There are many types of
presentation. The audience you are planning to present to, as well as the type of
ideas and information you wish to share, and the expectations of the assignment will all
impact on the choice you make. The chart below lists some of the types of presentation and
which audience they might work best for.
School
Audience
|
Type of Presentation
(Multimedia is a combination
of written, oral and visual, e.g. in a computer presentation or a web site.)
|
Written |
Oral |
Visual |
One person
|
story,
manual, report, book review, annotated bibliography, newspaper article, magazine article,
document, letter, diary, script, book, story |
interview, report, telephone conversation |
project cube, page sized chart or diagram |
Small group
|
questionnaire,
survey, scroll, scrapbook, pamphlet, booklet |
discussion
group, seminar, debate |
cartoon
or comic strip, photographs, photo essay, artifact, model, diorama, game, display |
Large group
|
questionnaire,
survey, advertisement, chart |
advertisement,
lecture, talk show, song, debate, choral speech, lesson |
poster,
timeline, web page, map, model, mobile, large diagram, puppet show, skit, overheads |
|