A GOOD PRESENTER.

Presentation guidance notes

In many graduate level job interviews, you will be asked to give an example of, and reflect on, a time when you have led a team. The more prepared you are, the more likely it is that the interview will go smoothly.
To complete the Exeter Leaders Award, you need to prepare, plan and deliver a 15 minute presentation outlining your leadership activity and reflecting on your role as indicated below.
There will also be 5 minutes for questions. You will be expected to attend all of the 2-hour long session in order for you to observe presentations delivered by other students and participate in a peer review.

Presentation content

You should provide an outline of your leadership role, what you did and what impact your actions had on other people around you. The same leadership activity that has been used in the application form should be reflected on in the presentation.
You need to demonstrate to what extent you -
i) Understand the role of a leader
ii) Show that you can assess your own effectiveness
iii) Plan activities for your own leadership development
Covering the following will help you achieve this:

• Defining leadership and describing your duties and your responsibilities as a leader
• How you fit into the organisational hierarchy and the limits to your authority
• The importance of effective leadership style and effectiveness
• Feedback you have gained on your leadership, preferably using more than one method
• Self-reflection with examples of lessons learnt
• Your own leadership development needs with clear (SMART) objectives to address these

Make sure you back up any claims you make with evidence and examples.
If your presentation does not meet these criteria you may be asked to deliver it again on another occasion in order to complete your Leaders Award. 

Audience

Up to four other students and Exeter Leaders Award Panel; normally composed of a Careers Consultant, employer and one other member of the Award team.

Visual Aids

Choose visual aids that will help you to get your messages across, not make it more complicated.  If you use PowerPoint slides, do think about the volume of content on each slide.

PromptsDon’t read from a script, but find a way of having prompts; notes, index cards, a ‘mind map’ or whatever else works for you.