Considerations for the Oral Report
As your team is working on your 15-minute oral report for Project 3,
you should attend to both the form and content of your presentation.
Your team should consider both the delivery and design of your report
as well as the quality of your overview of the client and initial analysis
of your field research.
Participation
As the "Oral Report" document indicates, each team member
must participate in the entire process of creating the report. Your drafting,
revising, and delivery of the report should address the following considerations.
- Time is crucial, so your report needs to be planned efficiently.
You should coordinate your report sections and rehearse your delivery.
- The different components of the report need to be well integrated;
transitions between speakers should be smooth, and the visual and verbal
elements should complement one another.
Visuals
Your visuals should be projected from the instructional terminal. When preparing
your visuals, keep the following in mind:
- Rather than being a script of your presentation, your visuals should
illustrate its key points. Don't simply read what you project on screen.
- Rather than being confined to only one portion of the presentation,
visuals should be incorporated throughout.
- Your visuals should be both rhetorically and visually effective.
In order to ensure this, you should test their appearance when projected,
including font face, size, color, and spacing.
Polish & professionalism
Obviously, the presentation of oral reports is different from reports that
include only written components, so your delivery should reflect a consideration
of that difference. As you rehearse your delivery, consider the following.
- The hum of the computers and the architecture of the classroom make
it difficult to be heard, and thus you need to practice projecting
your voice.
- The architecture also makes it difficult for some people to be seen;
thus, consider the placement of your team members throughout the report.
- Speaking slowly and making eye contact are important components of
an effective presentation. In order to remain attentive to your audience,
refer to but do not talk at your visuals.
- Your presentation should indicate what research your team has done
toward assessing the costs involved in implementing your recommendations.
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