About your presenations

Dear all,

I understand that not all books are easy to share, but I did hear some good book talks that are inviting enough for me to even want to read those books. I have read through all your comments on the best three presentations you helped determined and managed to list the following crucial elements for a successful book sharing (please do not use "book report." What you did was far easier than a book report!):
1. Content you feel passionate about (we could feel it)
2. Slides with a good structure and organization (easier to understand)
3. Good connections with your own experiences or other stories (this could easily be done when you truly like what you read, intertextuality)
4. Focus on a couple of main points to share, and share them with in-depth insights (again, this is achievable when you like the story; otherwise you simply report lots of details but fail to attract your audience)
5. Eye contact (this shows that you have important messages to deliver and you want to see if you and audience are on the same page)

The purpose for you to write about three best presentations is for you to learn from one another so that you can do as well next time in any occasion or other course.

One more suggestion: please don't feel hesitate to change books once you feel it hard to finish one. No one is going to blame you for getting rid of a book you don't like.

The next project is group reading, which carries advantages and risks, but I consider it a step to the next level, personalize, individual study that'll come next semester.