Presentation #2

PAL for my 2nd presentation

My 2nd presentation will be on [how to make a cappuccino with latte art]

*cappucino: italian styled coffee with foamed milk.
latte art: a technique to draw some designs on top of coffee using foamed milk.


Purpose:
The purpose of the presentation is not to let the audience be able to make a cappccino as it requires a special machine to make foamed milk. Rather, I want the audience to know how those artistic cappuccino are made, so that they will enjoy drinking it more when they get to see it next time.

Audience:
My AEP class mates and professor Mark.

Logistics:
Short video to show how a cappuccino with latte art is made (30sec.)
Power Point presentation (3~4min.)
Different video of making a cappuccino as a review (30sec.)
Q & A


Goal:
・To prove that latte art is simply a technique of pouring foamed milk. (Many people misunderstand that the designs are drawn using tools.)
・To introduce my passion for coffee and hopefully, make the audiences get to enjoy drinking coffee.

Introduction ACTP analysis

This would be an example to show what the audience would feel
when performing a presentation without a concrete, clear introduction.

Attension-getter: Average~Not good
The title of the presentation is very appealing. However, probably due to the time management, Katick started with just simply saying "Hi", and then moved to the topic directly. Although there is a very brief explanation about the dancing bear using a visual slide, this is not enough. As a concequent, even though I ended up with enjoying the presentation (because I love bears), I was little bit confused and took time to understand what the 'dancing bear' is all about, and its relating problems.


Credibility: Katick introduced the reseach on the bears that his group is undertaking since 1995; nevertheless, it is not quite helpful to build the credibility toward him among the audiences. He might have been introduced by the MC beforehand.


Topic: It is clear that his topic is 'dancing bear', but the problem is that the audiences, who are not familiar with his previous reseach, probably never heard of it. He should have explained about his topic more in detail.


Preview of points: Katick did not give the preview at all. Though it is a very short presentation, he could have given a very short list of points that he is going to talk about.

1st Presentation Self-Analysis

Presentation No.1 Reflections and Self-Analysis

1. Successfully achieved purpose / main message?

Reflection: My goal was to convey the thoughts of Sri Chinmoy. As the theme was rather complicated (and due to the time provided), I attempted to make my presentation as simple as possible to let the audience understand only the basis of his ideas. The reflection from the audiences in later class was fine, and one of my goals for this 1st presentation, voice controling(speaking outloud, clealy and slowly), went successful. Still, there are many to be improved, as written below in detailes.


2. Use of voice? (rhythm, emphasis, pausing, variation)

Reflection: My goal was to speak clearly and slowly, and I believe that it was achieved. Nontheless....

Ideas for Improvement:...definitely more varieties of voice controling is required for next presentations. Creating my own rhythm, showing passions(or happiness, sadness, etc)using my voice, having pauses, and there are many other powerful effects possible with controling own voice.


3. Use of body language? (posture, gestures, eyes, face)

Reflection: When watching at the recorded video of myself presenting, I realized that I move hands too much, and my face expression is rather contradicting to the theme. I could have been a little bit more serious or tranquil considering the topic I talked about. Non-verbal communication should be very much improved by the next presentation.

Ideas for Improvement: For my next presentations, it would be better to think about the theme more carefully, so that I will be able to use the appropreate and more effective body language.


4. Use of visuals? Preparation & Rehearsal Process?

Reflection: When I was rehearsaling a day bofore the presantaion day, I thought the number of slides may be too little. However, the presentation including Q & A session, ended up to be just within the time. I think that the type of visuals was appropreate, and that I spent enough time for preparation and reheasals.

Ideas for Improvement: Preparations and rehearsals went well because the presentation was only 3min long. If it were longer one, I would really need to start looking for visuals, making PP and reheasals much more beforehand.