Cats Ahoy!, written by Peter Bently and illustrated by Jim Field, was named funniest book for children aged six and under.
Liz Pichon's The Brilliant World of Tom Gates also won the prize in the seven to 14 age category.
Both winners were presented with a £2,500 cash prize at a London ceremony.
"These two books are master classes in how to write and how to draw funny," said chair of the judges, author Michael Rosen.
"Cats marauding as ghost pirates to steal fishy bounty from lily-livered humans: what more do you want from a funny book?" Rosen said of Cats Ahoy!
On Pichon's winning book, he added: "This book is a must for anyone who doodles, likes to wind up their sibling, has a serious caramel wafer habit and enjoys having their chuckle muscles exercised."
Bently's book beat competition from five other authors including Ed Vere and Alexis Deacon.
Ros Asquith and Monty Python's Terry Jones were also nominated in the seven to 14 age category.
Judging alongside Rosen were Horrid Henry author Francesca Simon and illustrator Tony Ross, Yes Man author and journalist Danny Wallace and author Grace Dent.
This year, children also had a role in the judging process with 400 school pupils picking their favourite book.
Their votes were then combined with the votes of the adult judging panel to find the two winners for 2011.

Unassessed presentation feedback

Well done to the eleven students who delivered their unassessed talks today. They were fantastic and I hope you all learned something about your own delivery and the techniques of others. The subject matter was varied, from Ayrton Senna to Santa Claus and from Roald Dahl to Bob Marley. And lets not forget the icons that are Iron Mike and erm, Greyfriars Bobby! The talks were all researched well and I feel we all got a lot out of each talk. So a quick overview of the good and things to improve on then...

Room for improvement - time, completing the talk (something like 'thank you very much for listening, are there any questions'), taking the audience through the structure slide, not standing in front of the screen and having PowerPoint handouts.


The great - natural ability, being yourselves, time and effort put into the preparation of the talks, the variety of content, the use of visuals, the depth of knowledge, working with each other, involving the audience, being in control of the talks, upbeat delivery and many more facets besides.

I am in no doubt that the first assessed presentation on 'how to do something' will be interesting and straightforward for you all.

I am very happy with the performances of the class, so a blooming big slap on the back all round guys!

I will do my best to get through as many of the talks as I can on Monday and will be stopping people who go over 4 minutes to keep things ticking over. We will start off with Steven and Kenna on Monday. If we don't get them all done on Monday, there will be a little time next Tuesday. I should have stopped more presenters today, but hey, we did well and I hope you found the feedback sheet that I gave you helpful as well as the self-evaluation form you filled in.

PS - I am still awaiting (quite) a few Yearbook entries, so please do your best to get this done by November 22nd if you can. Much appreciated.

All the best, Mark

Grammar and punctuation

Below is a handy set of slides that might be helpful to you on grammar and punctuation.

Mark

Grammar and punctuation

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A few words on using PowerPoint

This is the short presentation that I delivered this morning on the hazards of using PowerPoint.

Using PowerPoint

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Presentation prep

I was really impressed with the variety of the topics you have chosen for the unassessed presentation on 'celebrity' or 'well known person', covering people from Bob Marley to Hunter S Thompson, Ayrton Senna to J.K. Rowling and the Kardashian Sisters to Richard Pryor and many others besides.

Please remember the following points:

• We will be in the Learning Centre on Monday 7th November at 9am to finish off the talks using the computers
• You need to either e mail me your presentation when you have finished it or save onto a memory stick
• Everybody should be ready and able to present on Tuesday 8th November where names will be picked from the hat, randomly
• You will be able to use the remote control 'woofer doofer' to move your slides along
• This is a practice presentation where you will learn individually and as a group
• I will ask you to reflect on your talk and give you feedback
• If you are going over the 4 minute mark I will stop you as time is at a premium
• Think carefully about the structure - you should have a title slide with your name on it and the name of the person (or dog) you are going to talk about, the next slide will say something like 'structure of talk', or 'running order' or 'what I will be talking about' so that the audience know what is coming their way!

If you have any questions before Monday (or Tuesday) please e mail me or drop by my office, room 121.1

All the best,

Mark