Presentation Development & Delivery Program Delivering a quality presentation means taking the time to prepare your talking points, visuals, and to practice, practice, practice!
Note: Global Conference 2017 presenters who completed the presentation development and delivery program received higher participant satisfaction scores.
Storyboard Submission & Review | 4 June - 9 July
Storyboarding allows presenters to begin scripting out their presentation. The benefits of storyboarding include mapping out talking points while ensuring alignment with the marketed session description and learning objectives. Additionally, this gives you time to think about visuals that you will want to share and any activities you may want to use to engage with the audience.
All lead presenters are required to submit a storyboard by Monday, 9 July. This outline will be reviewed by subject matter expert(s) who will provide feedback on your planned content and provide recommendations for further refinement. Additional details regarding how to draft your presentation storyboard will be shared shortly, along with a template to use to outline your presentation.
Please note that conceptually, this is similar to adding talking points to a PowerPoint. The difference is in the approach. When creating a PowerPoint, we all start with the visual on the screen and then add details to describe the visual. Storyboarding puts the emphasis on the story you are trying to tell without worry of the visuals. Once you are comfortable with the story, you can sit back and think of how, visually, you want to walk participants through your journey. Feel free to Google the concept—here is an article that we found useful.
IMPORTANT: As you prepare your storyboard, please note that due to the technology being used for PMI Global Conference, presenters will not be able to view their presentation notes via PowerPoint on the meeting room laptop. This is due to the onsite presentation management system that will be used to collect and dispatch presentations from the onsite Speaker Ready Room. Presenters are encouraged to print out their notes prior to arriving at Global Conference.
Resources for preparing your storyboard are now available:
- Pre-recorded webinar | PDF of recording
- Storyboard Instructions
- Storyboard Worksheet
- Sample of a Completed Storyboard Worksheet
Use of Polling Within a Presentation | Deadline to request: 8 June
In the recent webinar recording ("Presentation Development and Delivery Program - Creating Your Storyboard"), we introduced the opportunity to use polling in your session as one way to engage your audience. PMI has limited access to Poll Everywhere, a live polling platform where multiple choice questions can be displayed during the session, and participants can respond via SMS message or my visiting a provided link. Results are calculated immediately and displayed in a graph directly within your PowerPoint presentation. Requests for polling are first-come, first-served. PMI will notify you if your request is approved. If you are interested in incorporating polling within your session, please contact the Global Conference Team by 8 June.
Poll Resources:
- Poll Everywhere: Presenter FAQs
- Poll Form - submit by 17 August
Important Dates:
- 8 June: Inform PMI Global Conference Team of interest in including polling (request for polling is first-come, first-served)
- 17 August: Submit completed Poll Form to PMI Global Conference Team
- 31 August: Submit Final PowerPoint (this will ensure sufficient time for PMI staff to create the poll and add it to your final PPT).
Virtual Practice Presentation with Toastmasters | July - AugustAfter your storyboard has been reviewed by SMEs, you and your co-presenter(s) (if applicable) will prepare your draft PowerPoint presentation and deliver it to a member of Toastmasters International who is also a credentialed PM. The Toastmaster is qualified to coach you in your communication style as well as presentation delivery. Appointments will be scheduled as a virtual meeting in July through August, and you will have an opportunity to present and share your actual presentation prior to submitting the final PowerPoint to PMI.
Draft presentations* will be due two (2) days in advance of your Virtual Practice Session with a Toastmaster. This will emulate the Conference participant experience of accessing your presentation prior to attending your live session.
Based on feedback from prior events, presenters appreciated this opportunity to not only speak to a peer familiar with project management, but a peer who was a Toastmaster expert!
Onsite Speaker Practice Room / Coaching Presenters may reserve time in the onsite Speaker practice room prior to delivering their formal presentation.
Members of the local Toastmasters International Club will be available for final coaching opportunities as you fine tune your live presentation.
Reservations are required and are to be made by 21 September.
If interested in this opportunity, please reserve your time now. Please note that reservations are available on a first-come, first-served basis.
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