Day 35: Continue Presentation Skills Discussion

Presentation Practice

• Today, you will once again stand at your seat and introduce yourself to the class in a friendly, clear, projected voice
• First, greet the class 
• "Hi everybody"
• Then, introduce yourself:
• "My name is Michael Haworth"
• "I am a teacher here at West Leyden"
• Finally, thank the audience:
• "Thank you"
• Try to avoid
• "Umm"
• "And"
• fidgeting
• Try to
• project your voice
• speak slowly
• sound friendly

Presentation Skills:

• Presenting information clearly and effectively is a key skill in almost every field
• Beginning March 7th, you will be presenting one of your Person, Place, or Thing Presentations to the class
• We will be practicing presentation skills between now and then
• Delivering an inspirational or captivating presentation requires a lot of organization, preparation and work.
• fears of public speaking are normal, but can be reduced by preparation and practice
• Coping with Presentation Nerves
• Top Tips for Effective Presentations.
• connecting with your audience
• importance of voice and body language 
• tips about preparing slide-shows
• Only use visual aids if they are necessary to maintain interest and assist comprehension
• Working with Visual Aids

Old Assignments:

These should be completed and turned in already. 

• Breaking Down Text - Part 2
• Personal Brand Presentation
• Person, Place, & Thing Presentation
• link to an example presentation
• Turn in completed assignment using the Assignment Submission Form
• Share file with anyone who has the link 
• Copy the URL 
• Submit the URL through the Assignment Submission Form

On-going Assignments:

• Create LinkedIn Account
• Update Weebly Web Site
• link to example Showcase Website
• Complete your Twitter Profile and post something positive 
•  Digital Footprint Presentation Assignment

Day 34: Intro to Presentation Skills

Presentation Skills:

• Presenting information clearly and effectively is a key skill in almost every field
• Beginning March 7th, you will be presenting one of your Person, Place, or Thing Presentations to the class
• We will be practicing presentation skills between now and then
• Delivering an inspirational or captivating presentation requires a lot of organization, preparation and work.
• fears of public speaking are normal, but can be reduced by preparation and practice
• Coping with Presentation Nerves
• Top Tips for Effective Presentations.
• connecting with your audience
• importance of voice and body language 
• tips about preparing slide-shows
• Only use visual aids if they are necessary to maintain interest and assist comprehension
• Working with Visual Aids

Presentation Practice

• Today, you will stand at your seat and introduce yourself to the class in a friendly, clear, projected voice
• First, greet the class 
• "Hi everybody"
• Then, introduce yourself:
• "My name is Michael Haworth"
• "I am a teacher here at West Leyden"
• Finally, thank the audience:
• "Thank you"

Old Assignments:

These should be completed and turned in already. 

• Personal Brand Presentation
• Person, Place, & Thing Presentation
• link to an example presentation
• Turn in completed assignment using the Assignment Submission Form
• Share file with anyone who has the link 
• Copy the URL 
• Submit the URL through the Assignment Submission Form

On-going Assignments:

• Create LinkedIn Account
• Update Weebly Web Site
• link to example Showcase Website
• Complete your Twitter Profile and post something positive 
•  Digital Footprint Presentation Assignment

Day 33: Work Day

• Finish Personal Brand Presentation
• This should be completed and turned in already. 
• Practice good slide design - Person, Place, & Thing Presentation
• This should be completed and turned in already. 
• link to an example presentation
• Create LinkedIn Account
• Update Weebly Web Site
• link to example Showcase Website
• Complete your Twitter Profile and post something positive 
• Continue working on the Digital Footprint Presentation Assignment
• Turn in completed assignment using the Assignment Submission Form
• Share file with anyone who has the link 
• Copy the URL 
• Submit the URL through the Assignment Submission Form

Day 32: Intro to Digital Footprint Presentation Assignment

Preview the Digital Footprint Presentation Assignment

Instructions:  For this assignment you are going to create a presentation about your brand and your digital footprint.  Your presentation should include the following slides.

• Title Slide
• Introduction Slide--Overview of what is in your presentation
• Body (content)Slides
• Your brand - explain your brand
• Digital Footprint
• What is a Digital Footprint and why is it important?
• What does your Digital Footprint include?
• Social Networking
• What tools do you use?  
• Why do you use these  tools?
• How often do you post and for what reason?
• Does your footprint match your brand (provide evidence)?
• What changes can you make to improve your digital footprint? Be specific
• Conclusion

Additional information:

• In addition to the required slides, you must include at least two images
  
• The titles of your slides do not need to match the names of the bullet points listed above.
• For example, the slide title for the ‘Your brand’ required slide might be something like:  The Smith Brand, or Creator and Innovator.  In other words, the title might be something that describes you.  It does not need to be generic.

• When you are creating your presentation remember to think about the elements of design that we have talked about.

Day 31: Work Day

1. Finish Personal Brand Presentation
• This should be completed and turned in already.
2. Practice good slide design - Person, Place, & Thing Presentation
• link to an example presentation
3. Create LinkedIn Account
4. Update Weebly Web Site
5. Complete your Twitter Profile and post something positive

Turn in completed assignment using the Assignment Submission Form

• Share file with anyone who has the link
• Copy the URL
• Submit the URL through the Assignment Submission Form

Day 30: Work Day

1. Finish Personal Brand Presentation
2. Practice good slide design - Person, Place, & Thing Presentation
• link to an example presentation
3. Create LinkedIn Account
4. Update Weebly Web Site
5. Complete your Twitter Profile and post something positive

Turn in completed assignment using the Assignment Submission Form

• Share file with anyone who has the link
• Copy the URL
• Submit the URL through the Assignment Submission Form

Day 29: Catch-up / Get-Ahead Day

Design Principles

• Breaking Down Text - Part 2
• Share with anyone who has the link
• Copy the URL
• Submit the URL through the Assignment Submission Form
• Practice good slide design - Person, Place, & Thing Presentation
• Share with anyone who has the link
• Copy the URL
• Submit the URL through the Assignment Submission Form

Personal Brand

• Finish working on your Personal Brand Presentation.

• start simple and build from there
• you can always go back and make it "better"
• this Personal Brand Checklist might help you stay on track
  

  • Share with anyone who has the link
  • Copy the URL
  • Submit the URL through the Assignment Submission Form
• Add your professional photo to all of your accounts
• Gmail, Twitter, LinkedIn, Weebly, Blogger, YouTube
• If you have not done so already, make a copy of this helpful document and start preparing for your future by:
• Creating your Resume
• Preparing a general Cover Letter
• Creating a list of your Network of Contacts:
• What kind of people do you have your network?
• The goal is establish quality relationships with others in your industry that you can potentially leverage, and create visibility for yourself.

Personal Brand Checklist:

Your presentation should include the following information.

____ Title Slide

____ Identify Yourself

• name
• professional picture

____ Who Are You?

• Skills
• Interests
• Values
• online values assessment
• Personality
• Goals

____ What Do You Do?

• Special Classes
• Sports, Clubs, Other School Activities
• Work Experience
• Honors, Awards, Leadership

____ Who Do You Represent?

• Role Models
• Inspirational Quotes

When you are creating your presentation remember to think about the elements of design:

____ Keep it Simple

• use bullet point statements
• no complete sentences
• eliminate unimportant words
• consider using images instead of text

____ effective image use

• where possible, use high quality photographic images to deliver your message

____ 5 by 5 Rule

• no more than 5 words per line
• no more than 5 lines per slide

____ make it look good

• simple fonts

____ balance “white-space”

• use eye-pleasing, contrasting color

http://colorschemedesigner.com/csd-3.5/

____ consider text emphasis

• bold
• italics
• underline
• color
• size
• font style

____ be consistent

• layout and color scheme
  
  

Digital Footprint

Twitter Account Checklist:

• Complete your Twitter profile following the Twitter Account Checklist

____ Professional Picture

____ Appropriate Bio

____ Engaging Banner Image

Follow:

____ follow @BuckChivas2

____ follow everyone who follows @BuckChivas2

____ Follow people or companies related to your social media campaign

Create:

____ favorite, retweet, and reply to each other to improve your digital footprints

____ post something about your social media campaign, using your hashtag

____ post something positive

____ promote a school event

____ @ mention anyone related to your tweet

____ favorite and retweet others that you follow

Add value online:

____ retweet with a value add comment

____ tweet links to relevant articles, videos, or websites

____ use pictures to enhance your message

____ create interactive polls

LinkedIn Profile

• Create a LinkedIn Account
• Complete the basic information
• Upload a professional picture
• Update your public profile settings to create a custom URL for your profile
• Create a link to your LinkedIn profile from your Weebly website
• Read the article about how to write the perfect LinkedIn summary
• Write your LinkedIn summary

Showcase Website / Digital Portfolio

Log into your Weebly account and add pages for Home, About, Contact, Portfolio

Add content to the Home page

• Make your name stand out
• Add a button to link to your About page
• Include your personal statement
• Consider creating a welcome video for this page

Create an About page with your professional picture, activities, and honors

• School
• Extracurricular Activities
• Volunteering
• Skills & Languages
• What programs and/or applications would you say you are proficient at?  
• What computer skills do you have to offer at this point in your career?
• Soft skills developed
• Include information on soft skills you developed thus far such as communication, time management, collaboration, etc.  Check out a list of soft skills HERE.
• Honors & Awards
• Add pictures that relate to the different activities
• Consider adding an About Me Video

Create a Contact page with links to Gmail, Twitter, YouTube, Blogger, and LinkedIn

• Use images as links to your professional social media accounts
• Consider creating a video that explains your brand name

Create a Portfolio page with links to examples of your work

• Performance videos
• plays, sports, concerts, speeches, service projects, etc...
• Evidence of your writing
• School projects of which you are proud