Presentation Enthusiasm

[Jon Stratis]

You can also take a look at the type/format of presentations you're doing. For example, our team presented at the Girls in Science day at the Science Center in St. Paul this past weekend. It was essentially an all day presentation/demonstration, and we had the students show up and work shifts of several hours. It gave everyone a chance to get up and speak about our program, about FIRST in general, and to "work the crowd".

For other presentations, the pool of presenters can be limited by the topic. When we talk about Beta testing, only those involved in Beta testing are present. When we present on electrical at the MN Splash, only the returning members of the electrical team present (although the new members of the electrical team are encouraged to attend, as they'll be presenting the following year!).

Yet other presentations, we may be limited by class schedule - if the presentation is during the school day, many students often can't take off for it.