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Speak conversationally from your knowledge of the topic (not from notes or memorized script).
Maintain direct, consistent and comfortable eye contact with audience throughout your presentation. Project your voice at a clear and comfortable volume appropriate for the size of the room/audience.
Maintain direct, consistent and comfortable eye contact with audience throughout your presentation.
Speak with a varied, dynamic, interesting pace (avoid using a 'sing-song,' predictable rhythmic-pattern).
Use silent pauses between points, avoid fillers such as 'um, ah, uh, like, you know, etc.'
Use supportive gestures; move with purpose (avoid pacing and distracting movement).
Present information with energy and enthusiasm to engage your audience's attention and interest.
Poster is neat and presentable and it can be read from a distance of two feet.
You greet your audience and then build on areas of agreement in order to gain trust and make your audience agree with you from the start. Introduce what the main points of your speech are going to be talking about.
The speech is following one clear organizational pattern.
The presentation uses at least five external sources. The poster uses correct in-text APA citation style. The poster includes a References section that uses correct APA style.
The poster has a clear introduction section where it describes the background information in a clear and concise way.
The poster clearly introduces the problem and provides its extended definition.
The poster has a separate section dedicated to introducing three different yet connected solutions to potentially resolve the above-mentioned problem.
There is a separate section in the poster that is dedicated to evaluating the solutions from a personal perspective.
Speak clearly and concisely and make sure to pronounce the sounds of words correctly.
Maintain a professional (i.e., appropriate), organized, and well-prepared delivery throughout.
Appropriate use of grammar and transitional signals throughout your speech.
All the visual aids are relevant, support the topic and help make it interesting and understandable.