1. Module 5: My idea presents itself
Objectives:
1. Development of communication skills
2. Learning about the laws of public speaking and the importance of presenting one's ideas
3. Preparation of presentations for individual ideas
4. Feedback to presentations
5. Improvement of the presentation of ideas
Process
6 school
lessons
Content (process, result) Who Tools
30 min Welcoming participants and presentation
Introductory address
Group warm-up games:
- Virtual ball
- Bananas, ice creams, chocolate bars
- Unknown object
Presentation of the day’s activities 10 min
Presentation of ideas 10 min
(We sit in a circle and everyone presents their idea using canvases)
Moderator
 Old posters
 Canvases of participants
45 min Interactive lecture with a discussion – instructions for the preparation of presentations
Presentation by an entrepreneur/expert
How are ideas born?
- No limits
- Out of box
- Creativity
- Difference
- Craziness
Entrepre
neur/
Expert

CENTRES
www.centres-eu.org
With the support of the Lifelong Learning Programme of the European Union

2. - Brainstorming
- Key questions: WHY?
- Sub-question: WHAT WILL SOMEONE GET OUT OF THIS?
- Technical question: HOW will we do this?
- Two out of three ideas are a miss/unrealised
How do we select the right idea from the mass of ideas?
- Vision
- Picture/conceptualisation
- KISS
How to get someone enthusiastic?
- How do we prepare a presentation?
- Why is PowerPoint a dud?
- Story ….story …. story ….
- Some rhetorical tips & tricks
- The power of non-verbal communication
- Water cooler message
- Take home message
- How do we get rid of stage fright
- Introductory tricks
- Conclusions
- Preparation for questions
15 min BREAK
30 min
Training in idea presentation
Preparation of presentations – in groups
- Who
- Structure
- How much time
- Title
- Beginning and conclusion
- Sound bites
Expert
 Flipchart
 Felt tip pans
 Technical equipment
120 min Preparation of presentations, appearances and feedback
Groups present the IDEA
- Limited time frame
- Recording
Analysis of recordings
- Recommendations
Expert  Flipchart
 Felt tip pans
 Technical equipment

3. - Encouraging the good things
- Answer to the question HAVE YOU USED THE OFFERED
OPPORTUNITY…
30 min Conclusions and evaluation
(Participants sit in a circle)
- Evaluation sheets are filled
Summaries of everything that we did that day
Each participant answers the question:
- What did I find to have been great today?
- What would I change next time?
- What have I learned?
Agreement for the next meeting:
- Prepare a brief presentation of ideas until the next session
Moderator  Evaluation sheets
 Post it notes
END
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