I really enjoyed working on the Web 2.0 Presentation. As a public relations major, current intern at a health and wellness company and Assistant Supervisor at the UF Survey Research Center I am used to trying to get people’s attention. In my everyday life, I try to spread awareness about a new campaign, persuade people to do a survey and try to get people to adapt a new fitness regimen. I knew the most important part of my Web 2.0 Presentation was to get people’s attention immediately. I considered what song, video or statement would grab my attention and then thought about how I can use that to appeal to my audience. I decided to choose the “This is Your Brain on Drugs” video from the Partnership for a Drug Free America because I remember the impact it had on me when I first saw way back in elementary school. It was a really powerful message and showed what could happen to those who do drugs and how it could affect your brain.
Since I use PowerPoint to debut specific presentations, I know the worst thing you can do is read the words on the screen word for word. “Say it then show it” is a great saying when it comes to how to present a PowerPoint without losing your audience’s attention. I used Screencast to put my presentation online and it was really simple to create an account and upload your video. I used Camtasia for the first time to record my voice and didn’t have any problems in voice quality. Since I was aiming for an above average presentation, I did have to start over at times when I stumbled over a word or the YouTube video wouldn’t work properly. This was my first virtual presentation and I thought it was an effective way to show your ideas without being there in person. You cannot be judged on your facial expressions or what you’re wearing, only on your voice and the setup of your presentation.
I found the peer reviews to be very helpful and they assisted me in improving my project. I was under the impression that we only had to refer to our sources in our source document, and not the actual presentation. I was unclear on what the source document required so I didn’t include sources in my presentation. The two students who peer reviewed my paper pointed this out to me and I was able to make changes in my final version. Since I put so much effort into my presentation, I wanted to do everything I could to not lose points for not mentioning my sources. Other than that one issue, I seemed to be on the right track when putting together my presentation on How to Make an Effective Public Relations Campaign. When I peer reviewed someone else’s paper and watched several other videos, the first thing I noticed was the variety in each presentation’s length. Some presentations were 2-3 minutes while others were over ten minutes. Even though there was not a set number of minutes each presentation had to be, I found this to be a gaping difference between each presentation. I also noticed that a lot of my peers read directly word for word of the presentation and I suggested you don’t have to put everything on the screen you wish to talk about. I hope I was as helpful to my peers as they were to me when it came to the peer review.
I learned how to record your own voice to do a virtual presentation and how to embed YouTube videos into a PowerPoint Presentation. I also learned how to cite sources and find a way to grab the audience’s attention. The hardest part was getting the YouTube videos to work properly and adjusting the settings to make sure audio was enabled. I plan to use the tips I learned in this project as an alternative to meeting with clients. It seems like you can share the same presentation with clients and get the same results by saving a lot of money for travel and sharing your presentation online. Public relations practitioners work with a lot of different clients all over the world so the idea of sharing a presentation online with your client makes a lot of sense.
http://www.screencast.com/users/mattth412/folders/Default/media/53ee40b1-c660-4d31-bc51-d40ebf945fe4
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