Presentations Day 2!

Today, after a three day weekend, was another day for presentations, and I got the opportunity to present. I will go over some flaws Mr.Paterson pointed out after I presented. Put simply, most of my issues had to do with the design of the slideshows. One major problem I had was that I layered photos over photos, and the picture that was there before the transitions were peeking through. Mr. Paterson taught me that this can get pretty distracting for the audience, and I can agree with that after seeing my own slides in the big “Present” mode. It looked a bit too busy and jumbled, so I’ll make sure not to make the same mistake again in future projects. Additionally, there was one slide that didn’t quite fit in with the rest of my slides, and it seemed to stand out in a bad way. From this, I learned that it’s hard to make the most professional looking slides, but I’m glad I now know about what to keep in mind when making presentations, even in real-life situation. Lastly, the teacher taught us about another imperfection, which was found in my slides. It was that my photos were not aligned, or in other words, all my photos were not cropped into one size, which made it look not so clean and organized. This was a surprising, but interesting remark. I’ll make sure to follow this rule in my presentations from now on. Overall, although I was relieved to know that there weren’t any major problems with my actual talking/delivering, I felt the need to sharpen up my designing skills from now on because good quality slides are vital when comes to presentations.

Here are some other things Mr. Paterson pointed out about the other presenters today:
- Saying um or nervously laughing
- Legible word color on the slideshows
- Not having the license in the photo credits
- Going over the 5 minute mark
- Abrupt transition from the critique to asking for questions
  → You should make it smooth by saying things like “I hope you enjoyed my presentation.”