Minds on.

Liana is a Supervisor in activation at a long term health care facility. Next week, she has her annual job review, which all Supervisors need to complete each year. Part of this process is to provide a Year in Review presentation that outlines all of the projects that she has supervised, and/or been involved in over the past twelve months. Each year, Liana looks forward to this opportunity, and is excited to share all of the great projects that have been undertaken by her department with the administrators. The challenge, though, is that Liana only has 20 minutes and much content to cover. She is worried that she will leave something or someone out, and she wants to be sure everyone in her department receives the acknowledgement they deserve. She has created and rehearsed her presentation a number of times, and has yet to meet the required timeline of 20 minutes, despite making several edits.

a position or department, found in many Long Term Care facilities, responsible for delivering activities designed to meet the individual interests of each resident as they pertain to physical, mental, emotional, social, spiritual and leisure needs.

Think About It: Presentation Strategies

What advice do you have for Liana? How can she cover all that she wants to with so little time?

Action.

During this unit, you completed the following activities and, in doing so, have learned a great deal about yourself, skills that are demanded in the workplace, important considerations when choosing a career, career trends, potential occupations of interest, pathways, and career changes.

Activity Task
1 Essential Skills and Work Habits
1 Your Essential Skills and Work Habits
1 Occupations that Align with Your Essential Skills and Work Habits AND interest You
1 How Your Essential Skills and Work Habits Can Help You at School, in the Workplace, at Home, and in the Community
2 Soft Skills and Personal Management Skills
2 Your Soft Skills
2 Strategies to Improve Soft Skills
2 Time Management
2 Tips for Better Time Management
2 Teamwork Skills
2 Ideas for Improving Team Work
2 Anger Management
2 Anger Management Strategies
2 Internal and External Influences on Career Decision Making
3 Yourself (by completing a number of self-assessments)
3 Occupations that Match the Results of Your Self-Assessments
4 Career Change Statistics
4 Importance of Discovering One’s Passion When Setting Career Goals and Making Career Decisions
4 Motivators for a Career Change
4 Future Job Trends
4 Career Pathways

You will now have an opportunity to consolidate and apply your learning using a unique presentation method called Pecha Kucha.

Learn About It: Pecha Kucha

Pecha Kucha (which, in Japanese, means “chit-chat”) is a simple, unique, and increasingly popular presentation style in which 20 slides are shown for 20 seconds each (6 minutes and 40 seconds in total). The format, which keeps presentations concise and fast-paced, powers multiple-speaker events called PechaKucha Nights (PKNs).

Watch the following two brief videos to learn more about what Pecha Kuchas are, and how to create one:

Work With It: Consolidating and Capturing My Learning Through Pecha Kucha

In this culminating activity, your task is to take us through your learning journey and establish some goals. You will do this by creating your own Pecha Kucha. Before you start, here are some important things for you to know:

  • You do NOT have to use PowerPoint. If there is other presentation software you prefer, you may use it so long as you can set it to 20 automated slides and have each slide stay on the screen for 20 seconds before the presentation moves on to the next slide. You may even choose to advance the slides manually as you do a screencapture of your presentation.
  • You do NOT have to voice record your narration/script. However, you can add recorded voice narration by, for instance, using the Recording feature in PowerPoint or by using Screen Capture software as you play your presentation.
  • You DO have to include your narration/script with each slide. If you are using Powerpoint, you can place your text in the Notes section beneath each slide.

The following instructions will guide you through creating your own Pecha Kucha:

1. Record the learning that has been the most significant, pertinent, meaningful, and/or intriguing to you personally from the activities listed above. Place these insights into three categories:

Me

  • your personal characteristics, strengths, interests, skills, and competencies; and/or
  • areas you need to improve.

Careers That Interest Me

  • occupations that align with your interests and skills; and/or
  • training or educational requirements of your potential careers of interest.

My Goals

  • educational goals; and/or
  • career goals; and/or
  • personal goals; and/or
  • life goals.

2. Organize the above into 20 brief statements. These will become the narration/script for your Pecha Kucha. Be sure to write in first person, as though you are ‘telling a story,’ and remember to be upbeat.

    • You can use this Pecha Kucha Planner (authored by M. Weaver-Hightower) if you wish. It is shown below.


  • You may want the first paragraph to simply be an introduction and the final paragraph to be a concluding commentary.
  • Each slide is only 20 seconds in length. The general word count depends upon your own pacing, but no more than 60 words per slide is a good guide.

3. For each of your paragraphs, find at least one image that represents its message. The images you use must be licensed for public use. Here are a number of options for Open Source images on the Web:


4. Use the narration/script you have written, and the images you have obtained, to construct your own Pecha Kucha. You may use PowerPoint or other presentation software of your choice.

Powerpoint is one optional platform that you may choose to use. Here are some basic PowerPoint instructions to guide you:

  • Open PowerPoint. In Slide View, right-click on the first slide on the left and select Layout and Blank. This creates a blank canvas.
  • Right-click again on the slide and select Duplicate.  This creates another slide just like it.
  • Since the Duplicate command is already in PowerPoint’s memory, use the shortcut Ctrl-Y to repeat the duplicate (or just right-click duplicate again) 18 more times, for a total of 20 blank slides.
  • Use Ctrl-A to select all slides on the left, and then go to Animation, Advance Slide and set it to 20 seconds.
  • You can also select transition styles and speed here. Just don’t choose Dissolve—the simplest is the best. Maybe nothing more than a simple fade.

While creating your Pecha Kucha, check to ensure the following have been included:

  • You have 20 slides in total.
  • Each slide:
    • is 20 seconds in length;
    • contains at least one image which effectively represents the slide’s key message(s); and
    • the source for each image that is not licensed for public use is clearly identified.
    • is accompanied by a voice recorded narration or written script.
  • Narration or script is concise, but informative and meaningful, and is written in the first person using an upbeat tone.
  • Your presentation provides:
    • a comprehensive description of your personal characteristics, strengths, interests, skills, and competencies, as well as
      areas which you need to improve;
    • an overview of occupations that align with your interests and skills, as well as their training or educational requirements; and
    • a comprehensive list of of realistic, concise, meaningful, and well-articulated educational, career, professional, personal, and life goals that align with the above.

Consolidation

Learning Skills Reflection

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