There are many factors of a speech or presentation that can be made or broken: either with errors made by the speaker, or the lack of the topic that is being presented. However, it is also important to point out the positives of a well-thought out story. I mean, that's what a presentation is, right? It has to be able to flow in a way that can be remembered by everyone, even if they aren't as remotely interested in the topic as you are. Besides that major point, it is crucial to mention those little things that impact your overall presentation.
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| Steve Jobs giving a presentation |
In this article by Dave Finley, the basics of a good presentation can include things such as simply showing enthusiasm, facing the audience, and speaking at a good volume so everyone who is listening can have a good context of your idea. Some cons to address include providing too much material: as those who listen to your speech will only gain about 3-4 ideas presented about your subject. Some other advice includes basic body movement and gestures: not be too overbearing, or not expressive at all. It is not at all interesting to have someone just standing up there, serving the purpose of putting work into make their subject seem even remotely important, to show that through their body language that it is only being forced. What a buzzkill.
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| Girl's movement |
In this particular video, the girl is presenting a sarcastic idea about there being a supposed "pill" that will change your inner flaws: such as with being shy or extremely talkative, this "pill" will make you likable by your date, significant other's family or for an important job interview. This is a concept of being not who you want to be. Once you're at it for a while, you'll want to go back to being yourself: just like the effects of a pill. The idea is that you should always strive to be yourself, and what is on the outside does not matter on the outside. No matter how much concealer, how many zits on your face, or how your hair is dyed, you are always yourself.
First of all, I find this to be a very creative way of presenting a social problem. Clearly, she is addressing the fact that there can be problems in terms of presenting yourself towards an audience: focusing mainly towards making a first impression. While she is heard being slightly excessive with the repetition of "the date, the job interview, etc", she later gets her point across with her creative delivery that someone like me can easily be hooked onto. Her hand gestures are quite spot-on, there is not at all a lack of it. Her eye contact is presented well. Although there is possibly one point in time where she is slightly troubled with flow, she quickly recovers without too much of an impact. Although this video is more so a speech than an actual presentation with slides, it can still go to show how well this can be done: especially in creative ways that can well-compliment your topic.
Overall, there can be many topics that can be discussed when aiming to complete a well-done presentation. Whether it be to prevent too much information at once, or simply even providing enthusiasm to said topic, there were many things that went well for this speech. The one thing that made it stand out the most was a matter of contributing to the topic of the speech, by creatively providing a different style to ensure that it could properly catch the audience's attention.
