CHAIRMAN'S AWARD PRESENTATION HELP

[k-zag155]

OK, that definitely sounds like an option. Another idea I had if we don't go in that direction would be to stick with the powerpoint, but have no text on it with pictures going by every 10 seconds or so. At the same time we would talk about what they are seeing. To me it seems a lot easier for the judges to just look at pictures and listen rather than to look, read, and listen.

[Chris Fultz]

Remember you only have 5 minutes to speak, and then 5 minutes for questions. Focus on the most important information first, and practice in front of people.

[Carol]

Instead of repeating what I said before, check out this post:

http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...331#post704331

If you send me your email, I can send you a copy of a presentation our team gave at the Upper Darby kickoff titled "Preparing Your Chairman’s Award: Almost As Fun As Building a Robot"

[Salbert]

My team (MARS 1523) won the Chairman's at the FL Regional and I was part of the presentation, here's what I can tell you...

We used a Powerpoint (ours was only seven slides with tons of pictures and big text), but you need a projector and you have to set it up fast as in < 30 Seconds. We gave the judges our business plan (if you don't have one, it's too late to start one now), event documentation with news articles about us, and goody bags with our MARS alien etc., all to keep. We were energetic and were happy to be presenting. The judges mainly asked us about our business plan so if you don't one, I don't know what they'll ask you. But you only have 5 minutes to present and 5 minutes of Q & A so don't waste any time thinking or going "Ummmm..." Anything you couldn't get to in the presentation, try to bring it up in the Q & A or as we did, while we were packing stuff up to leave.

Good luck!!!

[Spiffizzle]

Originally Posted by k-zag155

OK, that definitely sounds like an option. Another idea I had if we don't go in that direction would be to stick with the powerpoint, but have no text on it with pictures going by every 10 seconds or so. At the same time we would talk about what they are seeing. To me it seems a lot easier for the judges to just look at pictures and listen rather than to look, read, and listen.

On behalf of Team 1676, NJ Regional Chairman's this year, I can tell you that this is pretty much exactly how we did it. We had pictures scrolling for about 5 seconds each, you'd be surprised how long that lasts. And we spoke, and allowed them to look a the pictures throughout. They went chronologically with our speech, however, in some cases, the pictures may have gotten ahead or behind us, but we did not want the distraction of clicking for words during the speaking.
Title page and picture. ::Click::
Speaker number one's pictures went and when complete... deep breath by all while speaking one clicked the computer.
Speaker number two's pictures went... so on and so forth until the end.

During the speaking, we handed them our essential packages during our speaking, while the pictures continued to scroll on our topics of discussion...

It just saved the distractions for us speakers of the computer. We didn't have to break from a train of thought to fiddle wit the computer. Meanwhile, the judges seemed to enjoy the pictures without having to spend to much time distracted by it.