On this page you can see some of the presentations that I have created or worked on either by myself, or with others. You will be able to see for yourself some of the dynamic and creative presentations that I can create.
Unless otherwise stated, the presentation design, layout and content was solely created and formatted by myself. In addition, Banias/Penryn Consulting, LLC is a trademark name owned by me that may not be copied, borrowed or reused under any circumstances unless authorized by me.
| List of Presentations: |
| Dansko Business Case Analysis |
| Mattel Business Case Analysis |
| Streaming Media: Is it still viable? |
| Using RFID Tags to Track Patient Records |
Dansko Business Case Analysis
This is a presentation that I made for my Business Capstone Class at Temple University:
This was part of a Business Case Analysis project for Dansko, Inc. I was responsible for the Company Analysis section content, however I made changes to the rest of the content as needed.
I believe that this is among the best of my work, although I did had a few layout problems with the globe image on the template and had to work around it.
Peter Kjellerup and Mandy Cabot, the owners of Dansko, came to view the presentations made by two different groups for this project and they were thoroughly impressed with both presentations.
Mattel Business Case Analysis
This is another presentation that I made for my Business Capstone Class at Temple University:
This was part of a Business Case Analysis project for Mattel, Inc. In this presentation I was responsible for the Introduction and the first three slides of the presentation, however I did make changes to the rest of the content as needed to fit the formatting.
This presentation is not as good as the Dansko presentations for several reasons. We had only a week to put together this project whereas we had about 2 weeks for Dansko. In addition, we learned from our past mistakes with this presentation and were able to address them early on.
Also, the content created by the other members of the team was delivered to me the day of the presentation, forcing me to work very quickly to format everything. In the end, we did reasonably well, considering the Capstone class is the hardest class at the Fox School deliberately.
Again, I did have layout problems with the globe image on this template. I did custom make the slide theme and did not anticipate it being a problem. It proved otherwise once it was shown up on the projector. I think this highlights a very important trait that I possess: I am able to work very quickly while under extreme pressure and still able to deliver quality results. I would like to point out that this is a very special case, and not something that would happen in the workplace.
Streaming Media: Is it still viable?
This is a presentation that I made for my MIS Capstone Class at Temple University:
This was a project that I had worked on concerning Streaming Media. The content includes the current state of streaming media and whether it was still a viable business model, and what best practices can be learned. Unlike the last two presentations, I am the sole creator of the presentation and all of the content contained within the presentation. This was part of a semester long project where we had to choose a topic to explore, research and develop the content and then deliver the presentation.
As I said before, this is a solo creation and I had complete control over all content. Therefore I was able to do certain unique things within the presentation, such as integrating a comic relief slide between the charts as well as pausing the presentation to switch to a live demonstration that I had running on a computer at home. In addition there were a few creative things that I had improvised with, such as the colored lists on the Streaming vs. Progressive comparison chart and the faded borders and shadows of many of the images.
One of the unique things that I was able to use during this presentation was utilizing the Amazon MechanicalTurk Artificial Artificial Intelligence Engine. What it allows for is the distribution of various tasks or HIT’s such as surveys, website critiques, writing samples and others. As I stated in the presentation, I was able to get survey results extremely quickly from 200 respondents with a wide range of ages. I remember as I was talking about this, half of the class’ jaws dropped as I doubt that many people had ever seen this before.
This is an example of what I can do with true creative freedom and I am extremely proud of it. I can create dynamic, engaging and visually stunning presentations with quality content. It also shows my development towards a “less is more” approach with presentations that is discussed in the RFID Patient Tracking presentation.
Using RFID Tags to Track Patient Records
This is a presentation that I made for my Managing Global Information Systems course at Temple University:
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This was part of a Response to a Request for Proposal (RFP) project for a previous RFP project that our group had done, along with the rest of the class. The best RFP was selected and formed the basis of what we would respond to. We ended up writing a 67 page response, as well as this presentation, to present our response. Needless to say, a lot of sleepless nights were involved. I was responsible for the Approach and the Time and Effort section content, however I made changes to the rest of the content as needed to fit the theme.
I believe this represents an earlier stage of my presentation development phase. As you can see, there is quite a bit of content crammed in throughout the presentation and makes it unwieldy for the viewer to read through and you quickly lose their interest. Additionally, the text and paragraph formatting is not consistent throughout the presentation.
As I learned later, the focus needs to be on the presenter, not the presentation. The presentation works best when it gives a quick overview topics that you will then talk about at length. These lessons are ones that I had incorporated into later presentations, such as the Capstone Course Presentations