You are responsible for explaining your topic clearly enough that your listeners will know how to do it. If you intend to give out samples, make sure there are enough to go around. The time frame includes setting up, giving the presentation, answering questions, and cleaning up. Presentations that do not inspire at least one question cannot receive a grade higher than a C, so think about getting your audience involved.

You may use whatever props you like. You must be able to set up, do your explaining, and take your things down within your allotted five minutes. You may need to answer questions while cleaning up. If you want to do something messy (for instance, something involving food or drink), be sure you bring something to cover the presentation surface and be ready to clean it up. All "wet" (messy) presentations will be given on the same day in a room other than the computer lab (Fall 2003--in KIN 319) so that we don't mess up the equipment.

If you want, you may use a handout. These are purely optional; bring enough copies for me and your classmates (and one for yourself). For the first presentation I do not want you to use PowerPoint; let's focus on audience engagement and delivery before adding bells and whistles.

Our textbook is an excellent resource. There is no better way to prepare this presentation than to practice, practice, practice-and time yourself! Time will move at different speeds than you expect when you're a bit nervous.

After you give your presentation, you have several class periods to review the videotape and peer reviews and send me an e-mail analysis of what you observed and what you learned from the presentation. This analysis should be at least two paragraphs long. Then I will assign you a letter grade for the presentation and its analysis.

These are the kinds of questions that will help you write a good self-analysis. Feel free to address them in any order and to add other information that will help me see what you saw on the tape.

• Did you make eye and verbal contact with the whole room? Could you have done anything differently in this regard? Would you characterize yourself as left- or right-shouldered [looking predominantly to your left or to your right]? Why?
• How would you characterize your presenter's manner--calm, confident, nervous, etc.? Did this change over the course of the presentation? If so, when and why?
• Were there any verbal or physical distractors ("uhh", rocking back and forth, hand gestures, playing with hair, etc.) that might have distracted your audience from following the presentation?  
• How well did you follow the pyramid in your presentation? Did you emphasize all three sections appropriately?
• What tricks, devices, or elements did you include to make this presentation you-focused? To what extent did they work?
• What went well with your explanation and what didn't? How could you communicate that information more effectively if you had a chance to do the presentation again?
• How well do you feel you managed your time? Why?
• How well did you engage the audience? What worked and what didn't? What did other presenters do that you can incorporate into your next presentation?
• Based on your self-assessment, what are your goals for your next oral presentation? What do you want to do better, more of, differently, etc.?

• How well do you feel you used your handout? Did you refer to it appropriately? Did the distribution go smoothly? Did it point out things the audience needs to understand and remember? Was your name on it?