(Deliberately) Baad Presentations
Patrick: WiMAX
Talking to himself
Blocking the board
- Proper introduction to WiMAX
- Face the studio
- Better preparation
Maina Noah: Unknown
Didn't know (not comfortable with) what he was presenting
Doesn't want feedback
Marcus: Cryptography
Only talking about himself
Out of context
Changing topics
Confusion
- Introduced the topic
- Used stories relevant to the subject
Chimwemwe: Email
Disconnected teaching
Continuous musical tone
No appropriate definitions
Illustration doesn't reflect topic
- Good illustrations
- Clear definitions
- Make eye contact
IPv6
Presenting to the wrong people
Assumed he knew his audience
Didn't adapt to the audience
- Ask people for their expectations
- Ask them who they are
- Prepare presentation considering the audience
- Check that the audience is receiving you
Gerry: Networking Media
Incomplete sentences - Whatever
Incomplete content
Saying "whatever"
Not looking at the audience
- Understand what she was talking about
- Face the audience
Marie Paul
Too much text on one slide
Too much detail
No more explanation
- Use visuals
- Summarise the points
- Little text on each slide
Addis: Parallel Programming
Too much exaggeration
Mixed topics
Used jargon
- Less exaggeration
- Appropriate introduction
- Simple language
Judie: TCP/IP Networking
Had not presented the point and already asking questions
Expected us to educate her
Nobody could hear her - very quiet
- Spoke louder
- Presented point before asking
- Not mixing topics
Parfait: DNS
Presentation about him, not the subject
Out of context
Distracted manner
Unprofessional
- Stuck to the point
- Address his subject matter
- Separate stories from content
Parfait: DNS 2