Module: Sociology and Everyday Life
Week 3 – Presentation Skills
Two assessments for this module
1. Group presentation – it won’t be done live. You will be submitting a recording of
your presentation.
2. Essay – it can be on the same topic as your group presentation
Assessment Review
It’s not just about your observation
Use sociology as a way of explaining those issues
Provide hand outs that summarise the key points you are making
Have you looked at the right kind of reading? Are they based on everyday life
sociology?
Marking Criteria
We are looking at whether you are being imaginative
Demonstrating understanding of those sociological ideas
How have you interviewed people
Take a qualitative approach
Avoid surveys
How you have organised these thoughts and ideas
Can your voice be heard clearly?
Did you leave questions for the audience afterwards?
Sevens Stages to an Effective Presentation
1. Preparation – what are you going to do to collect the data?
2. What are the key points you are going to cover?
3. 10 minutes maximum for the main points. Be selective about the issues you talk
about.
4. What sociology are you going to use to support this?
5. Make links between the key points
6. Conclusion
, 7. Keep reviewing it – check for spelling errors, make sure the pictures and links
work ok.
Outline of Presentation
Introduction
Introduce everyone in the group
Say what you are setting out to do here
Provide an email address or WhatsApp group to invite responses and feedback
from the audience.
Body
Take the funnel approach
Don’t rush it
Visual aids – video or a photograph
Conclusion
You should never introduce new materials in the conclusion
Provide a recap
Thank the audience
Provide them with a means of feeding back to you
Provide audience with hand outs
Structure (skills)
Each points leads naturally onto the next point
Keep asking yourself what the key points are that you are trying to get across to
the audience.
Clarity – how are you going to be clear to the audience? Diagrams are a good
way.
Link between social theory and practice – relevant data, sample, citation to
capture what you are trying to say.
Don’t go into too much micro detail
Provide an overview of what you have managed to achieve in your presentation
It’s about persuading the audience that you know what you are talking about
You are to produce a convincing argument
Structure (timing)
Be mindful that videos can take up a lot of time!
Timing can go wrong when you try to incorporate too much!
Consider how much the audience can take in
Practice is key!
Think what isn’t necessary
Week 3 – Presentation Skills
Two assessments for this module
1. Group presentation – it won’t be done live. You will be submitting a recording of
your presentation.
2. Essay – it can be on the same topic as your group presentation
Assessment Review
It’s not just about your observation
Use sociology as a way of explaining those issues
Provide hand outs that summarise the key points you are making
Have you looked at the right kind of reading? Are they based on everyday life
sociology?
Marking Criteria
We are looking at whether you are being imaginative
Demonstrating understanding of those sociological ideas
How have you interviewed people
Take a qualitative approach
Avoid surveys
How you have organised these thoughts and ideas
Can your voice be heard clearly?
Did you leave questions for the audience afterwards?
Sevens Stages to an Effective Presentation
1. Preparation – what are you going to do to collect the data?
2. What are the key points you are going to cover?
3. 10 minutes maximum for the main points. Be selective about the issues you talk
about.
4. What sociology are you going to use to support this?
5. Make links between the key points
6. Conclusion
, 7. Keep reviewing it – check for spelling errors, make sure the pictures and links
work ok.
Outline of Presentation
Introduction
Introduce everyone in the group
Say what you are setting out to do here
Provide an email address or WhatsApp group to invite responses and feedback
from the audience.
Body
Take the funnel approach
Don’t rush it
Visual aids – video or a photograph
Conclusion
You should never introduce new materials in the conclusion
Provide a recap
Thank the audience
Provide them with a means of feeding back to you
Provide audience with hand outs
Structure (skills)
Each points leads naturally onto the next point
Keep asking yourself what the key points are that you are trying to get across to
the audience.
Clarity – how are you going to be clear to the audience? Diagrams are a good
way.
Link between social theory and practice – relevant data, sample, citation to
capture what you are trying to say.
Don’t go into too much micro detail
Provide an overview of what you have managed to achieve in your presentation
It’s about persuading the audience that you know what you are talking about
You are to produce a convincing argument
Structure (timing)
Be mindful that videos can take up a lot of time!
Timing can go wrong when you try to incorporate too much!
Consider how much the audience can take in
Practice is key!
Think what isn’t necessary
