Lesson 5: Presenting to Your Real Audience — He Kōrero Whakaaro Rangatira
The culminating presentation — communicating your project's findings, actions, and impact to a real community audience with the confidence and mana of a genuine civic changemaker.
🎯 Ngā Whāinga Akoranga | Learning Intentions
Effective pitch structure (mihi/hook, evidence, action story, concrete ask); how to field tough questions with composure; how tikanga protocols (mihi, whanaungatanga) build mutual respect with community manuhiri.
Deliver a structured presentation evaluated against the Assessment Rubric to a real external audience; field questions; close with an actionable call to action.
🎥 Media Anchor & Inquiry Scaffold
Community Action & Project-Based Learning in Aotearoa
Watch the full clip — 4:47. Source: TED / Jason Shen. This lesson's audience is real — school leaders, council members, or community partners. The clip explores how to structure a pitch to engage decision-makers.
🧠 1. Before Viewing (Launch the Inquiry)
You are about to present to real people who care about this issue. Not just your teacher — real stakeholders. How does that change how you prepare? How does it change what you include and leave out?
👁️ 2. During Viewing (Critical Inquiry Points)
- Early in the clip: How does Jason Shen emphasise connecting with what the listener cares about rather than just reciting what you did?
- Midway: How do the pitch pillars (Problem, Solution, Traction/Evidence, The Ask) match our civic presentation structure? How does framing this with an opening mihi establish mana and relationship (whakawhanaungatanga)?
- Later in the clip: Notice how a compelling pitch ends with a clear, specific "ask" (call to action). What concrete ask will your team make of your community panel?
🗣️ 3. After Viewing & Kaiako Facilitation
Kaiako Move: Arrange a real audience for the presentations — school leaders, local board members, community organisation representatives, or whānau. Brief the panel on using the Assessment Rubric to give formative and authentic feedback.
Task: Presentation Preparation: Build your presentation structure: (1) Mihi & hook — 1 min; (2) Community need & evidence — 2 min; (3) Action taken — 3 min; (4) Impact & results — 2 min; (5) Specific Call to Action — 2 min. Practice at least twice with peer feedback.
⚡ Whakaoho | Do Now: Project Hook (5 mins)
One-sentence pitch: describe your entire project in one sentence that would make a stakeholder want to hear more. Time: 60 seconds. Practice on three different people in the room — which version gets the best reaction?
🌱 Activity 1: Collaborative Inquiry (25 mins)
Rehearsal and peer assessment — deliver a timed practice presentation to another group. Use the Assessment Rubric (Presentation & Communication domain) to receive structured feedback on problem clarity, evidence credibility, storytelling power, and call to action.
✍️ Activity 2: Documentation & Reflection (20 mins)
Question preparation: generate the five hardest questions your audience could ask. Prepare honest, evidence-based answers for each drawing from your Action Log. Practise maintaining mana and composure when challenged.
🏫 Kaiako Planning & Pedagogy Notes
Curriculum Alignment: Te Mātaiaho Phase 4 (Years 9–10) — Integrated Social Sciences & English (Kōrero / Speaking). Students present to authentic audiences, demonstrating oral language fluency, civic knowledge, and substantiated community impact.
Cultural Integration: Open presentations with appropriate tikanga (mihi, acknowledging mana whenua, whanaungatanga). Encourage bilingual delivery where students have te reo Māori capability.
Assessment: Use the Assessment Rubric (Presentation & Communication domain) to evaluate presentations alongside student self-reflections.