ConceptPresentationGuidelines

concept presentation guidelines:

- presentations are "formal"
      - make sure to speak clearly
      - explain your project to an audience that doesn’t necessarily have NIME or Pcomp experience
      - pretend you are presenting to a prospective client or maybe the mayor of New York
      - rehearse your presentation
            - run through the presentation to make sure that it takes approximately the allotted time
            - run through it in front of someone who doesn't know the project
            - this will help you determine things that need to be clarified

- presentations are given at the front of the room in front of an audience
      - include demonstration/visual materials
      - typically using the screen with keynote, powerpoint, prezi etc
      - visual presentation is important
            - it does not need to be fancy
            - but it should be clear, clean, readable (literally or figuratively)
            - and play to your strengths
            - consider storyboarding the presentation
            - it will help you figure out what you need in order to tell the “story” you want to tell

- explain your project
      - what is it
      - what does it do
      - why you decided to do it this way -  "the story behind its invention"

- describe the steps that will be taken to complete the project

- describe your project plan and demonstrate that you will be able to finish it on time

- demo your instrument prototype to the extent possible
      - live or using video
      - prototypes or simulations if necessary
      - try to convey how it will be played
      - what it will look like
      - what it will sound like