OwenB 0 #1 July 25, 2011 I am meant to be giving a presentation at work this Wednesday to some colleagues of mine. The people I am talking to know that I skydive, but are pretty clueless about what it involves etc. Thus I thought what better than to do my talk on skydiving. The brief is as follows: Give a 5-7 minute presentation using appropriate visual aids. Visual aids - Rather than a 'death by powerpoint' talk, I thought why not actually bring in my rig, jumpsuit, helmet etc and use those as visual props. However this was where I hit a stumbling block. What to talk about? I obviously need to hold the audiences attention, but at the same time I cannot bore them with things they won't understand. The presentation needs to deliver a message and have a natural flow (aka introduction, body and conclusion). I'm just stuck as to what to actually talk about, so was wondering whether people had any ideas that I could use as a starting block and build on. Thanks in advance Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites davelepka 4 #2 July 25, 2011 QuoteWhat to talk about? I obviously need to hold the audiences attention, but at the same time I cannot bore them with things they won't understand. The presentation needs to deliver a message and have a natural flow (aka introduction, body and conclusion). Revert to death by powerpoint, and talk about ways to learn to skydive. You can use still pics or video clip to illustrate the talk, and you can easily soak up 5-7 minutes with an introduction, a few min each on tandem, SL and AFF, and then a conclusion. It should hold their attention as it applies to them (non-jumpers), and you're only spending 2 min on each one. Non-jumpers don't find much interesting about skydiving. Think about how excited you were on your first jump on a 170, but if you explain that to a non-jumper, it doesn't sound all that 'special'. It's really the finer points of the sport that interest us, but without the deeper knowledge (or crippling addiction to jumping) the appeal of those details are lost on the non-jumping crowd. You might even have business cards or brochures available for your home DZ 'just in case'. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites kallend 2,146 #3 July 25, 2011 Show videos of cool stuff (100+ ways, wingsuiting, vRW, CRW, pond swooping). I give a talk on skydiving about 4 times a year to high school kids. I also show the clip from Point Break, with a clock running.... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites jrmrangers 0 #4 July 25, 2011 You could say how it will help organize your basement since you will probably sell everything you can to get into and stay in the sport! Wait , I pull what first? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Divalent 155 #5 July 25, 2011 Someone else posted a similar request a while back: http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=4145748;search_string=presentation;#4145748 Some good suggestions in there. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites OwenB 0 #6 July 26, 2011 I missed this, despite searching for business presentation! This is brilliant! Thanks everyone. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Join the conversation You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account. Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible. Reply to this topic... × Pasted as rich text. Paste as plain text instead Only 75 emoji are allowed. × Your link has been automatically embedded. Display as a link instead × Your previous content has been restored. Clear editor × You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL. Insert image from URL × Desktop Tablet Phone Submit Reply 0
davelepka 4 #2 July 25, 2011 QuoteWhat to talk about? I obviously need to hold the audiences attention, but at the same time I cannot bore them with things they won't understand. The presentation needs to deliver a message and have a natural flow (aka introduction, body and conclusion). Revert to death by powerpoint, and talk about ways to learn to skydive. You can use still pics or video clip to illustrate the talk, and you can easily soak up 5-7 minutes with an introduction, a few min each on tandem, SL and AFF, and then a conclusion. It should hold their attention as it applies to them (non-jumpers), and you're only spending 2 min on each one. Non-jumpers don't find much interesting about skydiving. Think about how excited you were on your first jump on a 170, but if you explain that to a non-jumper, it doesn't sound all that 'special'. It's really the finer points of the sport that interest us, but without the deeper knowledge (or crippling addiction to jumping) the appeal of those details are lost on the non-jumping crowd. You might even have business cards or brochures available for your home DZ 'just in case'. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kallend 2,146 #3 July 25, 2011 Show videos of cool stuff (100+ ways, wingsuiting, vRW, CRW, pond swooping). I give a talk on skydiving about 4 times a year to high school kids. I also show the clip from Point Break, with a clock running.... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jrmrangers 0 #4 July 25, 2011 You could say how it will help organize your basement since you will probably sell everything you can to get into and stay in the sport! Wait , I pull what first? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Divalent 155 #5 July 25, 2011 Someone else posted a similar request a while back: http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=4145748;search_string=presentation;#4145748 Some good suggestions in there. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
OwenB 0 #6 July 26, 2011 I missed this, despite searching for business presentation! This is brilliant! Thanks everyone. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
