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Teaching Engineering Students to Make Presentations to Lay Audiences

This workshop offers strategies for engineering students to improve their presentation skills for non-expert audiences. Topics include the purpose of writing, adjusting diction, and focused editing exercises. Students will explore brainstorming techniques, Peter Elbow's free writing method, and project planning with Gantt charts. The workshop emphasizes the importance of making dramatic examples and contrasts during presentations to capture attention and foster engagement. Through interactive discussions and practical exercises, participants will learn to convey complex technical information in a clear and impactful manner.

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Teaching Engineering Students to Make Presentations to Lay Audiences

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  1. Teaching Engineering Students to Make Presentations to Lay Audiences Deborah M. Sinnreich-Levi Stevens Institute of Technology

  2. Topics & exercises from earlier incarnations of the writing workshop • Why do we write? • To move, to please, to teach • Diction for different audiences • Editing exercise – grammar focused • Editing exercise – technical writing • Brainstorming techniques • Peter Elbow free writing, “balloon” outlines • Using Gantt charts to plan projects • Abstracts Sinnreich-Levi ASEE 2010

  3. Samples of workshop topics we offer now. Sinnreich-Levi ASEE 2010

  4. Dramatic examples make an impression on students. Early in a slide deck this slide is discussed. Then the facilitator asks about the effectiveness of an earlier slide.  Sinnreich-Levi ASEE 2010

  5.  Students are offered many examples for discussion and contrast. And even stating what should be obvious serves useful purpose.  Sinnreich-Levi ASEE 2010

  6. Sinnreich-Levi ASEE 2010

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