Considerations for Oral Reports
As your team works on your oral reports 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
Each team member must participate in the entire process of creating the presentation.
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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