Cooking Up a Quality

Presentation Recipes and Ingredients

for Group Project Success

• Your Description Goes HereQuality Ingredients Matter

A salad is only as good as the quality of its ingredients, and to make a truly great salad you’ve got to use ingredients that are fresh, ripe and in season. --Jamie Oliver

If you think the world of salad is limited to watery lettuce and a few chopped tomatoes and cucumbers, think again. There are an endless amount of wonderful combinations you can make....

Quality Ingredients?

Fresh Ripe In-season

Your team members are “ingredients,” too.

• Different strengths and weaknesses

• Different roles• Varied expertise• Different faces, paces, voices, and

styles!• Skits and other creative techniques

more feasible

And yet—

It’s ONE presentation.

Group Task: What three key things about the religion should your audience understand when you are finished?

Presentation Matters (plating your presentation)

Take my lunch, for example…

With your team, look at the ingredients of your presentation. What order makes sense?What will help the audience “digest” your ideas?

On the yellow paper, make a foodie flow chart to show the order of your presentation.

Look at each of the items on the chart through the lens of those “3 key things.” Can you emphasize one or more of those core ideas in each section?

Remember:

The goal is not really to show HOW MUCH you know, but to briefly and concisely deliver the key ideas, insights, and conclusions.

What does this look like? NOT

Thoughtfully chosen images and key terms

Don’t include everything you’re going to say on the slides (reading=bad)

Check visibility (colors, layout, etc.) Each slide has a clear, limited

point/purpose Don’t abuse bullet points like this

• Your Description Goes HereGreat Starts

Now that you’ve considered central ideas for AND the order for the body of your presentation, let’s talk introductions.

Give your audience a reason to be interested.

How do you invite people to your table?

Inviting StartsDraw them in with one of the “hook” or “lead” strategies you use in your essays.

the personal anecdote/story

thought provoking questions

Quotation, song lyric, or short poem

Unusual, impressive, or interesting fact/statistic

Consultation

Time

Bringing the Pieces Together

PracticeUsing your foodie flow chart, practice:

Summary and Hand-off

“Now that you have a sense of the texts sacred to the religion, Bob will offer some perspective on….”

Spice it up…

What opportunities for audience engagement or interaction does your topic offer?

What can you do to help your audience participate—to move, reflect on, or enjoy what is unique to your given belief system?

Dessert

How might your touch back to the introduction in your conclusion?

“Just as the comedian should leave ‘em laughing, the speaker should leave ‘em thinking.”

-- Peter Jeff

Conclusions should draw conclusions. Conclusions take on the “so what?” Why are these ideas worth considering, worth the audience’s attention?

Practice builds confidence!

No READING.No READING.No READING.

Smile! Your audience is on your side!

Move around so the presenter is center stage andfocus on your team-mates when you are not speaking.

Look at the audience and not the visual aid.

Energy! You’re on stage!

So, it’s up to you, chefs! Take those quality ingredients, clean them up, arrange them thoughtfully, and help your audience enjoy the dish!