Context:
- First year business communications course
- Topic on oral presentations
- Discussion prompt to be used as a pre-classroom activity [Note: I don't currently teach online, so I'm imagining a scenario where I could leverage my use of my course website between face-to-face classes.]
- Purpose of this discussion prompt is two-fold:
- to uncover what preconceptions students may have about oral presentations (and their feelings towards the topic)
- to be a warm-up activity for a classroom discussion around what makes a presentation “good” or “not good” (and to whom)
Discussion prompt:
Who is someone whose presentation style you admire? Why?
Tell us about this person and what you like about how they
present.
This can be someone famous or not, an expert in your field
or not, or someone you know personally or not. Videos or images are welcome,
but not required.
We’ll continue our conversation from here when we meet in our next class, and we’ll explore what makes a presentation “good” or “not good” (and to whom).