I actually really enjoyed preparing for the actual presentation. Initially I was determined not to use a ‘typical’ PowerPoint presentation, but as I developed my ideas I felt that an additional visual aid was necessary. I was concerned about how much time I had for each slide in the PowerPoint, particularly as I had seven sections to get through.
My main focus of the presentation was getting a coherent discussion across about how my work has developed into a multi-dimensional person-centred approach. I feel I achieved this, as well as getting across the initial exploration and development I went through to come to those conclusion about structure and the 7Cube.
I think I was to do this presentation again I would interact more with the audience and get to find out more about their approaches or potential feedback on how they work.
It was my intention to do this and I had incorporated it into my presentation with a hand out to create a cube themselves as I talked through the points. But as I was coming towards the end of the talk I was aware of time and the engagement of the audience.
One was I could have done this is to have added an additional slide at the end before ‘Any questions’ or as part of the slide and had written on it – “now what about your cube?” This could have been a visual prompt for everyone to feedback anything they had written.
I really wanted feedback from others to see how my approach worked within other settings.
Overall, I was happy with how it went I feel I managed to get most of my points across; briefly summarising different areas while also visually referencing the project and group.