⏰ Do Now — Start Here
What is the one line you want to open your PBAT with, so a panel is paying attention from your very first sentence?
🎯 Today's Big Question
- How do we deliver a confident, well-supported PBAT presentation to a real panel?
📈 By the End of Today, You Will Be Able To
- Deliver a complete PBAT presentation within the expected time limit, using specific evidence from the portfolio.
- Respond to at least one unscripted panel question with a specific, thoughtful answer.
- Reflect on the experience and identify one strength and one area for growth as a presenter.
🧰 What You'll Need
- Final PBAT outline
- Portfolio (final version)
- Timer
📋 Your Plan for Today
Day 1: 1
- Full rehearsal: students deliver their complete PBAT to a small peer group under timed, realistic conditions, and get feedback on pacing and clarity. Mini-lesson before rehearsing: concrete delivery habits that read as "presence" -- smile, make eye contact around the room (not just at one panelist), stand/sit with confident open body language, and never just read your slides word-for-word out loud. Test all tech beforehand and have a backup ready (a printed outline or a saved PDF) in case it doesn't cooperate. Optional warm-up: the "No-Um Game" -- students speak on a random topic for 30-60 seconds without saying "um," "like," or pausing awkwardly; play twice and try to beat your own first round, not each other.
Day 2: 2
- Revise & re-rehearse: students revise their presentation based on rehearsal feedback and do a final run-through, including practicing panel Q&A. Q&A tip: it's okay to pause for a second before answering an unscripted question -- a brief, thoughtful pause reads as confidence, not as not knowing the answer.
Day 3: 3
- Delivery day: students present their final PBAT to the actual panel, then complete a written self-reflection.
📚 Key Words
- Rehearsal
- Practicing a presentation in full, out loud, before the real event.
- Presence
- A presenter's confidence, eye contact, and clarity while speaking to a panel.
- Backup Plan
- A tested fallback for when the technology doesn't cooperate -- a printed copy of key slides, a saved PDF, or a screenshot deck, ready before you need it, not scrambled together in the moment.
✅ What Your Finished Work Should Include
PBAT scored by the panel using the school's PBAT rubric; self-reflection checked for genuine, specific insight (not just "it went fine").
Exit Ticket: Name one specific thing you'll do differently the next time you have to present work to an audience.
📊 Before You Leave
Quick, anonymous class check-in -- takes less than a minute.
🎓 ACP Exam Prep
This lesson connects to the Photoshop Adobe Certified Professional exam: Domain 1: Working in the Design Industry
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🚀 The Extra Mile
Cross-Class Connection: The same rehearsal discipline a Theater or Public Speaking class demands before a real performance.
Career Connection: Presenting confidently under pressure is the exact skill tested in a real client pitch or job interview in any career here.
Go further -- turn this into a portfolio piece:
- Record your rehearsal, watch it back, and write down three specific changes — the same self-critique process a professional uses before a big pitch. Start here: record just your opening 60 seconds and watch that back before you rehearse the whole presentation.
- Present your PBAT to a real outside audience (another class, a family member) before the actual panel, for real practice under real nerves. Start here: schedule the actual outside audience — a specific person, a specific time — before you rehearse any further.