Unit 9 Flashcards
What are factors to consider before making a presentation?
1) Purpose of presentation.
2) Audience of presentation.
What are the purposes of presentation?
(1) To entertain
(2) To inform
(3) To educate
(4) To inspire, motivate or activate
(5) To persuade
Explain purpose of presentation: Entertain
Should have interest of all audience. Must be light hearted and humorous.
Explain purpose of presentation: Inform.
Must give clear explanation without distractions and present the information clearly.
Explain purpose of presentation: Educate.
Must have facts and the audience must know more about the topic after the presentation than what they knew before the presentation.
Explain purpose of presentation: Inspire, motivate or activate.
Presentation must have a message that will motivate them and show how a group can overcome an obstacle and succeed. May be emotional and may have rousing music.
Explain purpose of presentation: persuade.
The presentation should convince an audience to perform an action and should show the subject or product in a good light.
What are the audience characteristics that need to be considered before making a presentation?
(1) Age
(2) Gender
(3) Race
(4) Education level
(5) Budget
(6) Audience preferences
Explain characteristic of audience for presentation: age.
Presentation for children will need to be simple and contain more images and videos.
Explain characteristic of audience for presentation: gender.
Different factors appeal to different genders.
Explain characteristic of audience for presentation: race.
Certain things may offend certain groups of people unless the presentation’s aim is to shock and cause discussion.
Explain characteristic of audience for presentation: education level.
If the information is too simple or too complex people may get frustrated.
Explain characteristic of audience for presentation: budget.
Important to consider if the presentation is promoting a product or service.
Explain characteristic of audience for presentation: audience preferences.
What the audience wants will impact their attention towards the presentation.
Explain the importance of copyright.
Creators of unique works own the copyright to their works, this means nobody can use it without their permission and the creator may charge for usage.
