Organization and Preparation Tips

1. I think that the author's three most important points were, a) to have a plan/agenda for your

presentation; b) To be confident, but to be confident because you really know your stuff; and c)

To some how make your presentation memorable, either by telling an interesting story or by

presenting first or last.

2. Knowing my audience should be one of the easiest of these ten tip to a great presentation, since

I already know everyone in our class. I personally like to be very concise, but if my presentation

was shortened on a moments notice to 30 seconds I'm not sure how well I would handle it. I guess

this may be one of the tips that I further explore. Telling a story to help bond with the audience

almost always works; this is something I may try. Hopefully I can make a presentation where all

of these principals are taking place.

3. No matter how great a product truly is it will never get off the ground without a good

presentation backing it. If a presentation is not sound the product will not sell/become accepted

by the public, and this means everything. Commercials are just later stage product presentations

geared towards consumers. Some commercials just work. We may not have any idea why we are

so moved but we know that we are seeing something and we are totally engaged in it. A

presentation should appeal on a visceral level. If someone presents a new design and people want

to work on it, or purchase it immediately the presentation did its job.

*I would like to further explore housing layout and design, furniture design, and fashion design.