Talks

[meggiemoo13]

I'm really stuck on what i want to do for the talk.. Is Music too vague a topic or..?

[mrsanderson]

Hi Megan,

I'd say if you're going to do music, you should focus on one aspect of it. You could talk about the type of music you play, and performing, or specific types of music and its history, or specific bands/groups you particularly like. It's a good topic...you just need to narrow it down a bit!

[xalanax]

Hey Miss,
How long do the talks have to be because mines is really, really long??

[mrsanderson]

Hi Alana,

How long are we talking, in minutes? Time is quite flexible!

[xalanax]

Hey,
Im not sure, i've cut down on a lot of it but i still think its going to be quite long.

[Rebecca]

My talk is really long too. How many slides roughly should there be?

[mrsanderson]

The powerpoint isn't really important; it's what you say. You could have 6 slides and talk for a long time about what's on each one, or lots and talk very little about each!

Time yourself doing the talk itself, and if it's much longer than, say, 6 minutes, then think about cutting information out. I'd say between 4 and 6 minutes is about right, though if you're showing video clips or playing music, then this doesn't count towards the length of the talk itself.

I hope that helps, girls! Let me know if you need anything else.