How do Average Presenters differ from More Effective Presenters

Average Presenter Concentrates on:
o Having a good presentation
o The content of the presentation
o A formal style of presenting
o Communicating data/information
o Researching the topic
o Lecturing
o Student being responsible for absorbing the material

More Effective Presenter Concentrates on:
o The outcome of the presentation
o The impact on the learners
o An informal style of presenting
o Communicating via stories and examples
o Researching the audience
o Interacting
o Presenter being responsible for student learning

The Average Presenter (AP) is focused more on the presentation itself; the delivery of the material, what the AP looks like, what the presentation aids look like, what the administration thinks of it, how the room fits the presener’s style of presenting or how the presenter can adapt the room to fit his/her teaching style, will the presenter be comfortable, often uses power point or marker board as a crutch

The More Effective Presenter (MEP) is focused on the outcome of the presentation, how it affects the learner: what the learner is getting out of it, how it is being received, is it accomplishing what it was supposed to accomplish, how the environment will affect the learners, is it the right temperature, the right lighting level, are the seats comfortable, do the learners have room to write, can they hear OK, how the presenter can adapt to fit the room and the needs of the learners, uses power point or marker board as an enhancement of the delivery

The AT is concerned with the content of the presentation. The AT is making sure that it matches the outline for the course or other expectations. It must include all points and every point in the lesson must be covered.

The MET is concerned with the impact of the presentation on the learners. How it is being received. What the learners are gaining. Reaching all learning styles.

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Two Techniques for Teaching With Power

Here are two techniques for teaching or speaking with power.
Classroom Teachers, Home School Teachers, Sunday School Teachers, Business & Industry trainers, College Professors, Professional Speakers, Preachers, or anyone who teaches or does presentations in any capacity can benefit from these techniques.

The Mind Opener
A technique that builds enthusiasm in the teacher and eagerness to learn in the learners
1. Select a Quote that ties in with your topic that session or with ways to learn that topic.
2. Share that quote with your learners.
3. Ask if any recognize the author and ask them to share what they know.
4. Share the significance of the author from your and your topic’s perspective.
5. Discuss the implications of the quote for the learner’s lives.*
*Remember that discussion is two way not just you talking, so draw out your learners with questions that stimulate them to think.
6. Ask them to write down one or more ideas or skills that they will apply to their activities that day.

The “What Have You learned?” Closure
A technique that places responsibility for learning on the learners
Tell learners what they will learn – Tell them that they will be held accountable – Get feedback at the end of the session (Not tomorrow or next week)
1. Outline or list what they are going to learn that session. (Not what they can learn or will have opportunity to learn but what they will learn.)
2. Tell them what will be expected at the end of the session. (See below.)
3. Present what they are to learn.
4. At the end of the session ask each, or at least several, to tell one specific thing that they learned that day and/or that they are going to apply in their lives that day or week. (Or also ask each to write one or more things down and turn it in. Or provide stamped envelopes that they are to self address and put this in. Then you mail it to them in a week.)

I have been collecting techniques that I and other master teachers and speakers have used to add power to teaching and speaking.

Techniques that are available include:

• The Mind Opener - A 10 minute daily exercise that prepares the teacher to teach enthusiastically and students to learn eagerly
• A work cycle that empowers students to take charge of learning and frees the teacher to really teach
• A goal setting system that encourages students to want to learn
• A class organization that does away with monotonous classroom routine
• Content organization that lets the teacher and the students know what to expect
• A 15-20 minute daily exercise that grows the teacher’s own natural abilities
• An approach to teaching that reaches out to students who are growing up in a digital age
• The "What Have You Learned?" Closure - A technique that places responsibility for learning upon the learner

These techniques will raise any teacher’s level of teaching.

These techniques have been used to teach High School, Continuing Education, Sunday School classes of all ages, from the Pulpit, business and industry classes, in multiple languages, and even online.

For more info you can contact me at mark@markclemons.com or go to www.clemonscreativelearning.com