Design Strategy Presentation

Presentation Idea Research //

creative ideas to make a presentation engaging and different from the rest.

1. Use your audience

- literally use them in my presentation

- don't as rhetorical questions, ask actual ones and wait for a real answer

2. Don't fear the funny

- there are plenty of ways to add humour that takes some of the pressure off of me

- sometimes even a long pause is enough to make them laugh

3. Incorporate videos, memes etc

4. Take the time to brainstorm

- all out-of-the-box ideas

- make a list

- Watching Mileha Soneji talk about life with Parkinson, she begins with a story of her family and her childhood which then leads on to the topic of Parkinson.

- One way of connecting with the audience is on an emotional level. Telling a life story will get people emotionally invested in what you are saying.

- Ivan Coyote speaks about something very close and personal to him.

- This immediately gets the audience attached and fond of the speaker and so the pressure is immediately reduced and the speaker can relax

- I could use this by saying something I wouldn't usually say in front of people.

- Sean Follmer uses videos on the big screen to visualise what he's talking about whilst he is talking about it

- I could have a show reel of all my best bits of work and inspirational designers playing whilst I talk so that the pressure off of me as well as showing them what I am talking about

- For my presentation I will be showing examples of my work, both successful and unsuccessful 

- This will give my presentation a bit of depth and will allow me to show some mistakes I've made along the way.

- I will try an implement a bit of humour to engage with the audience but it is not my main focus

- I will be focusing on making my presentation fluid and cohesive. I hope to use my confidence and social side to the best of my ability and make the audience feel as comfortable as possible.

- I'll be using minimal slides and text and do most of the talking from notes

I am using a square canvas for all of my slides and will use a 6 column grid. This will help the presentation look slick and professional whilst also communicating my eye for detail and being a neat person.

I've also scoured the web for interesting and creative ways for laying out my presentation. The layout is a very important element as it is the only visual aid the audience will have when I'm speaking so what is up on the projector must successfully communicate exactly what I'm saying in order for people to understand and stay interested.

I want to keep my slides incredibly simple so that the audience isn't too over whelmed with visual aid and so it doesn't appear cluttered or messy. 

I am going to use the soft blue colour that I often use in my presentation. My 'B' will feature on every slide as a brand or logo.

Self Evaluation

The presentation went extremely well form my point of view. I have to admit I was a little nervous before stepping up to present. I had thoroughly learnt the structure and content of my presentation so that I felt a lot more confident on the day. 

The more prepared you are, the easier it becomes.

I ended up talking for a lot longer than I set out to, 3 and a half minutes longer to be exact. This is because towards the beginning, as I started to see heads nodding and people smiling, I began to relax a bit more and so I started to expand on all my points. 

I will probably be marked down for going on for too long, but I am glad that I lasted the whole 7 minutes.

The comments I received about my presentation were mainly concerning my confidence and ability to voice my own opinion.

In my presentation, I spoke about the fact that one thing I've learnt about myself this year is that I am currently suited to a directors roll for a number of reasons.

My audience picked up on this more than anything and they were concerned that I need to listen to others more before voicing my own ideas. I do agree with this to a certain extent however I am not overly out spoken and I do always make sure I let others speak and have just as much of a say as myself.

This was the only feedback I received which I have taken as a positive. 

In all I'm happy with how it went and look forward to seeing my feedback in full and work on improving it.