High School Business Heroes 2014 Seminar 3: Research and Presentation Skills March 18, 2014

Agenda  Guest Speaker:  Ines Perkovic, Business Librarian at Innis Library  Presentation Tips  Group Activity  Reminders about Business Plan Report  Upcoming Events  Questions, comments, concerns?

Research and Business Citation Guide Tips Guest Speaker: Ines Perkovic Business Librarian Innis Library, McMaster University

Presentation Tips

Informative Introduction  Firstly, introduce yourselves and go through your Agenda  This will orientate your audience and gives them an idea of what to expect in your presentation

Know Your Content  Learn your presentation content  Allows for more eye contact with audience and an engaging presentation  "Practice makes perfect”  Say it in your own words  If you forget what you're supposed to say, try to improvise and keep the presentation going

Eliminate Bad Habits  Pick up on any distracting habits you or your partners may have and try to eliminate them  Avoid swaying, excessive hand gestures, saying “um” or “like” too much, etc.  Watch videos of presentations and keynote speeches and make note of the good, the bad, and the better

Connect with your Audience  Be comfortable when speaking to the audience  Treat it as a conversation with friends  Smile, make eye contact, add humour!  Consider including interactivity with the audience—e.g. trivia questions  Let the audience participate in your presentation

Use Visual Aids  Include visual aids—e.g. show a short video; include pictures, graphs, tables, sample survey/ interview questions  Connect these to your topic, organization, and marketing strategies  Provides relief from reading text, and it will show your audience another perspective of your proposals

Don't overdo it  Don't use too many colours or have too much text in your PowerPoint or other visual aids, let yourselves do the talking  YOU are the main presenter of the presentation  Keep the design of visual aids clean, simple, consistent and easy to follow

Work as a Group  Presentations are two-way; you see the audience and the audience sees you  maintain eye contact, smile at the audience while partner is speaking  occasionally nod and look over at your partner (support them)

Make Smooth Transitions  Have transitions when changing speakers  Introduce the name of the next speaker and what they’ll be talking about  Thank your group member after they’ve introduced you

Wrapping Up  Practice makes perfect  Be aware of the time allotted to your presentation and the Q&A period Presentation: 10 minutes Q&A: 5 minutes  Options if you run out of time Do not read everything off your slides State that you cannot cover the remaining content during presentation but you can answer any questions about the topic during the Q&A period

Group Activity Time!  Get into your teams  Brainstorm a creative presentation to promote High School Business Heroes! Teams can perform a skit, create a slogan or construct an event that will promote HSBH Time limit: 2 minutes  You will be given $ for your marketing campaign or event  Use the tips we just mentioned

 Deadline: this Friday the 21 st at 11:59pm  Please submit to not your mentors!  Feedback will be sent to all teams afterwards  Helpful Tips:  Plan ahead of time  Edit as a group  Learn from proposal feedback and seminars  Ask questions Report Reminders

Seminar 4  Tuesday, March 25 at 5:30-7:00pm, KTH B105  Club representatives from DeGroote Commerce Society (DCS) clubs  Representative from BMO  Top 10 Teams announced! Closing Ceremonies  Saturday, April 5 at 9:30-3:30pm, DSB Lobby  More details to come! Upcoming Events:

Questions, comments, concerns?