Lesson 12 – Final Practice, Q & A, Handouts

Final Practice
You practiced your presentations with a partner and gave and received feedback. Use the feedback to help you prepare for next week.

Q & A
We learned about preparing for the question and answer (Q&A) session.

Presentation Q&A from Daniel Beck

Handouts
You should not give a PDF of your slides as the handout. You should design your handouts separately.
Read these blog posts by Garr Reynolds about handouts:

Handouts can set you free
"Slideuments" and the catch-22 for conference speakers

Lesson 11 – The Body Practice and Conclusions

The Body Practice
You presented to small groups and received feedback. Use this feedback to improve your presentations. 


The Conclusion
I gave you another handout for you to use for preparing your conclusion. Next week, you will give your presentation to a small group.

Next week, I will also give you some tips on ending well and on handling the question and answer time.

Your final presentation should be between 10 and 11 minutes with a 5 minute Q & A time.

Lesson 10 – Introductions Practice and The Body

Introduction Practice

We looked at each other's introductions and gave and received feedback. You should consider the feedback and make adjustments and improvements to your introductions.

With you PUNCH, consider not beginning with a title slide, but with an image or a text question. 

Also, BE BOLD with PUNCH and CRAP. Is there a way to make your introduction and design bolder?


The Body
We looked at The Body portion of our speeches. Next lesson you will give The Introduction and The Body sections of your final speech. Consider how you will use transitions.

Next Lesson (6/28)
You will give your The Introduction and The Body parts of your final speech next week. 

Continue building your Final Speech. 

• Prepare slides for your main points.
• You will have at least three main points.
• Each main point should have evidence. Use both numbers and examples.
• Each main point should have a transition to the next point. Use both past and future and statement and rhetorical question patterns.
• Use previous skills (posture, eye contact, voice inflection, CRAP, IEE, etc…). You should plan AND practice these.
• Practice the introduction and body of your speech several times to be smooth.

Lesson 9 – Introductions and PUNCH

Comparison Speeches (continued)

We had the remaining speeches today.


Social Issue Speech
We are going to build up to our next speeches step by step. Next week you will give the Introduction part of your speech to a partner. First, choose your topic.


Topics Ideas
You can choose one of the topics below or you can choose another social issue. Send me your choice by email. First come, first served.

• racism in Hollywood films
• black and white people relations
• immigration in Japan
• problems among the wealthy
• garbage problem
• gender equality issues
• musician income
• overwork
• aging issues
• overpopulation
• global warming / climate change
• rural population decrease
• hikikomori
• traffic problems / incidents
• education issues
• streaming media issues
• food shortage
• gender identity issues
• daycare issues
• pensions / social welfare

Introductions
Prepare your speech outline using the handouts I gave you. Your introductions have these parts:

• Greeting
• PUNCH (see below)
• What
• Why
• Overview

Next week (6/21) you will give the introduction part of your speech. Practice to make it smooth.

Introduction Outline and Phrases Handout

Punch
I gave a mini-lecture on beginning your presentation well with PUNCH. Read more about PUNCH at the blog link below.

Presentation Zen – Start your presentation with PUNCH

Lesson 8 – Country Comparison Speeches

Country Comparison Speeches

Country Comparison Speeches Feedback Form

Lesson 7 – Explaining Visuals

Explaining Visuals
We looked at expressions that can be used to explain our data visuals. We also worked on preparing to use I. E. E. (introduce, explain, and emphasize) for each slide.

Next Lesson (6/7)
You will give your Country Comparison Speech in two weeks. 

• Use 3 or more graph or chart slides.
• Use 2 or more image (photographs or illustrations)
• Include a title slide and repeat it at the end of your presentation.
• The title slide should have your title and your name and class information.
• Have an overview slide and summary slide.
• Review the CRAP principles and use them in your slides.
• Plan gestures and voice inflection as well.
• Practice! Practice! Practice!

Lesson 6

Data Visualization Feedback Form
Use this form to to give feedback to your classmates on their data slides:

Data Visualization Feedback Form

Lesson 5 – Data Visualization

Today we learned about visualizing data. We went through some of the graph examples and talked about some principles.

Presentation Preparation
To get started for your next presentation, do some research to compare two (or more) countries. Gather data about those countries such as:

• population
• birth rate
• land size
• economy
• religion

Prepare some data graphs for your data. Make several types of graphs such as bar graphs (horizontal and vertical), pie graphs, and line graphs. Keep in mind the following purposes of graph types:

• vertical bar graphs – ranking, size
• horizontal bar graphs – time, speed, length
• pie graphs – percentages, market share (usually with 3-6 slices – small slices that are not emphasized can be combined and labled "other")
• line graphs – trends, changes over time

We will learn more about data visualization next week and look at and get feedback on our graphs.

Assignment
Prepare for a presentation in two weeks (5/31). You will compare two or three countries. For your graphs, you can include data from other countries if needed. However, remember to stay focused on your countries.

Have your data slides ready for next week's class.

Remember to follow Tufte's Data Slide Rules:

• Tell the truth
• Get to the point
• Pick the right tool for the job
• Highlight what is important
• Keep it simple

Lesson 4 – Animal Speeches

Animal Speeches Feedback

Lesson 03 – Images

Slide Design Upgrades
We looked at your upgrades to your Self-Introductions slides.

Images Mini-lecture
I gave a short presentation on the use of images in your presentations. We looked at negative space, the rule of thirds, and bleeding images. Try to use these concepts in your future presentations. You can review the concepts in the slideshow below.

GTB Prezo Images from Daniel Beck

Next Presentation
Prepare a presentation on an animal. Research some interesting facts and prepare slides to go with your presentation. Use the CRAP and Images mini-lectures to make your slides. Include 2 data slides. Your presentation should be between 4 and 5 minutes long. Practice well! 

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Video – Tom Sawyer by Rush

As I told you in my self-introduction, the Canadian rock trio, Rush, is my favorite band. Geddy Lee, the bass player, is also the singer and keyboardist; Alex Lifeson is the guitar player; Neil Peart is the drummer and lyricist (writer of the words).

Rush's best-known song is Tom Sawyer. Tom Sawyer is the name of a famous character is American literature. Mark Twain wrote a few novels with Tom as a character who observes human nature. Tom was a boy and had a friend named Huckleberry (Huck) Finn. Huck had his own novel in which he made a raft (small flat boat) and traveled down the Mississippi River with an escaped slave.

In the introduction part of the video there is an animation with characters from South Park (a popular TV show). The characters have their own rock group called Lil' Rush. They start to play Tom Sawyer, but stop to have an argument. It's because the singer confuses Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn.

In this song, Peart (the writer) thinks of himself as a "modern-day Tom Sawyer". So, this song is really about himself. I have included the lyrics (words) below the video if you would like to read them. Enjoy!






Tom Sawyer
Words: Peart    Music: Lee & Lifeson

A modern day warrior
Mean, mean stride
Today's Tom Sawyer
Mean, mean pride

Though his mind is not for rent
Don't put him down as arrogant
He reserves the quiet defense
Riding out the day's events
The river

What you say about his company
Is what you say about society
Catch the mist, catch the myth
Catch the mystery, catch the drift

The world is, the world is
Love and life are deep
Maybe as his skies are wide

Today's Tom Sawyer
He gets high on you
And the space he invades
He gets by on you

No, his mind is not for rent
To any God or government
Always hopeful yet discontent
He knows changes aren't permanent
But change is

What you say about his company
Is what you say about society
Catch the witness, catch the wit
Catch the spirit, catch the spit

The world is, the world is
Love and life are deep
Maybe as his eyes are wide

Exit the warrior
Today's Tom Sawyer
He gets by on you
And the energy you trade
He gets right on to the friction of the day

Lesson 01 – Welcome!

Welcome

Welcome to our class blog for Advanced Presentations (Academic Skills) class.

I look forward to teaching you all about presentations in the coming term.

First Assignment

Give a short presentation about yourself.

Prepare slides to present on your own laptop next week.

You can use your own photographs. You can also use graphics from the Internet. If you know how to credit the source, include that.

Your presentation should include:

1. Name
2. Academic background (current & previous majors also)
3. Academic interests
4. Personal information (family, hometown, interests)

Make a title slide and practice using contrast.

In your presentation software, open a new file.

Make a title slide with the following points.

• Title
• Subtitle
• Name
• Major
• School
• Date

Use the CRAP principles to design your title slide.

You can review the CRAP presentation and the Images presentation again below.

RU Prezo Design 1 CRAP from Daniel Beck




Presentation Slides
If you want to use my computer for your presentation, you need to share your slides with me before you come to class next week.

1. Go to Google Drive.
2. From the New button on the top left, choose Google Slides.
3. Give the title your full name + 19ASP + Introduction Speech (eg. Taro Suzuki 19ASP Introduction Speech).
4. Click the Share button and write my Rikkyo address. (You can continue to make changes after you share.)
5. Finish your slides before class and be ready to present. Due 4/18 23:59. You can share your slides now and continue working on them until the class.
6. Practice, practice, practice!