Creating this Web 2.0 Presentation taught me a lot about very useful technology and resources that I have not used before--such as Camtasia and a few PowerPoint features. Critiquing my own presentation was both interesting and useful. I learned a lot about my presentation and myself as a presenter. In regards to my presentation, I strongly believe it had logical flow and sequence of content. I first set up environmental problems that led up to non-profit organization I wanted to focus on, which was "Keep America Beautiful". However, I do think I could have added more details on a few slides--however, I did not want to put too much information and bore my audience. In addition, I believe I anticipated questions and answered them in the right place. I provided useful information, referred to a few questions that the audience probably had, and I answered them right after that.
In my presentation, the attention grabber was the shocking fact provided by a reliable website discussing Recycling and Waste. The attention grabber was the fact that the US is the #1 trash-producing country in the world, in other words, about 5% of the world's population makes up 40% of the world's garbage. In my opinion, that is a eye-opening fact that has made me more conscientious about the amount of waste I produce. I certainly asked a few questions that probably go the audience thinking more about the topic, such as "who does this affect?", and "How can I help this organization?". I feel that such questions allow the audience to reflect on the topic's issues, and thereby be persuaded to donate to the organization. On the other hand, I do believe I could have asked more profound questions that sparked the audience's curiosity a little more. Moreover, I made sure to set the context with a concise explanation and to be clear about the presentation's purpose. Although what I was trying to share was pretty clear, I think I should have done a better job at validating some claims.
Furthermore, I stayed away from errors and inconsistencies, as well as typos within my slides. Unfortunately though, there were a couple of small speech errors in the narration; I tried to avoid them as much as possible, but I had a hard time editing parts of the audio. In regards to the slides design, I tried to keep my slides simple to avoid clutter and ensure readability. I made sure my font was large enough to read and I used good font colors that stand out such as black, orange, and blue. Apart from reading a few facts from the slides, I explained a few pictures, and provided additional information relevant to what I wanted to show. I thought this was important because I did not want to put too much information in each slide and I tried to avoid signal-to-noise ratio from bullets and pictures. After completing my project, I criticized another student's presentation to help me realize how I could improve my presentations in the future. I ended up learning a lot about my peers, their designs, narrations, as well as the different types of media they used. I also learned about very interesting organizations, and great techniques on how to persuade someone to donate.
Overall, I found this project to be highly interesting and useful for my career in the future. I became a bit more familiar with Youtube and some of their features as I uploaded the presentation. Most importantly, I learned how to use Camtasia for macs. Before this project, I was not familiar with any programs that recorded presentations from the computer screen; I learned a significant amount about how to use Camtasia, its features—and in general, how to improve my presentations. I strongly believe that learning how to use such programs will improve the quality of the business plans I will present throughout my career. This knowledge will also be very useful in the marketing aspect of business. Marketing companies can use these powerful resources to persuade the consumer more efficiently and effectively. I will certainly use what I’ve learned from this project in the future when I start my own business. Finally, I think learning how to use such resources is essential in this very competitive business environment. Globalization and information technology are becoming significant factors in the continued progression of economic marketing schemes. Therefore, by applying these new skills and using such resources, I will definitely have a competitive advantage in my career.
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