eCornell University Challenges
The following work was created to fulfill requirements for Cornell University’s Presentation Design and Delivery certificate program.
Challenge #1: Redesign an Ineffective Slide Deck
Tasked with redesigning a slide deck from an online source using the techniques taught in the course. Main objectives were to remove bullets and text-heavy slides and replace with full sentence headers and targeted visuals that amplified the main points and didn’t distract from the presenter.
The Challenge
Sourced from the Nebraska Department of Education website
My Solution
“Your work here is strong, and the changes you are implementing are thoughtful and targeted. Love the final, clean, targeted slide deck. You have done a wonderful job.”
-Traci Nathans-Kelly, Cornell Instructor & Author
Challenge #2: Creating a Slide Deck for Live & Legacy Use
Create a technical presentation that again focused on sentence headers for clear statements on the topic for the slide, visuals that provided a backdrop for the topic and also utilized the notes section to create a document for archival practices.
“I LOVE this! You are experimenting with your own style while using processes that will make your workflows more valuable. The large-picture format works so well now and again, the notes are amazing!”
-Traci Nathans-Kelly,
Cornell Instructor & Author
Click through the reel below to see each slide with the notes section underneath. The notes section served the duel purpose of providing cues to the presenter of their talking points, as well as it created a reference document for archival purposes.
Challenge #3: Produce a Video Giving a Presentation
The presentation needed to be for a specific audience about a technical or business topic. The final outcome should be a public-facing video that included slides and a recording of me. The goal was to bring together the skills and techniques covered in the course to showcase my executive or professional presence.
I chose to create the presentation as a pretend freelance presentation designer recording the first training video in my fictitious online training program.
“The video was targeted, well crafted, and (frankly) beautiful. Your pace was spot on, and it was easy to understand all of the way through. You did a wonderful job of folding all of the concepts from the modules along the way. The use of the Notes pane was lovely.
After doing this for a good long time with eCornell, I think that you are the first to actually "dress up" for the talk and really make it a video that you could use to highlight your own skills and knowledge. That was awesome for me, and I hope that you feel extremely accomplished.”
-Traci Nathans-Kelly, Cornell Instructor & Author