7. Preparing For Your Presentation
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Spend 1 hour preparing for your SkimaTalk session.
1. Review the presentation & sample presentation
notes for this course (pages 9 – 14).
2. Revise the presentation notes (pages 12 – 14) to
make the presentation more concise. Your goal
should be to deliver the presentation in 3 minutes
or less. Feel free to delete any unnecessary info.
3. Practice delivering the revised presentation notes in
front of a mirror.
13. Sample Presentation Notes: Slide 2
13Fictional data
l A majority (52%) of respondents selected California as the best state.
l The runners-up were Texas (23%), New York (10%), and Florida (5%).
o This is interesting because California, Texas, New York, and Florida are
some of the largest states by population in the U.S.
o It would be interesting to know if these results simply represent the
populations of each state.
l The least frequently mentioned states were Delaware (0.01%), Iowa (0.02%),
Nebraska (0.02%), Oklahoma (0.1%), and North Dakota (0.1%).
o These states have very small populations so it is not surprising that they
didn’t receive many votes.
l Massachusetts received the most votes in the New England region of the
country, while Illinois received the most votes in the Mid-West region.
l Washington received the most votes in the Pacific Northwest region.
l Every state received at least 1 vote.
CALIFORNIA SELECTED AS THE BEST STATE