Background and Objectives of Project 5: "Enhancing a Technical Talk with the Internet"

This project includes not just the presentation, but communication with the presentation's audience both before and after the presentation. This can be done by e-mail, maintaining a blog or website, and using other online services to keep in touch with members of the audience.

Time: 12-15 minutes
Objectives:

• Understand the nature and process of a technical presentation supported with professional-level visual aids.
• Arrange pre-meeting communications via e-mail.
• Find or create a post-meeting Web site for further dissemination of information supporting or enhancing your verbal presentation. You may create a Web page and add it to your club's Web site, making use of podcasting, webcasting or a basic Internet template.
• Use a desktop computer, Microsoft Word, a Web browser, a simple graphics program for photos and other images, Microsoft PowerPoint as well as the venerable flip-chart to support your presentation.