Parts of a presentation

Introduction

• Team members should include all names and team number but not parish on title slide
• Original and brief
• Catches the attention of the audience
• Interest approaches
• Personal story
• Pose a question
• Shocking statement
• Relation to popular current event

Content or Body

• Organized in logical order or sequence
• Presents clear picture to the audience
• Offers appropriate number of points to the solution
• Points are clearly identified within the presentation

Conclusion or Summary

• Highlight main points
• Thorough review of the topic
• Ask for questions (All team members participate in answering questions.)
• Never answer with a yes or no
• If you do not know, do not make up the answer
• If you do not understand, ask for clarification
• Try to anticipate questions when researching the topic and make notes

Abstract

• Consists of a brief, comprehensive summary of content from references
• Readable
• Well organized
• Accurate information
• Concise and specific – no more than 1 page in length with 1-inch margins
• Contain a minimum of three references
• Should include
• Topic sentence
• The purpose, scope of the presentation
• The sources or references used
• The conclusions drawn

PowerPoint Tips/Presentation Software 

PowerPoint available for the contest is PowerPoint 2007

Microsoft Office Word 2007 will be used (to construct abstract)

We will use CDs for PowerPoints. Youth should know how to burn a presentation to a CD.

Microsoft Excel or the calculator located under Accessories in the program list may be used for computing budget information. No cell phone calculators are allowed.

Note: Please refer to the 4‐H U rules packet for the score sheets for the oral presentation and abstract. Remember, this is a true team contest, and all team members should participate in all parts of the contest, with the exception of the oral presentation. One team member presents the oral presentation; one team member will be allowed to operate the computer equipment to advance the PowerPoint presentation but will not speak during the presentation. All team members are encouraged to participate in answering any questions after the presentation, if applicable.