COMM212 Chapter Notes - Chapter 20: Presentation Of A Group
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There are certain elements of a group presentation that differ from individual performances. Group presentation formats: a common mistake that novice group speakers make is not seeing presentation as 1 speech. Instead they see a group presentation as a loose connection bw mult individual performances. This error is often made early in development of a presentation and comes from not clearly establishing most appropriate format for presentation: bookend group presentation approach 1st speaker is also last speaker. This speake(cid:396)"s (cid:396)espo(cid:374)si(cid:271)ilit(cid:455) is to i(cid:374)t(cid:396)odu(cid:272)e topi(cid:272) a(cid:374)d p(cid:396)o(cid:448)ide a(cid:374) o(cid:448)e(cid:396)(cid:448)ie(cid:449) of which group members will explain ea. component and why they will do so. (cid:862)(cid:449)h(cid:455)(cid:863) helps e(cid:454)plai(cid:374) ea. i(cid:374)di(cid:448)idual"s (cid:272)(cid:396)edi(cid:271)ilit(cid:455) (cid:396)ega(cid:396)di(cid:374)g thei(cid:396) topi(cid:272: there are several benefits to bookend approach for a group presentation. Bookend approach gives a nice sense of closure by having same person begin and end presentation it also gives performance continuity by having ea. speaker connect his/her topic w/ next.
