Presentations., Ideas? Options

[OhMyAnniee]

Hm, so I have a presentation in a few weeks...
& I'm pretty determined that I want to get a perfect score on it.

My teacher said that it should be interesting. Educational but not like boring. My friend went today and her's was pretty boring. She used a powerpoint & that sorta made it more dull.

I don't know if I should use a powerpoint. Any ideas on how to make black&white pictures seem cool during a presentation without using a powerpoint?

So yeah. Any interesting & fun ways to present?

[marzipan]

Hmm...you can do some pretty cool stuff with PP.

But just don't drone on....look at your audience and make it look like you're interested in what you're doing.

It depends; what is your presentation on?

[voguelove]

make a video!

and add bloopers at the end. =]

[Simba]

Show enthusiasm.

Powerpoint is generally pretty good for presentations, as long as you don't use it like your notecards (which would be good to have for yourself), so know your information. Also, I've seen humor added sparingly, but effectively in powerpoints, which really adds interest.

A video would also be great if your teacher allows it. Show examples of what your presenting that you wouldn't be able to in class, etc.

[OhMyAnniee]

It depends; what is your presentation on?

It's on the Birth of the United Nations. It's a pretty broad topic so I can really go into historical details.

make a video!
and add bloopers at the end. =]

I was thinking about doing that.. maybe I could get my friends to help. Because they had alot of Conferences and my guy friends make lame videos. Hmmmm.

[marzipan]

It's on the Birth of the United Nations. It's a pretty broad topic so I can really go into historical details.

Hm....yeah, you have a bunch of stuff you could cover.

You could come up with a song.

[*My Cinderella.*]

Krista makes a good point. You can put your acting skills to the test, make up a news report as if you were reporting the news. That's always fun.

[marzipan]

^ Ohh, I've had friends do that before. It's very entertaining.


I think a video would be good. Powerpoints are always the thing that everyone uses, so it might not be the most creative thing you could do. And you should make this pretty creative/entertaining since it's on the birth of the UN.

[fainaru]

... I'm not the best advice giver for giving a good presentation, but you can always do the ol' candy trick and ask questions at the end - if that's even allowed. At least it'll get your classes attention so they're not staring into space.

Though it doesn't always work. Hm, I'd say get interactive: pics, vids that sort.

[espressive]

What is your presentation on?

And powerpoints are actually really effective, if you use them correctly. First off, don't fill each slide with like a 3943249 pictures/sound effects/backgrounds/colors, because it's distracting from the speaker. Less is more! Plus, if you tend to have a lot of information on the PP, you end up reading directly from it, which is really boring since I'm pretty sure the audience can read by themselves.

[miiichellley]

Don't forget to always add music or some sort of sound effect 'cause it really makes people wake up.

[Intercourselyts]

Someone else want to give suggestions for doing a Oral Presentation (can make a Powerpoint) on my reserch project, which happend to be on the internet.

[Jeng]

Power points are helpful, I did my first powerpoint presentation last year and I got a good grade on it. Just try to use the animation, pictures, colors, different effects going on, background colors, just don't overload each slide with things, or don't use too few of things.

[HakunaMatata]

What is your presentation on?

And powerpoints are actually really effective, if you use them correctly. First off, don't fill each slide with like a 3943249 pictures/sound effects/backgrounds/colors, because it's distracting from the speaker. Less is more! Plus, if you tend to have a lot of information on the PP, you end up reading directly from it, which is really boring since I'm pretty sure the audience can read by themselves.

Do everything above precisely. Do not not not not not NOT have whole sentences in your presentation, except for quotes. Just. Don't. Do. It.

Other than that, I suggest beginning with an interesting quote, maybe something about exactly what even sparked the creation of the United Nations, and breach of that. Make connections to the real world, don't make it a historical presentation that noone can relate to.

And as far as the black and white pictures go, I'm not quite sure, but just make sure they're relvant to the topic and I'm sure they won't be boring, if that's what you're worried about.

[OhMyAnniee]

Make connections to the real world, don't make it a historical presentation that noone can relate to.

I like that.

[HakunaMatata]

I like that.

Thanks. :] When you do your presentation, tell us how it went!

[iDecay]

Visual aids! Draw something. Powerpoint. Have something that'll attract the audience.

[espressive]

For attention getter, I'd recommend a quote too. Or you could do something cheesily funny, because that always gets my attention on a boring topic. Sorry, but I'm not into political and governmental issues. (ie: outline a problem that the UN would normally take action upon. ask the class, "so who do you call?" and they'll think ghostbusters, but say, "no, the united nations!") Wow, bad example, but you know what I mean. Well basically, if you could, make funny comments here and there to maintain an audience's attention instead of overwhelming them with facts after facts.

Random fact: The UN has 6 official languages: Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, Spanish. A UN translator must know at least 3 of the 6 languages to be qualified.

[Gigi]

Teachers really love it when you can incorporate some type of symbolism and meaning into your presentation, connecting it to your theme rather than just blindly stating facts.

For instance, I just finished doing a presentation where I had to analyze a poem and a song, and compare and contrast both. The theme of the poem and song that we chose was adolescence, and since that's such a time of self-discovery, it's like going through a maze and picking the right route to go. And so, that's what we did. Walk through a maze, I mean, while presenting.

That's a more mature way to incorporate some creativity, but I have tried some other, less deep but more fun ways to make a presentation more interesting.

You could give your audience members incentives to listen, so bring a bag of candy or something just as tempting, and ask them questions about your presentation at the end (remember to tell them about this in the beginning so that they'll listen the whole way through).

Skits are fun, too, if not a little tricky. However, if you're really good at improvising (and you have the ability to make people laugh), it could be really successful, and it would catch their attention.

[OhMyAnniee]

Ah, I received my grade today.
39/40. Good enough

Apparently, I could have spoken a bit louder? Oh well.

My teacher commented, "Very good powerpoint presentation to punctuate and organize your speech." And she said I had nice eye contact with everyone

[HakunaMatata]

Good enough? You did terrific! Great job.