Guidelines for Group Presentations

For your team presentations during class, you should try to adhere to these general principles:

  1. Your presentation should be well-rehearsed, engaging, and well-focused, with a clear beginning, middle, and end. Address key questions/issues in the assignment prompt and relate your analysis/discussion to course readings.
  2. Each team member should be involved in the presentation.
  3. Your content should be accurate and well researched.
  4. Multimedia components should complement the presentation, not substitute for the team's delivery (i.e., don't let the slides do all the talking for you).
  5. You can bring demos (products) to enhance the presentation.
  6. Be prepared to answer questions and engage in follow-up discussion.
  7. Be creative! Think of yourself as entrepreneurs selling an idea.

A few presentation tips:

  1. Check-out any supporting technologies to make sure they work properly.
  2. Make sure the you speak clearly and that everyone in the room can hear you.
  3. Try not to be nervous. Most people only know that you're nervous if you talk about it. Try interacting with audience members before your presentation to ease any tension.