Dr. Howe's Presentation on Presentations

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Dr. Howe's Presentation on Presentations best
practices, do-s and don't-s, tips and tricks
for fabulous and informative presentations
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1. Know the Assignment Terms
2. Know Your Audience
3. Know Your Material
4. Know Your Technology
5. Practice

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Know the Assignment Terms

1. Three minutes!
2. Do not read from essay
3. Share your picture
4. Convey your thesis
5. One or two points from your research
6. Conclude
7. Include name, title, works cited

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Know Your Audience

1. Your peers
2. What will interest your peers?

Know Your Material

1. Do not read your essay
2. Do not read your slides
3. If you lose your way, knowing the material helps!

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What Counts as Technology?

1. Room layout/limitations (Lee Reception
   Room)
2. Computer or digital technologies
3. White/Chalk boards
4. Handouts
5. Visual aids
6. Questions
7. Activities

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A Note on PowerPoint Technology

1. Minimize, minimize, minimize!
2. Use as a slide projector
3. Project basic information only
4. Project most significant info only
5. Tips?

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1. Practice
2. Practice
3. Practice
4. Practice
5. Practice

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Dr. Howe's Presentation on Presentations Eddie
Adams' Siagon Execution (1968) best practices,
do-s and don't-s, tips and tricks for fabulous
and informative presentations
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Eddie Adams, Saigon Execution (1968). Newseum.
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1968. The Tet Offensive, later understood to be
the turning point of the Vietnam War, had just
taken place. Promised a citizen uprising in
favor of the US, which did not materialize,
public sentiment was turning rapidly against
the conflict. The US was no longer focused on
winning the war, but on getting out of it.
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As public opinion shifted so did the image of
the war in news magazine photos.
--Michael Sherer, Vietnam War Photos and Public
Opinion (391)
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According to John Long, a news photograph is
powerful because it captures a moment.
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This photograph helped convince Americans that
the South Vietnamese and the US military were,
as Andy Grundberg writes, doing more harm than
good against an indigenous insurgency sponsored
by the North Vietnamese.
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But... what moment does this image actually
document?
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The executioner, Brig. Gen. Loan, is captured at
the moment he shot a Viet Cong prisoner who had
murdered a military official, his wife, and
his six children.
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Whatever our personal beliefs, it is important to
put ourselves in others' shoes before we judge
another's actions. Consider the context. Do
your research. Be responsible readers of your
world.
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Eddie Adams felt the American news media used
the image without clearly describing its context
"How do you know you wouldn't have pulled
that trigger yourself? You have to put yourself
in that situation It's a war.
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Consider the context. Do your research. B
e responsible readers of your world.
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Works Cited

• Adams, Eddie. Saigon Execution. Photograph. 1968.
  Newseum, Washington, DC.
• Grundberg, Andy. "Eddie Adams, Journalist, 71
  Showed Violence of Vietnam. " New York Times
  (1857-Current file) New York, N.Y. 20 Sep.
  2004, B10. ProQuest Historical Newspapers The New
  York Times (1851 - 2005). ProQuest. Reinsch
  Library Marymount University, Arlington, VA. 24
  Nov. 2008 lthttp//www.proquest.com.proxymu.wrlc.or
  g/gt.
• Newseum. 1969 Spot News Edward Adams, The
  Associated Press. Newseum Online Exhibit. 24
  Nov. 2008. lthttp//www.newseum.org/exhibits_th/exh
  ibits/pulitzer_photos/gt.
• Sherer, Michael D. "Vietnam War Photos and Public
  Opinion 1. " Journalism Quarterly 66.2
  (1989) 391-395,530. Humanities Module. ProQuest.
  Reinsch Library Marymount University,
  Arlington, VA. 24 Nov. 2008 lthttp//www.proquest.
  com.proxymu.wrlc.org/gt.
• Willbanks, James. Winning the Battle, Losing the
  War. The New York Times 5 March 2008, sec. A23.
  Lexis/Nexis Academic. Reinsch Library, Marymount
  University, Arlington, VA. 24 Nov. 2008.
  lthttp//www.lexisnexis.com.proxymu.wrlc.org/gt.