Summative Assessment 1

Summative Assessment 1 >> Successful Presentation

Unusual but motivating

Unusual and never motivating

Natural but never motivating

Natural and can be motivating

Saying, “Thank you all for your attendance today,” at the end of your talk.

Thinking, “Wow, I really sound silly today” while presenting.

Announcing, “Um, um, like, declining sales are kind of a serious problem.”

Announcing, “As you can see in Figure 1, sales have declined for sector B.”

Facing the audience directly during a presentation.

Practicing your presentation ahead of time.

Announcing, “Um, um, like, declining sales are kind of a serious problem.”

Rocking back and forth.

Announcing, “Um, um, like, declining sales are kind of a serious problem.”

Announcing, “As you can see in Figure 1, sales have declined for sector B.”

Announcing your main point at the beginning of your talk.

Sweating uncontrollably

Overthinking is thinking about all the things that can go wrong. Preparation is learning the song (so to speak).

Preparing allows you to let go—to trust yourself and your abilities. Overthinking limits you.

If you overthink you can execute on multiple levels.

There is no difference—both are forms of practice.

So we can simply memorize words and not have to worry about being creative.

To increase our survival reactions.

So all our presentations are exactly alike.

For many reasons: using a rule-governed formula allows us to execute on many levels!

A successful presentation should be long, like an epic story.

A successful presentation should be mysterious and surprising, like a mystery story.

Stories are told; indeed, great stories are performed.

Stories have a Beginning, Middle, and Ending and often have a single main meaning or morale.

A successful presentation is not similar to a story in any way.

Stories are enjoyable and often enticing; they are something the audience wants to hear.

Stories are always, in part, about the storyteller or people want to see people.

A complex lesson about what it is to be human

That we shouldn’t engage in things we aren’t good at, like public speaking

That our fears are entirely imaginary

A rule-governed formula

Rigid memorization

Survival Reactions

10.Why is the private self important to a successful public presentation?

Summative Assessment 1 >> Successful Presentation