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What is a Workshop Presentation? |
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Workshops presentations can be disseminated in a number of different ways.
In order to articulate your presentation you will need to:
1. Determine goals and objectives
- What do you want the participants to take away from the session/s?
- What are the intended outcomes?
- Intellectual, cognitive, concepts, knowledge, ideas (at the end of this workshop, participants will know…)
- Attitudes, experiences, feelings, intangible things (at the end of this workshop, participants will develop ideas that….)
- New skills, materials, references, handouts (at the end of this workshop, participants will be able to…)
2. Who is your audience?
- Early childhood, primary, adolescent, parents, administrators, other.
3. What can you share or teach about this topic? Ask:
- How did you learn it?
- What would you like to change?
- How can you make it personal?
- Does the participant need to see, hear, touch, feel or experience to understand.
4. Programming.
- Adult learners generally learn better from:
Doing or a combination of listening, reading and doing; they learn what they can incorporate into their daily practice; reject experiences that go against their constructs, beliefs, assumptions etc.
- How your information is presented is critical. How will your presentation engage the audience? Will your session:
Contain role plays; small group discussions; brain-storming; making or creating something; other?
5. Structure. Remember you have 75 mins, this includes:
- Your introduction (setting the tone)
- Introducing concepts, skill etc
- Participant engagement
- Transition/close
- Participant sharing/feedback/questions
6. Title.
- Does it capture an audience?
- Does it contain the essence of your presentation?
- Would you go to it?
Abstract.
This should be 150 words. It should answer the following questions.
Why is it important to you that this topic be presented?
How does it relate to the theme?
How does it answer the theme threads?
Description.
Using you abstract, pare it down to 50 words that will be used in the conference programme. Make it interesting and unique.
Biography.
Put together a brief (max 150 words) biographical sketch. Include credentials, experience, and an interesting fact.
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