Gen/105 Week8

Shaquanna Guy

GEN/105 Skills for Learning in an Information Age

05/05/2013

Faculty: Joe Masisak

Reading and Comprehension

• What was the main point of the written piece?

The main point of this written piece was to tell the reader what the eight most successful secrets were to delivering a knockout presentation in your business affairs. A lot of people at companies just make boring PowerPoint slides and it has so much irrelevant information that the point of the meeting is masked by a weak presentation. This article shows what to do and how to make a great presentation.

• What did each section deal with?

Each section of this paper dealt with a new and exciting way to capture the attention of a viewer of your business slides. The writer states to “dig deep” by adding new information and giving more to the viewer. “Avoid Info overload” shows that too much information can be detrimental to a project, people can bored and wander off. In the section “Practice Delivery”, it talks about how to memorized your speech and practice what you are saying. This will avoid mistakes, mishaps and fumbling with words. Also, the writer says to “forget comedy”, by leaving the humor out the project is more professional and shows that you are serious. By “pick powerful props” shows your audience that memorable ideas and notions can be obtained by using props, so the audience can remember ideas and thoughts associated with the presentation. Another secret is to “minimize you”, this means take out information relating to you or the business, because people already know what this information is. It waste space and time, and people can get sidetracked. “Speak the Language” notes that speaking as you always do will help minimize confusions with acronyms and abbreviated words. Be professional but make sure everyone can understand what is been said. Last but not least, “simple slides” states that you should use slides in your presentation to highlight important information and...