Convocation Components
Executive Summary
In order to provide students with additional practice
synthesizing their findings and to provide them with real-world
writing experience, each seminar will write an executive
summary for their presentation's audience. The purpose
of the summary is to provide presentation partners with
enough information to prepare questions about the seminar
topic. Each summary should be limited to 500
words or two pages, including graphics and
charts. Each seminar will submit their summary to DHC
via email. Summaries will then be distributed to the appropriate
presentation partner seminar(s), and all Executive Summaries
will be posted on the DHC web site.
Five-Minute Topic
Introductions
The five-minute topic presentations/introductions
are the place where students showcase their imagination
and creativity. During the five-minute presentations all
students gather in a large lecture hall to watch each
seminar recap their quarter or advertise their poster.
In the past students have presented information in a variety
of media, including humorous and dramatic interactive
skits and videos. Students should note that making videos
requires significant additional time and planning and
should test in advance any equipment used to present videos
in order to familiarize themselves with the technology.
A back-up plan is strongly encouraged. Please
make sure the five-minute presentations do not exceed
five minutes. Seminars will make presentations
in section order.
Poster Session
Following the Five-Minute
Introductions, all DHC students, faculty and guests will
gather in Memorial Union II for the Poster Session of
the Convocation. The poster session is an additional mechanism
for each seminar to present its findings to the students
in other seminars. Each seminar will create a poster no
larger than 8' wide by 4' high. Posters can be academic
style or seminars may use other visual forms to represent
the findings of their seminar. The Poster Questions below
offer suggestions for seminars to address on their poster.
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Suggested Poster Questions: |
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1. |
What was the topic of the seminar? |
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2. |
What issues did you seek to address? |
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3. |
What information/data/evidence did you gather that
helped you address these issues? |
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4. |
What were the strengths and weaknesses of the way
you gathered this information? |
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5. |
What conclusions were you able to draw from your
information? |
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6. |
What are the limitations of your conclusions? |
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7. |
Where would you go from here with this topic? |
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8. |
If you were doing
this project again, what would you do differently? |
Students are encouraged to find non-electronic
means for presenting their posters. A/V equipment
will not be provided for the poster session. Tables
will be made available only if requested in advance through
DHC.
Each seminar must designate one or
more poster representatives who will be responsible for
standing by the poster and answering questions. Participants
will have approximately thirty minutes to view posters
and interact with poster representatives. Refreshments
will be served. After the Poster Session students will
proceed to the meeting rooms in Wellman Hall where they
will participate in the One-on-One Presentations.
One-on-One Presentations
with Question & Answer Period
Seminars will be paired together for the presentation
portion of the Convocation. Each seminar will have the
freedom to utilize 15 minutes to present their findings
in any manner they choose. In the past, some seminars
made videos, others created dramatizations or PowerPoint
presentations. After the presentation, the audience will
have 15 minutes to ask questions which they have prepared
in advance. The audience will be given an Executive Summary
by the presenting group the week prior to the Convocation
and then given time in class to prepare questions. Students
should practice their presentations before the Convocation
in order to familiarize themselves with the technology
they are going to use to present and to make sure their
presentation is within the allotted time.
