Public Presentations

For small groups to reach success, goals and ideas must be shared. A number of small groups undergo through different public presentation formats. The first format is the forum. The forum involves a short presentation done by the group. Afterwards, the audience shares their feedback on the issue one after the other. Another form of public presentation is the panel. In a panel, 4-8 people explain a problem in front of an audience. To gain involvement from the audience, a colloquium involves the participation from the audience, but with 3-6 group members discussing a problem. Last, but not least, the symposium provides for a number of brief speeches made on different aspects of a complex problem. In my opinion, I prefer to speak to an audience by presenting a small speech and hearing input after like a forum format. I believe more different ideas can be heard and less ideas will be missed by allowing each member to speak at the end of the presentation. Audience feedback is just as important as presenting the issues at hand.