I found it challenging to communicate everything I had learnt in 15 months into a 10 minute presentation and was not sure if my oral presentation would be sufficient.
If I have any tips for future BAPP students it would be:
- Consider presentation tools such as powerpoint or prezzi (my personal choice) - what communicates your journey and research best?
- Distinguish between your artefact and oral presentation - If you have a slideshow or powerpoint as your artefact, make sure it is different to your oral presentation
- Read the additional reading about delivering an effective presentation - They helped me to think about how I stood, how I spoke and delivered the presentation. (I noticed I had a very bad habit of saying "erm..." and rocking back and forth!)
- Read your presentation aloud and time it
- Write out prompt cards to help you in case you loose track but DO NOT look down and read of them for the whole 10 minutes!
- Pick the most important information and cut anything superfluous
- DO NOT overload the slides with too much text and small fonts. Make it clear, readable and engaging
- Relax, breathe and speak at a steady pace
Below is the link to my presentation - Hope it helps! x
Oral Presentation Prezzi