Presentation Preparation

You need to:• Organize your materials (posters,

laptops, sound systems, binder, box, …)• Plan the look of your presentation• Look organized• Test any media • Be set up and ready to go at least 5

minutes early (media already tested, materials already organized…)

First Impressions count• Dress• Smile• Eye contact• Greeting and thanks to the panellists• Handshake?• Enthusiasm and confidence• Address panellists by name (they will

wear name-tags!)• Use professional language

Where do you begin?1 Where have you been?

• Talk about your journey up to now• What has made you the person you are today?

(your passions, your focus…)

2 Where are you now?• Talk about your present goals, values, plans,

learning, aspirations…• Who are you? What defines you as a person?

What are you most proud of?

3 Where are you going?• Connect your GTP to your future• Where are you going in life?

Lasting Impressions• Closure is as important as your

opening– Summary, final words of wisdom,

the journey continues beyond today

• Thank the panellists• Celebrate! The PAC will have

some treats for you in the Den.

Guiding Questions for Presentation

1 What did you do?• What evidence did you choose to

present?• What is there about your evidence

that you are most proud?• How does your evidence show who

you are?

Guiding Questions for Presentation

2 What did you learn from it?• Why did you select this evidence?• What are the personal connections that

your evidence represents? (feelings/emotions, personal experiences, issues, level of satisfaction/feeling of accomplishment…)

Guiding Questions for Presentation

3 How will this help you in your future?• Where are you going from here?

(employment, career choices, life choices, post secondary, education, training…)

• How can you build on your GTP after grade 12?

When you leave here:

• Practice, practice, practice• Time yourself• Plan your sequencing• Plan your closure

You will have 10 minutes.

What else?

• There will be a debriefing session at the end of your Presentation (approx. 5 minutes)

• We will be photographing the Presentations

• Grade 11 students will be observing