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Students in the UTSC class MGTD06 in late Nov 2008 did a "presentation about presentations" - using humour, and some funny Mexican hats, they covered several of the points on this page.

I strongly recommend you have a look at this video in combination with the rest of the page below.

Each year presentations get better and better as students understand what is necessary to be Engaging, Enthusiastic and demonstrate Excellence.

In order for your presentation to receive a decent mark for your efforts, you better BRING IT ON

Which just goes to prove sometimes you don't get it right on the first take, or second, or third...... and Perseverance is rewarded.

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Some students, in the past, have even taken the effort to dress according to a theme.

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The logo was the same one they used on the storefront part of their group project.

For the men in class - NEVER underestimate the effect of going all out and dressing in a dark nice fitting suit.

After all, you'll have to have one when you graduate, might as well wear it for a presentation and impress the prof. and the ladies in the room!

Each year the groups get more and more creative, and the use of humour and "puns" (on buns) is not uncommon
"tap it" refers to a payment system that this group discussed.

watch it - it also has some great music

(did I mention this also helps the prof. with marking !! )

and also notice the map is large enough that it fills the whole screen so the audience can easily see the features they are pointing to

making your audience laugh a little bit can always be helpful in most business presentations because it helps you to be remembered - especially in a highly competitive environment

These ladies in the MRK264 class in March 2007 were very enthusiastic in their presentation about a Nightclub.

In the "real world" it is important to appear to be very enthusiastic (even if you don't feel that way) because you need to get the audience strongly interested in your presentation so they'll believe your product is good.

You can do this by moving your arms around in exagerated ways, changing the pitch of your voice, speaking more loudly or softly for emphasis, and moving in the room - walking forward towards the audience or walking sideways on the stage.

Here is a "hottie" (Julia C.) in MGD415 at UTM in March 2010 encouraging me to wear their shirt and i am acting like a stupid clutz not knowing how to hold it.

below is the whole team

you gotta click to see it larger - it is pricelessly crude
Google "dance like you f - -k" and you'll see where this comes from

For class presentations, I have noticed over the last couple of years that many students in class who are waiting to take their turn presenting, are NOT very respectful to the people presenting, they talk too loudly about their plans for their presentation, they click in a noisy way on the keyboard, they come in late and distract the group presenting at the time.

So, "you' all" need to give each other respect, so
       o be quiet when a group is presenting and
       o show support by asking useful questions and
       o clap nicely at the end if they did a decent job

Several students in the MGD415 class at the University of Toronto (Mississauga Campus) put on a great presentation - it was named "Blinking Dot" and was about GPS enabled circumstances. Not only did they do a great presentation in class, with lots of role playing, a script and use of several "rich media", they also created a "behind the scenes" video of the making of their presentation - which was the first time anybody had ever done that. Their video was so kewl it has been loaded it up to YouTube and I have made the link here so you can see it and by watching this, have some idea of what is needed to get an "A+" in a class presentation at the 4th yr university level.

it was a service to allow GPS info to determine a person's location to other people

While the video is kewl, it is kinda hard to figure out what it is at first, so when you use something like this,  it is expected that it will not be "stand alone" but in combination with something else that gives context, like a person speaking an intro

I also showed it here so you can see how some students take a bit of time to make these, with a plan and scenario to be interesting.

Students in the UTSC class MGTD06 in late Nov 2008 did a presentation about a restaurant (White Plates) - they posted a video on YouTube about their kewl example of creating a viral marketing campaign.

The group received a good mark for coming up with a kewl concept, and then showing the effort to carry out something that was fairly time consuming.

And.... when they handed in their project, they included a video of the interview so the prof. could understand the efforts they went to, to obtain some useful first-hand information (primary research).

There's "group pics" with the prof after the presentation, and then there are GROUP PICS with a whole team including outside DJs, models, bouncers, other students used as VIPs, champagne glasses, furniture brought in. etc. etc. - this was a great presentation with some of the highest "production value" I have seen in 11 years

I appreciated the time and effort that went in to planning and carrying out this event - the fact that they pulled it off with no major problems was bonus.

This group from MGD415 in March 2010 knew that i just had a grand-daughter born 2 weeks ago, so not only did i get the usual T-shirt in size 2XL for me, but they also made up a tiny sleeper that would fit my grand-daughter.

Now before you think this is major sucking up to the max - don't worry, this did not boost their mark ..too much, but it did cause me to think that they pay attention to the personal side of things and in business, paying attention to the personal side of relationships will be very profitable for you in the real world.