Presentation Blog

My presentation: Donating to the Florida Museum of Natural History

To start off with, it is very hard to critic myself, but I tried to be as honest as possible with my work. I felt that there was logical flow and sequencing to my content. I answered a majority of anticipated questions, and I referred them to get in contact with the museum. I thought I performed a decent job at grabbing the attention of the audience. I probably could have come up with a better introduction or used a picture on the title slide.I thought I asked question and sparked curiosity and that I was clear in with what I was trying to share.

When it came to validating any claims, it really comes down to: did I convince the viewer to donate to the museum. I did avoid inconsistencies and errors, typos and unbelievable claims. I definitely had some clutter on some of my pages, but I did that so I didn't use more slides. To ensure readability I used a black font for my titles and used a lite color against a dark background, also I organized a majority of my content against a dark background. I usually said it and then showed my content, but occasionally due to accidents, it looked like I read straight from the slides. In conclusion, I thought I did a great job with my project. I wish I had more time to work on it and I could have done better with the audio as there is a lot of static in it which is probably due to my microphone. I could have probably used more multimedia.

I critiqued some of the other projects and think everybody did a fantastic job. I noticed everybody had their own unique way of presenting. A variety of multimedia was used as some focused more on picture, audio clips, or videos. My favorite presentation was learning about trombones by Kevin Dionne. I thought he did a fantastic job and used a variety of multimedia that improved his presentation.

Doing this project has allowed me to see that certain projects fit certain people. Some people excel in certain areas compared to others. In the business world this is key, to pick topics appropriate to your strengths and knowledge. I think doing the presentation via Web 2.0 doesn't have the same affect as doing the project in front of an audience. I would like to reference back to the trombone presentation as I think it would have been better to see in person the different trombones. As for a business sense, I would prefer to do my presentations in person instead of on the web.