Presentation Skills! Lori DeForest and Peter McCarthy DATAG 12/7/12.

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Presentation Skills!Lori DeForest and Peter McCarthy

DATAG

12/7/12

Grounding

• Name, position, location• How I feel about being

here• My expectations

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Grounding: How?

• Each person speaks in turn

• All others attend non-verbally

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Processing the Experience

“Adults do not learn

from experience.

They learn from processing

experiences.”


Debrief: Process• What were some ways

“Grounding” brought you into the room?

• What are some of the benefits of using this with a group?

• When might you use this strategy?

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Grounding: What & Why?

• Establish norm of respectful listening

• Get all voices in the room

• Connect group members

• Allow expression of hopes & fears

• Value thinking and feeling


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Inclusion Activities• Set norms of participation

• Focus mental energy in the room

• Answer the question, “Who am I in relationship to this group?”

• Begin the journey from “me-ness” to “we-ness”

Our Safari:• Planning• Delivery• Presenter Considerations

Triple Track Agenda

Track 2

Applications for these strategies with adult groups, and tips for sharing them with others

Track 3

Applications for these strategies in classrooms with students

Track 1

Strategies to support your learning here in this room


Planning

Presenter - Facilitator

Presenter

• To present is to teach• To extend and enrich

knowledge, skills, or attitudes and to have these applied in people's work

Facilitator

• Facilitate: to make easier• To conduct a meeting for

dialogue, decision making, planning, or problem solving

Standing Partners

• Find someone you don’t know. Join them for a standing conversation.

• Share your understanding of the distinction between Presenting and Facilitation.

• Consider an upcoming event that you are planning. Will your role in this event be primarily as a presenter or facilitator?

Text Tagging

• What? Text processing strategy

• Why? Allows participants to cognitively interact with

text Allows presenter to use text as the expert

• How? As indicated on next slide,

Presentation/Facilitation Questions:Text Tagging

Mark your question sheet as follows:

- Very Important

- Needs Clarification

- New to me

Four Audiences

WHAT?

Professors• Want mastery and

competence• Engage them with facts

WHY?

Scientists• Want to understand and

comprehend• Involve them in

formulating ideas

SO WHAT?

Friends• Want involvement and

engagement• Attend to feelings

WHAT IF?

Inventors• Want to adapt and create• Take them on flights of

fantasy

Delivery

• What are some things you see and hear in an effective presentation?

Looks Like Sounds Like

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Format for Strategies Presentation

• What? Name and describe the

strategy

• Why? Offer rationale/research

• How? Steps visually available


WHAT?WHY?HOW?

Choose Voice

Credible Voice

Approachable Voice


Voice Considerations

Credible

Still

Still

Sending

Is Silent

Approachable

Bobs

Fluid

Seeking

Noises

Head

Body

Uses

When Silent

Eight Great Moves• Here is my most

important point…• Pausing• Visual Paragraph• Megaphone• Echo• Numbers• Physical Signals• Choral Repeats

Say Something

1. Individually read to the designated place.

2. Once you and your partner have reached that point, “Say Something” to each other.

Brief summary

Key point

Interesting idea

New connection

3. Repeat the process for each reading section.

Created by Jerome Harste

Resistance

Resistance is a healthy reaction that enables people to take care of themselves under difficult conditions.

- Bob Garmston, The Presenters’ Fieldbook

How does this affect your thinking about resistance?

Top Ten Ways to Work With Challenging Participants

• Norms (Paraphrase)• Agenda Review:

Purpose, Time• Protocols; What-why-

how• Group reflection• Feedback Feedback

• Satisfy, satisfy, delay• Parking lot• Change location• Balcony view• Pause and Breathe

Pairs Square

• Form pairs • Respond to the following prompt:

– “The strategy I will put into practice is…”

• Two partners join with another pair• New team of four shares and compares

information• Report out to whole group

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