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The Presenter’s Guide to Engaging, Fantastic Sessions
National Charter Schools Conference
June 29 – July 2, 2014Las Vegas, Nevada
Mandalay Bay Hotel & Resort
Charter schools are so creative–why aren’t conferences?
flipped classroom
project-based learning
college preparatory
imaginative learning
montessori style
core knowledge
character education
service learning
un-conferen
ce
Let’s make the conference feel as
cool as our schools:
fishbowls
ted talks
experiential
learning
quiz bowl tourname
ntattende
e-led discussi
on
pecha-kucha
rants
flipped classroo
m
fishbowls
Don’t recognize one of these? Look it up!
Sales-Free Sessions
• Every attendee will be asked on the survey “Was a sales pitch included in this presentation?”
• If over 25% respond “Yes”, you will not be invited back.
• Our attendees complain every year about sales pitches.
WHAT MAKES YOUan expert?
GO DEEP INTO THE
complexities
Stay within your strengths, talk about what you know
really well.
Don’t just skim the surface of your topic. Dive deep into the nitty-gritty and get to the tough
questions fast.
How to dive deep:Use your handouts, not your powerpoint, to provide the background information. They can read that as they come in if they don’t know it already.
Jump in to the meatiest part--start with the challenge.
Goal of this Presentation
Set a clear goal for your presentation: What should attendees know going out that they didn’t going in? Use your goal to drive your content.
Attendees want to be ENGAGED
Engaged with:
• you
• each other
National Charter Schools Conference 2012
Ideas for Engagement
This takes planning. You won’t magically wake up and feel engaging on the day of your presentation.
Icebreakers:
• Introduce yourself to your neighbor
• Tell your table why you’re here
• Ask: have you ever dealt with this problem before?
Stop every ten minutes to ask your attendees a question:
• Show of hands, have you ever met a student like this?
• Questions break up the act of listening and turns attendee’s minds to something else for a second--that helps make them better listeners too.
EYEcontact
There are people out there. When you look up from your notes, you engage them!
Boston Collegiate
Don’t Read the Powerpoint•Many presenters like to read their
slides out loud and put lots of text on them.
•This is not engaging for three reasons:
•Your attendees read along
•You look at screens, not at them
•If they can just read it at home, why did they fly to DC?
The Great Presenter Setup
in front of the head table with a hand
mic
hide your things!
screen with crucial info
Let the attendee
focus on you
You can use an app to advance slides
Plan Your Content•Brevity: Keep on-screen words
brief.
•Outline: Outline your presentation before designing
•Test: Ask a colleague to listen to you rehearse
•Practice: makes perfect!
•Handouts: Use a handout instead of a slide deck (See presenter website for our handout)
Supplementary Materials
•More engagement suggestions
•Design tips
•Gadgets and Gizmos
•Session format suggestions
•...and more!
Available on the presenter website: http://bit.ly/ZxNrfG
Before you leave for Vegas:
Register for the conference Book your travel and hotel room Confirm your session timing and the
presenters that will be joining you Order any additional AV that you’ll need Upload your handouts through the
speaker management system Put your presentation on a thumb drive
and email it to yourself and fellow presenters
Have a call with fellow presenters Call or email us with any questions!