Oh that made me remember of something.
For a little competition, 4 groups had to create a company and present it to the University's Psychology class (we were in High School). We created this graphical design company, iLapz (iPencilz in portuguese). I was pissed because my group wasn't taking it too seriously.
I really wanted to win, so I really wanted to do something serious and good.
So I start presenting.
"This is our company, iPencilz..."
*chuckles*
"Uh... and this is where we are going to set up our company, this small apartment in this convenient place which is... well... pretty convenient, I mean, look at the subways and bus stops..."
*More chuckles*
-I think 'oh well, I lost it anyway. Might as well have fun.'
Result... the class found the presentation hilarious!
But we got 2nd place (close call) because the other group gave chocolate (they were a chocolate company :frustrating
If we had given pencils to the crowd, we would have won. My whole group agreed.
What I got from that experience is that humor makes the class go around. Therefore, if you want your presentation to stand out... use humor and accessible language. And keep it interesting.
(For my Spanish class presentation about Zorro, I dressed up as Zorro and jumped into the class, threw a rose at the teacher (yeah...), had a fight with someone with swords (a piece of metal we... borrowed from one of the chairs), all the time while my other team mate was playing the background Zorro song.
Was hilarious. And was great.
Say funny, witty stuff (I mean, improvise, really. Sometimes planning is good, of course. My speech wasn't suppose to be funny, but it ended up being because I forgot a part of it (so I was speaking like "and Zorro's archenemy is................... Garibaldo!" My mistake seemed like some kind of suspense) T'was awesome).