Presentations that Don’t Suck (and that are creative and connect with others)!

KindSoCIETIE KNoT ModeWorkshop ThreadConnected Communities

Skills Developed

Public SpeakingStorytellingSelf-Awareness

Created By

Jessamy Perriam — Fellow (College of Systems & Society )
Kim Huynh — Affiliate (College of Arts and Social Sciences)

About this KNoT

Um, ah, blank stares, death by bullet point — let's fix all of it, together.

Preparation

Review a couple of these resources.

Bartlett A (n.d.) A white-label slide deck, alicebartlett.co.uk, A white-label slide deck, accessed 6 February 2020.
Giles Turnbull (n.d.) ‘Presenting is performance’, Presenting is performance, accessed 30 October 2019.
Matthew Sheret (n.d.) ‘Giving clear presentations’, Government Digital Service, Giving clear presentations, accessed 30 October 2019.
Kim Huynh, SoCIETIE Acknowledgement of Country Toolkit (attached)
Russell Davies (n.d.) ‘Doing the hard work to make it bearable’, 'Doing the hard work to make it bearable' (archived), accessed 30 October 2019a. —— (n.d.) ‘Doing the hard work to make it big’, 'Doing the hard work to make it big' (archived), accessed 30 October 2019b. —— (n.d.) ‘Doing the hard work to make it clear’, 'Doing the hard work to make it clear' (archived), accessed 30 October 2019c.

What You’ll Learn

This is an opportunity to practise, share, um, ah, chortle, blather and go blank in a supportive and creative environment with a view developing your own presentation style and adjusting it for different contexts.

What makes a great and not so great presentation?
What alternatives are there to leaning on a wall of text
How to develop Acknowledgements of Country that are creative and connect with others.
How to provide real feedback.

How to Complete This KNoT

Show how will integrate the ideas and skills from the workshop into your learning portfolio presentation.
Develop a series of Acknowledgements of Country.

Submit your Completion Task here:

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