Presentation and Web 2.0 Project

           Here is the link to my presentation. I think my presentation is clear and serves it purpose of soliciting donations for the American Cancer Society. I filled out the Presentation Evaluation Rubric for myself:

Presentation Evaluation Rubric

Name of Presenter: Grace Byer               

Your Name: Grace Byer

	Missing or lacking	Meets the minimum but could be improved	Excellent
Is there a logical flow and sequence of content? How could it be improved?			Yes, there was logical flow and sequence. I started by talking about cancer and how it affects almost everyone, which is why it is such an important cause to support and donate to.
Does the presenter anticipate questions and answer them in the right place? At what points did you have questions that were not answered?			Yes, I feel like I anticipated questions. For example, I anticipated if people were wondering where the money from their donations goes.
Did the presenter grab your attention in the first 30-60 seconds?			By asking these questions at the beginning, I wanted to draw everyone in by making them realize that cancer affects almost all of us.
Did the presenter ask questions and spark your curiosity?			I asked questions at appropriate times that I thought the audience might be thinking.
Did the presenter set the context with a concise explanation? Is it clear what the presenter is trying to share?			Yes, I think I made it very clear that this presentation was to solicit donations for the American Cancer Society.
Did the presenter validate any claims?			I put my resource for the statistics from my slide.
Did the presenter avoid inconsistencies and errors, typos and unbelievable claims?			I didn’t find any typos or errors. My statistics were from the American Cancer Society website.
How well did the presenter avoid clutter?			I don’t think there was clutter.
What did the presenter do to ensure readability?			I made the text large and clear so it was readable.
Did the presenter say it, and then show it or did he/she read the slides?			I did not read off the slides.

           I critiqued someone else's presentation on the Animal Rescue Foundation, and I learned that everyone will have an entirely different presentation. These presentations involve creativity, and I think that's the best part about this project. I love seeing how everyone thinks differently, and my favorite part is seeing the opening to different presentations. Although I only critiqued one presentation, I looked through many of them, and since it is important to use creativity to grab the audience's attention in the first 30-60 seconds, this is most interesting part to me. For example, I began my presentation by asking questions, but Amber's project, the one I critiqued, started by playing a Michael Jackson song and showing pictures of animals that will melt your heart. Though completely different, I thought both of these openings grab your attention.
          I thought this project was very interesting, and I learned a tremendous amount about presentations that will help me in business. I learned the importance of the opening, which I had no clue was 30-60 seconds to grab the audience's attention. I learned that it is important to find a medium between too lengthy and too simple for the text on each slide. Additionally, the white space on a slide can be filled by using pictures, audio, and video. I had never recorded my voice for a presentation, so that was an entirely new experience for me. I know that any project I do in the future will encorporate this feature because I think it really adds something to a presentation to hear the person actually narrating along with the slides. I also learned how share my presentation online. I used http://www.sliderocket.com/ for my presentation, and I thought it was very simple and straight forward to use. I learned how to incorporate a YouTube video into my presentation so that when the presentation is played, it will automatically play the video. I know that with any presentation I need to complete in the future, I will incorporate all of these new things that I learned because they enhance a presentation. They make a presentation seem more clear and professional, and in the business world, these skills will be crucial since I will probably have to make many presentations.