Showing a lengthy video as part of your presentation could get boring for your audience and makes it more difficult for them to reflect on the video. Instead you could divide certain videos in smaller parts of no more than 20 minutes each. In-between the different parts of the video you could arrange for a group discussion, summarize some of the key points or have the audience perform a table-group discussion about what they have seen and arrange for a debrief thereafter. This would create for a more enriching experience. A video can be embedded in MS PowerPoint® and you can use the functionality in PowerPoint to cut the video in different parts.
For example:
- Show part one of the video (15 minutes)
- Arrange for a table group discussion, hand out cards with questions about different topics that relate to the first part of the video (10 minutes)
- Arrange for a debrief and have some of the table groups share with the rest what they have discussed (10 minutes)
- Show part two of the video (10 minutes)
- Arrange for a table group discussion, hand out cards with questions about different topics that relate to the second part of the video (10 minutes)
- Arrange for a debrief and have some of the table groups share with the rest what they have discussed (5 minutes)
- Show part three of the video (5 minutes)
- Arrange for a group discussion (5 minutes)
- Show part final part four of the video (5 minutes)
- Arrange for a group discussion and debrief with concluding messages (10 minutes)
By means of this you have created an interactive session with plenty of opportunities for your audience to interact and reflect on what is shown during the video. You can add commentary, make sure that there is a clear link between video and practice, plus deliver your (final) key messages. When you break up the video in different parts, you can keep attention for a longer time and have a better opportunity to bring across your key messages.
