MODA | Interactive Presentations that Work

Giving virtual presentations to teams (or teaching workshops like this one!) went from rarely virtual to completely virtual in 2020. Every minute spent looking at a computer screen can make it harder to focus, so how can you keep attendees’ attention and keep them engaged with the important content you’re trying to share?

Design educator and facilitator Sarah Lawrence will walk us through the top five tips she uses to give fun, engaging presentations and the top five apps that can support an interactive session. You’ll get a chance to use these apps in real-time, see how they affect the pacing of a workshop, and be able to practice. Use this workshop to give your next presentation with ease!

What to expect:

• The basics of giving an presentation that keeps your audience’s attention
• Tips and tricks learned from the video game industry
• Trying out concepts in real time to figure out what works for you

What to bring:

• A smartphone or ipad to interact with the prompts

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$30 / $25 for MODA Members

About the Instructor

Sarah Lawrence is a designer, illustrator, and creative technologist living in Atlanta, Georgia. With her work spanning complex regional planning to branding new nonprofit initiatives, she has a knack for solving tough, design-driven problems. She’s been featured in Fast Company, Quipsologies, 99U, and HLN – just to name a few! Sarah facilitates classes for organizations like TEDx, DesignMadison, and MODA too. She’s a proud mother to an exceptionally good girl named Cocoa, who keeps her company at her desk, and many plants.

Connecting to the Workshop

The Zoom link will be emailed to all participants 30 minutes before the workshop begins. If you have trouble logging in, please reach out directly to the community coordinator for this course at thomas@museumofdesign.org.

Cancellation Policy

MODA reserves the right to cancel a program if registration for the event does not meet the minimum enrollment requirements. If MODA cancels a program, a full refund will be issued to all registrants.

Participants may cancel up to 5 business days in advance for a 60% refund, elect to transfer their registration to another studio of equal or lesser price or donate the fee as a 100% tax-deductible gift to the museum.

Accessibility

Designers with different styles of learning or special needs are welcome in MODA public programs. We will be able to most effectively help everyone learn and enjoy this experience if we know about those needs in advance of the program. Please email thomas@museumofdesign.org. with questions or information.