ye Communication 2zero7 Presentation Requirements   Fall 2002

1. Each group presentation will be 50 minutes in length.

2. The frame used to structure the presentation will be didactic. You goal is to educate, not to entertain. By didactic I mean the dominant frame will be lecture AND DISCUSSION with appropriate flash and sizzle. Groups are not to frame their presentation using organizing schemes such as the talk show, the game show, the television show take-off, the movie frame, the coffee-house reading hour frame, and so forth.  One of the most ridiculous presentations I ever saw was a group that was supposed to present a didactic presentation on Marshall McLuhan and used Who Wants to be  Millionaire as an organizing scheme.

3. There should be an opportunity for study group-audience dialogue during and after the
     presentation. It expected that project teams are responsible for engaging the audience in
    discussion through effective question-asking.

4. All group members will participate in the presentation.

5. Each presentation will contain an introduction which gains attention, establishing relevance,
    establishes a relationship with the audience, building context/orients, and contains a thesis
     sentence which point directly to the main point discussed in the essay.

6. Each presentation will contain an conclusion which summarizes the three key ideas,
     emotionalizes, personalizes and finalizes.

7. Each presentation will contain a video clip of an interview with an authority on the subject from
    academics.

8. Each presentation will integrate at least one film ,television clips, or instructional video clip.

9. Note cards will not be allowed. If any member in the group reads, the entire group will fail.  You
     must use the PowerPoint slides to cue your ideas.

10. Putting your full content outline or essay on PowerPoint slides and reading from it will result
       in a significant penalty for the offending group member.

11. All group members should be prepared to answers questions about ANY part of the
      presentation. In 2zero7 there is no such thing as "MY PART".

Communication 2zero7 Course Calendar Fall 2002

INTRODUCTION

1._____Scary _____Excellent _____Solid Effort _____Average Bear

____ 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

2._____Scary _____Excellent _____Solid Effort _____Average Bear

_____ 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

3._____Scary _____Excellent _____Solid Effort _____Average Bear

_____ 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

4._____Scary _____Excellent _____Solid Effort _____Average Bear

_____ 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

5._____Scary _____Excellent _____Solid Effort _____Average Bear

_____ 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

6._____Scary _____Excellent _____Solid Effort _____Average Bear

_____ 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

7._____Scary _____Excellent _____Solid Effort _____Average Bear

_____ 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

8._____Scary _____Excellent _____Solid Effort _____Average Bear

_____ 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

9._____Scary _____Excellent _____Solid Effort _____Average Bear

_____ 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"?