Week 7

First of all Guten Monat (in German) or else Good month since it's already December!

Yesterday's lesson concerned the presentation side of a project.  There are seven (7) parts that a presentation is divided which are the following ones: a)  we need to plan this presentation,  b) to get prepared concerning the presentation and also to have a knowledge of what kind of audience will be the one that you will have to talk to (children, adults, their knowledge base etc),  c) to find the message that you want to present to the audience- it can be like you want to persuade them about something to buy or to do or you may want to inform them about something in general,  d) the media that you will use for this kind of presentation ( you can use videos, pictures, sound clips, anything that you think that can probably make your presentation attractive to your audience and that will present most effectively the topic that you will talk about),  e) delivery of the presentation - it's good to be prepared as mentioned in point b concerning your presentation. You can be prepared by reading your speech either alone or in front of a trustworthy audience of your choice (for example a friend, a family member or any other person that you think that has a valuable word to say). In this delivery part there is also and the way that you try to say something to your audience, the tone of your voice (voice plays an important role in speech as it is the main tool for communication to your audience apart from the presentation slides so you need to speak clearly!), the eye contact with the audience (it is very important to look at your audience while presenting something). f) the conclusion: you can summarize what's been said in presentation and g) key points: emphasize the key points of your presentation.  (London Metropolitan University powerpoint slides) 

Personally, I've been through this whole  process that was mentioned above during my almost four (4) years of my previous degree and I have a knowledge of how it is to present a project and how you need to deliver it and everything that involves it. I remember that we emphasized this whole Presentation process in a module that was focused only on speeches and how you can deliver a speech to persuade someone about something, an informative one and so on. In this lesson we had to make eye contact (it was a vital part of it) and I can say that sometimes I felt a little bit of anxious concerning this because until then I didn't have to talk in front of a big audience about a topic and make eye contact. It wasn’t only the eye contact that was important but also and the body language (how you stand in front of an audience and what messages your body conveys to them).  

This lesson concerning the presentation side of the project was interesting as it reminded me of the presentation process and used effective examples and explanations. As a lesson was a vital one as it will  always be in use in  projects and probably depending later on in the job that I’ll choose (but again it depends on what job you’re looking for, but it is important to have knowledge of presentation of a project or even of presenting your thoughts later on).