In Public Relations Applications this semester, students will be delivering five-minute presentations on an assigned public relations field or industry. Three students are assigned to each chapter; they can divide up the material in the chapter as they see fit.
The subject areas are:
- Events & promotions
- Global public relations
- Corporate public relations
- Entertainment, sports & tourism
- Government & politics
- Nonprofit, health & education
We want to be sure to avoid the dreaded Death by PowerPoint, so ably described by comedian Don McMillan below.
Instead, we will aim for presentations that are more like the TED Talks, with slides to accompany them as Jesse Desjardins describes in “Steal This Presentation!”
STEAL THIS PRESENTATION!
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In class on October 27, we’re discussing how their favorite movies can make them better public speakers. (For example, I learned in The Wizard of Oz that being the loudest one in the room — the Wicked Witch of the West — doesn’t necessarily make me a speaker who people want to listen to.) Students will share their thoughts in the comments below.
