Learning presentation skills

    This week I learned presentation skills and the processes of presenting. On Monday the e9 class got a three page packet over " How to give a short class presentation." There are two parts to a presentation: information and show. There are many different components at how to present information. During a presentation you must always speak loudly but not yell, so that the people you are presenting to can hear you. You must also speak in a clear tone, slowly, so that the people can understand what you are talking about. When you maintain good posture, have a smile on your face, dressing nice, and giving good eye contact with your audience will make you look more professional. Being engaged and varying the tone of your voice will keep your audience interested in your presentation. Two of the most important things you should not do are step back and forth, pace or dance, Also avoiding the words "um, so yeah, uh, like,ext" will make you sound like you know what you are talking about and sound more professional.

    After going over good presentation skills we had to evaluate three Ted presentation on how they dressed, their facial expressions, how much eye contact they gave, and their posture. We had to rate them with a 1 as no good at all to a 5 for good. The first speakers name was Bill gates. I gave his a 4, for professional appearance. I only gave him a 4 because he was wearing nice cloths, dress pants and a button up shirt but the shirt didn't look very professional to get a 5. For facial expressions he got a 3 because he had a very gloomy expression and showed little change in his Facial expressions, His eye contact how ever was phenomenal earning him a 5. He kept eye contact with his audience through out his whole presentation. Lastly his posture got him a 4 he had an okay posture he was bent over a little that is way he did not get a 5 in that category. The next speaker's name was Bjorn Lomberg. He got a 3 for professional appearance. He was wearing jeans, which are never professional, but his shirt was decent. He got a 4 for facial expressions because he showed better facial expressions than the previous presenter. He got a 5 for eye contact, he kept eye contact with the audience through the presentation. He also got a 5 for his posture, he kept his posture for the whole presentation. he last presenter's name was Jamie Oliver. He got a 3 for his professional appearance because he was wearing jeans and a not so professional shirt. For his facial expression I gave him a 4, he smiled at the appropriate times and got serous at the appropriate times. His amount of eye contact earned him a 3. He had very little eye contact and at one time turned his back to the audience. Lastly his posture got a 4 because he leaned on the table at one time.

    I presented my sketchbook and blog on Thursday the 22. I first told the class my name. Then I showed them my sketch. I was very nevus and was shaking but I think it went well. I read my blog and tried not to say "um, uh, like". I  believe my poster and eye contact were good. I did speak loudly and clearly. After I finished presenting, I showed my sketch again. Then I went back to my seat.