By Racquel M. Espiritu
DOST-1
A
total of 20 DOST-1 regional and provincial
staff have undergone an enhancement training on advanced presentation tool and
techniques last March 9-10, 2014 at the DOST-1 AVR, DMMMSU-MLUC, City of San
Fernando, La Union.
The training is part of the
capability building program for DOST-1 staff aimed at developing the
participants’ ability in preparing presentations and effectively presenting it
in an engaging way. Likewise it also provided the participants an alternative
presentation tool (aside from using PowerPoint), known as Prezi, that can
effectively convey the relationship of ideas to one another through the zooming
function.
Mr. Trinmar A. Boado, Science
Research Specialist I (SRS I) designated as IT Support Staff at the DOST-1
Regional Standards Testing Laboratory (RSTL), was the resource person on the
Introduction to Prezi and How to Use it.
Mr. Boado is a BS Computer Science graduate
at the DMMMSU Southern La Union Campus. Based from the lecture, Prezi was released in early 2009 as a new age cloud-based
ZUI (zooming using interface) presentation and storytelling software. It is cloud-based, meaning one can present
from a browser, desktop, iPad, iPhone, or Android device. Mr. Boado walked the
participants on the step-by-step procedure of creating their first Prezi
presentations.
However, even if a person
prepared the best content, design and structure, it does not mean a thing if
this output is not conveyed to other people. Presentations are not merely
documents or files. These are meant to
be shared between a presenter and their audience. A great presentation is
only as good as the delivery – both by the presenter and
by the presentation
technology they
use. Thus,
the training is coupled with a seminar on fundamentals of effective
presentation.
The seminar was presented by Ms. Angel Lyn V.
Ortiz, Project Assistant II and acting Secretary to the DOSt-1 Regional
Director. Ms. Ortiz is an AB
Communications graduate at the University of the Philippines – Baguio City. The
discussions focused on the fundamentals
of effective presentations and how to present it properly. Ms. Ortiz emphasized on keeping presentations
simple and straight to the point, and engaging oneself with the presentation
and the audience. By doing this, the
speaker can present information clearly and effectively and get the message or
opinion across.
All participants were
required to present their outputs on the second day of the training. The
presentations using Prezi were timed and recorded where speakers gave their
observations and constructive criticisms. The two-day training was concluded by
the inspiring message from the OIC-ARD Paulina P. Nebrida. She also challenged the participants to apply
the learnings in their future presentations of programs and projects they are currently
handling. All participants received
certificates of participation while the speakers received certificates of
recognition.
Caps
The DOST-1regional and
provincial staff, with ARD for Finance and Administrative Services, Mr. Oscar
G. Rimando, (2nd from right),
and OIC-ARD for Technical Operations, Dr. Paulina P. Nebrida (6th from right), who attended
the training on “Advanced Presentation Tool and Techniques” on March 9-10, 2015
at the AVR, DOST-1, DMMMSU-MLUC, City of San Fernando, La Union. (DOST-1)
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