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Successful presentations involve a lot of planning and careful thought, and presenting in groups offers some additional challenges. These suggestions on planning and execution can help enhance your next group presentation. And be sure to schedule time for the whole group to practice <\/em>at least 2 full run-throughs<\/em><\/strong>!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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GROUP PRESENTATION PLANNING<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

CLEARLY DELEGATE TASKS.<\/strong> Every presentation should be carefully planned, but planning takes on added importance when you\u2019re working in a group. One way to allocate tasks fairly is to create a shared planning document<\/strong>.Using a platform like Google Docs allows all members of the group access to the same document. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

On this document, list all tasks that must be undertaken to complete the creation of the presentation. Be specific, and include everything from research and the creation of tables and figures to slide creation and editing. Specify the different parts of the presentation, and allocate the tasks as fairly as you can, based on equality of workload and taking into account different skills and interests. Indicate the name of the person who will complete each task, and create a column with checkboxes to indicate when a task is done. If a task has to be completed by a certain date, indicate that date on the same document (a table is a good format in which to create this list).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Keeping a shared planning document helps everyone know the progress of all parts of the presentation. Additionally, if anyone becomes sick, or if the initial allocation of tasks demanded more work of some group members, this document will allow the group to re-allocate tasks when\/if needed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Remember, too, that all group members should speak for roughly the same amount of time<\/strong> (unless the instructor specifies otherwise), so you\u2019ll need to divide up the speaking roles for the group members fairly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

VISUAL UNITY.<\/strong> Before anyone creates any slides for the presentation (if the presentation will have visuals), decide as a group on what the slides should look like. Aim for consistency across all of the slides. Together, decide:<\/p>\n\n\n\n