Communication 2zero7 Group Presentation Evaluation Fall 2002

INTRODUCTION

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____ Was the introduction creative, attention-getting, and imaginative? Did the group do anything "full goose bozo" in order to grab the audience's attention?

_____ Did the group answer the ever present audience question: "why should we pay attention to you?"

_____ Was the conclusion creative, attention-getting, and imaginative?

_____ Did the introduction provide a concrete preview of the key points of the message which were to be retained in the minds of the audience?

CONCLUSION

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_____ Did the group summarize the main points and drive hope the core ideas contained in the presentation?

_____ Did the audience leave the audience with a "whimper or a bang"? Did the group exit the arena in a memorable way? High energy or low energy?

PARTICIPATION (QUANTITY/QUALITY OF INDIVIDUAL MEMBER CONTRIBUTIONS

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_____ Did everyone have a chance to speak?

_____ Was participation balanced or did some persons have to do more discussion work?

_____ Was the substance of each person's contribution of equal quality/ "relative worth"?

_____ Did you get the feeling that for whatever reasons one or two members had just been given a "small part" so they could be included?

INTERDEPENDENCE

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_____ Did all members appear to have knowledge about the topic?

_____ Was everyone interested and excited in the project or did some members "presence" leave the impression they would rather "take their ball and go home"?

_____ Did the group trainers built on the conversational contributions of other group members?

_____ Did the members of the team respond and react to other members contributions in a way that reflected an understanding of the entire topic as opposed to just "their part"?

_____ Did group members ask each other questions or argue with one another?

_____ Did the group engage in simulated conversation, or strategic role-playing?

______Did the group attempt to connect, relate to, or involve the audience (engaging in strategic discussion, creating a role for some audience members in the presentation, reporting the results of a pre-presentation survey, or pre-presentation interviews).

VOCAL AND VISUAL PRESENTATION

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_____ Did each member of the group engage in "structured conversation" or did they read or memorize?

_____ Did the group "teach us" rather than "lecturing to us"?

_____ Did the group give any evidence of trying to overcome the fear that "I'll look foolish" and attempt to master the "art of letting go"?

_____ Was this a "low energy" or "high energy" presentation?

SUBSTANCE AND CONTENT

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_____ Did the group demonstrate a command of the topic necessary for effective communication?

_____ Did the group KISS (Keep It Short and Simple) us or try to cover the galaxy?.

_____ Was the information from the outline narrowed to include their "best stuff" and conform to time limits?

_____ Was the group successful in finding and reinforcing the 3 or 4 or key ideas that most audiences will take with them after any presentation?

_____ Did the group teach us 2 or 3 ideas we could take with us to improve the way we use communication to accomplish our goals?

_____ Did the group member's meet the audience goal "let us know who your are" (I believe, I feel, I remember...).

_____ Did the group meet the audience goal, "don't just tell us what you think, tell us how you feel"?

_____ Did the group create an "emotional contact high", by hitting the audience's emotions really hard once or twice?

_____ Was there "passion", a strong sense of "conviction", or a little righteous anger. anywhere in the presentation?

_____ Did the group meet the audience goals "keep us interested, make your stuff relevant to our needs"?

_____Did the group meet the audience goal "keep us interested, tell us stories"?

_____Did the group meet the audience goal "keep us interested, make us laugh"?

FORM, ORGANIZATION, AND STRUCTURE

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_____ Was the presentation organized and structured?

_____ Was this a good example of "organized chaos" or did the structure of the presentation inhibit spontaneity, and creativity?

_____ Did the presentation employ a clear and consistent organizing scheme?

_____ Did the group provide "meta-talk", or "road maps" to help audience to follow the form and flow of the presentation?

FLASH, STYLE, AND CREATIVITY

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_____ Was there flash as well as well as substance?

_____ Did the group do anything to make their ideas come to life, "to sing, dance, and tell jokes"?

_____ Was there any dramatic vocal variation to enhance the impact of ideas?

_____ Did the group meet the audience goal "please don't give a presentation you would not want to watch listen too", "don't make us hostages praying for release"?

_____ Was there anything particularly distinctive about the presentation which merits the often talked about but extremely elusive extra credit bonus points?

_____ In the desire to be attention getting, did the group forget that their primary goal was to educated not to entertain, (flash dominated substance).

IMPRESSIONS

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_____ Sometimes when "great mountaineering teams" finish a project they appear to experience the feeling that "they want to stay together and not go their separate ways". Was this feeling in the air"?

_____ In the words of our former fearless leader after the 1984 Bush-Ferraro debate did the group give you a sense that they felt "we kicked a little ass".

_____ Did the group's presentation reflect "esprit de corps", "If it's to be it's up to me"---No,No,No--"If it's to be, it's up to us"?