I recently watched a Ted Talk titled How Language Shapes the Way We Think, by
Lera Boroditsky. During the presentation, Laura highlighted languages across various
countries that were spoken differently in those same situations. From the way that
we say “hello” to the way that we count penguins, language has a different standard
that is determined by where it is spoken. The presentation was effective because it
accomplished the mission of explaining how language shapes our thinking. The
presenter was successful at connecting with her audience. In the beginning, she
displayed an opening stance. Throughout the presentation, she made eye contact, used
visual aids, and engaged the audience. I enjoyed the way she allowed the audience
to participate in proving her point. For a moment she asked everyone to close their
eyes and gave them a task. The was a creative way to reengage the audience and
get their input. Laura used humor and pauses throughout her speech that effectively
focused the audience and kept their attention. I noticed that she used the techniques
that were mentioned in the textbook. My work has me loaned out to a location in
Northeast Nevada that is known to have a hard time keeping employees due to other
work in the area that pays better with the same qualifications. Those that live and
work there started to form a union, and now everyone is sitting through at least one
anti-union presentation a week. While I have no say in what happens, they still have
us sit through and listen, hoping that we will not form one at our home base. The
presenters have all been extremely charismatic. Most of the information they present
is extremely cherry picked exactly for the cause they are trying to get across,
without presenting the other side. Unless you are looking for the other side of the
argument it sounds extremely appealing, about what the company will do, and what
they will offer, but there is no way to make sure that the company follows through
with what they are offering. They tend to connect with the audience by giving
general scenarios in how the company helps them, and asking people what their
problems are, and showing them what they can do to attempt to alleviate them.
Another presentation I watched recently was on “How to motivate yourself to change
your behavior” by Tali Sharot from a TEDX Cambridge video (Sharot, n.d.). The
presenter opened with a warm welcoming to the presentation. She told stories on
issues she encountered. In the presentation Tali talks about how to motivate yourself
to change your behavior. She talks about positive and negative issues that affect our
behavior. She shared a scenario on what changes behavior, that included awareness
of the negative side effects of a product on our health. When we are given positive
information, it makes you feel good and initiates beneficial changes. Negative factors
often push us back to the wrong behaviors. The more a person is given positive
information, it helps them sustain their positive behavior. Tali discussed how social
incentives change behavior. Immediate rewards give smiles and foster progress that
allows you to control your behavior.
During the presentation Tail stayed connected with the audience by showing slides of
pictures that were funny and illustrated her message. There was laughter when she
presented a personal behavior change she worked on to lower her utility bill. She
engaged her audience with suggestions and ideas to help them focus on self-
motivation.
I have actually just listened to a business presentation at my job. It was about the
new computer systems that we are to start using as soon as possible. I work in
inside sales, and my job is to take customer's orders and input them into the system.
The new system is confusing and will take time to understand. However, the
presentation that was presented to us was very nice. The IT team and our boss took
their time to create this presentation so that everyone was able to understand. We
were able to ask as many questions as we wanted. They made sure to be thorough
about everything. It was exciting to learn how this will cut our time in half and
make things easier to input. The presenter was very clear with his words. He knew
exactly what he was talking about. He was always very kind to everyone and would
try to make us chuckle. It was a really great experience. I would say this was a
good presentation, and the presenter could connect with everyone in the audience. I
recently watched a Ted Talk presentation by Amane Dannouni titled, “How Online
Marketplaces Can Help Local Economies, Not Hurt Them.” The presentation was
effective. The presenter, Amane Dannouni, was closely following what we learned in
chapters 14 and 15 of our reading assignments this week. He had a good visual-aid-
to-text ratio on the big screen; however, the main focal point was on him. He had a
spotlight following him around on stage during his presentation. He maintained a
positive and upbeat energy and close eye contact with the audience. He also told
success stories of people and how they went from rags to riches. Amane talked
about how companies like Amazon, Airbnb and Uber sometimes pose a threat to
local businesses such as hotels, retail shops and taxis by reducing the income to the
community or taking away jobs. He also pointed out how other countries have made
a collaborative effort to help the local communities. Companies like Gojek, Jumia,
and Grab have made an effort to work within the existing members in their local
economies, instead of replacing them all together. According to him, , that benefits
everyone overall .Amane did everything according to the guidelines of the book, but
I did not see him interacting with the audience by asking any questions, other than
a rhetorical one. He engaged the audience more by answering questions or concerns,
he would be able to connect with the audience better. Overall, he did a great job
presenting his topics, but his ending was a bit strange, without much of a call-to-
action or conclusion. A presentation should provide information and insight to those
it is intended for. Presentations should catch and keep the audience’s attention
however when using visuals during your presentation you should use keep topics and
graphics for your presentation and the speaker should elaborate on those topics, not
just “read from the presentation”. The presentation that I watched was neither
thoughtfully prepared nor engaging. The presenter should also be knowledgeable
about not only the information the presentation is on but how to utilize the software
that is being used for the presentation. The presenter should engage the audience,
make eye contact, and be confident in their knowledge of the material they are
presenting.
I have given many presentations in my career and I will be the first to tell you that
it is difficult, at least for me. Although I have been told that I am a good presenter,
I still extensively prepare my material and rehearse my presentation multiple times
prior to my actual presentation in front of my audience. I try to prepare for any
questions I assume may result from my presentation and either be prepared to
answer those questions or if I feel they are extremely likely to be asked then I will
try to make sure my material covers them in advance. yy
A presentation can be a way of giving information about certain subjects to the
audience, in this presentation I have seen that this presentation was not engaging the
audience in the beginning of the presentation and also the presentation Did not know
how to use delivery technologies or not being prepared for the technology available.
Some way a speaker must connect with the audience during a presentation is by,
looking in the eye of the audience and moving and speaking confidently, another
way that this can happen is by owning the stage to connect and interact with the
audience without forgetting the manuscript. The speak can also have facial
expressions and pauses to have time rethinking the next script. Lastly they should
Refer to what they already know to help catch the audience’s attention. A business
presentation I recently watched was over a platform that is attempting to replace
email. The app is actually called Monday Board and is something the place I work
at has been attempting to integrate into our system. I believe this presentation is
effective because they bring up a lot of valid points regarding email. For instance,
an email typically is a one-on-one back and forth exchange. This can be extremely
tedious when involving multiple people. Even in the case of a group email the
messages can become overwhelming. Monday Board on the other hand feels a lot
more professional and organized. They have multiple different categories for the
workers. Such as a manager category or really any category the particular user wants
to add. They can have a category for each specific part of the business. This allows
for that entire group of individuals to easily access and send messages. Ultimately it
seemed to be a lot more neat and accessible than a typical email. The way this
presentation stood out to me was the creator’s idea of connecting people more
efficiently. His main goal was to make business or really any kind of setting feel
more responsive. A business presentation that caught my interest was a video I
recently watched on YouTube called, "The top eight business presentation skills." I
believe it was a very effective presentation although it was only six minutes long
there was a few great key skills that I know I could apply in the future when it
comes to putting together a successful business presentation.A few skills I picked up
from the video that would make it a lot easier for a presenter to connect with
his/her audience. One of the skills was to try and make boring topics interesting, the
point of this skill is to not make it long where you'll lose your audience attention
and to also make things relatable so that people can understand the point you are
trying to make. Another skill is, make sure to be comfortable with your audience
you want to connect to your audience, not stiff, or shy. The more comfortable you
are with your audience the more they feel like they came to the right place. My
industry is construction, and I am a project manager for a general a contractor. The
construction industry is changing every day. One of the newest technologies in
construction is the virtual reality world. That is the reason I watched a business
presentation on what s called BIM or Building Information Modeling. BIM modeling
can be used to construct the entire project and be able to look for possible issues,
waste, or hazards that are going to be present during the construction process. This
modeling is ensuring all areas of the project are properly planned out to eliminate
future changes.The presentation was very effective. The presenter was very engaging
and had the target audience answering questions, some answers were only answered
to themselves. None the less it was very engaging and interesting. The presenter
covered all of the hot topic ticket items and then went back to break everything
down into further detail with a nice recap at the end. He did do his best to interject
some humor into his presentation that usually missed the mark with me at least. I
believe it is important to summarize the key points of your presentation. The true
purpose and benefit of summarizing the key points is to reinforce all the points you
have made. This will help emphasize your points and gives the audience an
opportunity to ask any questions they may have intended to ask earlier. This will
also make the presentation appear more professional. However, it is important to
keep the “recap” short since the audience may feel as though you are repeating
yourself. You should also try to stay in your comfort zone (the style of speaking
you feel most natural in) so you that you have a better flow throughout your
presentation. I watched a business presentation on a business called Bumble. The
company sells products with honey. They focus on ensuring the bees are taken care
of that way they can ensure they are selling quality products. The presentation was
effective because there were multiple presenters. Everyone spoke with knowledge and
a voice that didn't put people to sleep. The presenters had screens where they were
able to have the audience view their points. They also involved the audience in with
their presentation. I think the presentation was good and if I were there I would
probably purchase their products. I just watched a business presentation via zoom
about starting a business, registering your business with the IRS, tax documents
dealing with your business and a few more details about beginning your own
business and becoming self-employed. I believe that the presents is definitely
effective for people who don’t know how to get their EIN, manage their business
banking, and keep money flowing through their business banking account. A lot of
people become confused when dealing with paperwork and things of that nature
when started a business and they become overwhelmed on really knowing where to
start with it.Connecting with an audience by answering brief questions but for limited
amounts of time is helpful. Sending emails with valued information as well as links
for the audience to be able to access these pages where they would need to apply
for EIN and certain information. I also feel that having multiple people to help
people in the audience is beneficial as well so people aren’t waiting days for
information. I actually just had to watch a business presentation for work last week
due to us not only switching buildings but our programs are become completely
different for our clients because they wanna go away with sheltered workshops. As
our manager was giving the presentation it was very easy to understand the new
changes and our manager was confident in what she was saying and was not
stumbling on her words. Her presentation was simple with little detail so it made it
easier to understand.I think some ways a presenter can connect with the audience
during a presentation can be eye contact and also including the guest of your
presentation in the conversation by asking them to answer. Practicing your speech
over and over so you know exactly what you are going to say and how you are
going to say it. Practicing your speech over and over can also help you find
mistakes with how you may have written your speech and or presentation so your
guest can fully understand and connect with your presentation you are going to give.
I am currently an Affiliate Owner with CrossFit and prior to making this decision I
had talked to other affiliate owners but also watch a presentation on what all
CrossFit had to offer and what benefits could come with it if I did affiliate with
them. prior to watching this the first thing that came up was the cost it is pretty
expensive to affiliate with them so I wanted to make sure I am getting my money's
worth. In my opinion it was a very effective presentation and it helped me make the
decision to Affiliate with them. They gave a lot of information in what to expect
and what would happen if I did affiliate they offer a lot of courses to help you
become a better coach ( some people might say they aren't good but in my opinion
they are) It also helped with marketing since I can just say the name " CrossFit"
now people already have a basic understanding of what to expect if they come into
my box. Everything that they had mentioned to me that was going to happen in the
first 2-3 months of becoming an affiliate owner has happened so I am definitely
happy with the decision I made.
