11.4 Presenting as a Team
Suzan Last and Candice Neveu
Since many projects are undertaken in teams, presentations related to those projects are also often given as a team. Presenting coherent and engaging information as a team takes practice and coordination, and while different team members may share the work by being responsible for different elements of the preparation and delivery, sometimes giving a presentation as a team can entail more work than doing a solo talk. View the video below for team presentation strategies.
(Delivering a Successful Team Presentation, 2021)
Knowledge Check
Below are some useful resources that provide information on things to consider when presenting as a team.
How to Coordinate a Team Presentation (Coursera: Oral Communication for Engineering Leaders) (4:45 min.)
This video resource is presented by two professors who teach at Rice University in Engineering Leadership. They model and discuss how to coordinate a team presentation.
20 Things that Great Presenting Teams Ask Before They Open Their Mouths (Inc. com)
In this article, communications expert Deborah Grayson Riegel poses 20 questions that you should consider as a team in preparing for your presentation. This is a great list and would help your team consider perhaps the less obvious things.
Ask the Experts: Presentation Strategy for Team and Group Presentations (Total Communicator e-zine)
Peter Guiliano, communications consultant and Chairman of Executive Communications Group, provides tips on preparing and delivering successful team presentations.
10 Rules for Presenting as a Team (Public Words)
Nick Morgan PhD, a communications professor and coach, offers some advice for team presentations. While some information overlaps with the sources above, he does offer some additional tips and suggestions that may be of interest such as ways to handle a discussion.
References
iptv.org. (2014). Preparation steps for a successful group presentation. Yumpu.org, https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/view/49017145/preparation-steps-for-a-successful-group-presentation
Standford Graduate School of Business. (2021). How to deliver a successful team presentation [Video]. Youtube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GRHmJjcTi0