I thought the extra credit presentations were extremely insight. It was interesting to see the board areas that each reading touched on. We had presentations on how to give presentations all the way through basic text book readings on the fundamentals of communication. One major thought I had through all of the presentations was that... it is very difficult to make a presentation interesting with dry material. There were even a few presenters that somewhat apologized for a dry presentation due to the material they were covering. What I realized when reading my book for extra credit was that you can make it interesting but it takes a bit of 'out of the box' thinking.
One example in my book was that a science professor wanted to keep his students interesting so they would pay attention during his lectures. What he did was research other professors to see how they presented their material. One way they made not so interesting material interesting is that they created a mystery. By getting the audience to question keeps them wanting the answer throughout the presentation. Another way to make a presentation interesting is to try and make the audience relate to the topic. This can be tricky but if you can find something people can relate to than you can most likely find something that will keep their attention.
I am going to try and take something from everyone's presentation and use it to make mine better (at least this is what I'm going to try to do : )
Everyone so far has done a great job!!!
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