Chapter 3 synopsis

EDTC 6340.60

Marivel  Correa

Chapter 3

Celebrating presenters

In this chapter, Dr. Lynell Burmark makes reference to four categories of presenters [the lecturer, the entertainer, the motivational speaker and the educator]. First, she describes the lecturer whom often loses his audience in the process of delivering the presentation. Then, we have the entertainer, who offers delightful presentations but lost his mind in the process. This type of presenter knows what the audience as a whole wants, but not as individuals. Another category is the motivational speaker who tends to inspire and impact the audience. However, this is not enough to be an effective presenter. Burmark (2011) adds a fourth category which is the educator one. The educator is responsible of presenting the information to his/her students,  but wants them to remember and to be able to transfer and apply that learning into new situations.

In addition, we can find several tips and strategies in order to improve and transform our presenter skills. For example, Dr. Lynell Burmark describes Steve Jobs as one of the best presenters. Jobs presentations had a mixture of lecture, entertainment and motivation. He was able to inform, captivate and inspire his audience. In my opinion, that is what we need to do in order for our presentations to be effective and successful. We need a little bit of everything.  As educators, we must lecture, entertain, an motivate our students if we want them to retain the information presented and to apply it later on.

This chapter provides a list of 10 Tips form Steve Jobs. I think these tips are really helpful if we want to improve the way we deliver a presentation in an educational setting. Lynell (2011) states he spend decades making this list. Another strategy that I found very interesting  is to adapt the presentation to the audience´s learning styles. Since the interests of the audience impact the presentation and its success, as educators it is important to gather information about the students preferences before planning a presentation or a lesson.

I find this chapter very interesting and full of helpful information that would help me and everyone else to become in an effective presenter and to improve those skills we have.

References

Burmark, L. (2011). They Snooze You Lose: The educator´s guide to succesful presentations. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass