Presentation and communication

Explain what a technology project report or dossier is and what minimum sections it should include.

The figure summarises the structure of a project presentation, but the last step is missing. State which step it is and what content it should have.

Explain what information should appear on the first slide of a project presentation and why it is important.

What is an "elevator pitch"? Explain approximately how long it lasts, what its purpose is, and which three ideas it must contain.

Differentiate between a poster and a slide as formats for communicating a project: what changes in the amount of text, font size and the way people "navigate" them.

A slide has sixteen lines of text in small font and the presenter reads it all, word for word. Point out two communication problems in this scenario and explain how to fix them.

Write five tips for public speaking during a project presentation (voice, eye contact, posture, pace, rehearsals) and explain in one sentence why they work.

In a four-person team presentation, one person never speaks and another talks throughout. Propose a balanced division of the presentation (who presents which part) and justify it considering the strengths of each role.

Your team has designed a waste sorter with a colour sensor and a servomotor for the workshop, but the final cost (42,50 €) exceeded the budget limit of 30,00 € and the detection reliability is 82 % under variable ambient light. Design the script for an elevator pitch presentation of exactly 2 minutes before the school management team to convince them to fund an improved version. Structure the time in second blocks, write the impactful opening, explain how you will justify the extra cost and technical margin of error without losing credibility, and formulate a clear call to action.

You are going to present the same prototype twice: to your classmates and to a panel of business professionals. Explain what you would change between both presentations in terms of language, level of detail and duration.

Your audience is families without technical background. Rewrite these two sentences so they understand them without losing accuracy: "the equivalent resistance of the circuit is $350\ \Omega$" and "the part was obtained using additive manufacturing".

During the defence of an automated Arduino greenhouse, the panel raises two critical objections: 1) 'If the power supply or Wi-Fi network fails, the plants die in a matter of hours because you have not provided manual redundancy or an acoustic alert'; 2) 'You claim the system saves 35,5 % of water, but you have only recorded measurements over 3 winter days'. Design the technical response strategy for both objections: acknowledge the prototype's limitations with technical honesty, justify what design constraints led to those decisions, and propose the specific hardware and testing improvements you would implement in a second phase.