11th Grade — Client Presentation & Sign-Off

⏰ Do Now — Start Here

If your client asked "why did you choose this color?" right now, could you answer without using a single design term?

🎯 Today's Big Question

How do we present a finished project so a real client actually understands and approves it?

📈 By the End of Today, You Will Be Able To

Formally present the second client project, explaining decisions in plain, non-designer language.
Respond to real questions or requested changes from the client/audience.
Document the sign-off and final deliverable as a complete case study.

🧰 What You'll Need

Finished second client project
Presentation space

📋 Your Plan for Today

Day 1: Present

Presentations (35 min): each student presents to the class or a real client, in plain language.
Q&A (10 min).

Day 2: Document

Independent work (35 min): write up the project as a full case study (brief, process, revisions, final, sign-off) for the portfolio.

🖥️ Today's Slide Deck

Short, on-the-board pacing slides — project these to follow along. (The full details are in the handout above, not here.)

Day 1

⬇️ Open / download this slide PDF

Day 2

⬇️ Open / download this slide PDF

📚 Key Words

Sign-Off: A client's formal approval that a project is finished and ready to use.
Plain Language: Explaining a design decision without jargon, so someone outside the field actually understands it.

✅ What Your Finished Work Should Include

Presentation assessed for clarity in plain language; case study checked for completeness and accuracy.

Exit Ticket: What question from your audience was hardest to answer, and what does that tell you about the project?

📊 Before You Leave

Quick, anonymous class check-in -- takes less than a minute.

Class Check-In

📁 Portfolio Update — Once a Week

Once a week (e.g. every Friday, or your class's last meeting of the week), add your best finished or in-progress work to a running portfolio folder with a 1-2 sentence caption: what it is, what skill or standard it shows. This becomes your formal Google Sites portfolio in Unit F -- keep it current all year so you're not scrambling right before your PBAT and portfolio review.

✍️ Example description for your Google Sites portfolio (fill in YOUR blanks -- don't just copy this):

For this piece, I made ______________ (name what you made) for “Client Presentation & Sign-Off.” This project asked: “How do we present a finished project so a real client actually understands and approves it?” I used Sign-Off by ______________ (explain how you used it in THIS piece). The hardest part was ______________, and I solved it by ______________. I'm proud of ______________ because ______________.

🎓 ACP Exam Prep

This lesson connects to the Photoshop Adobe Certified Professional exam: Domain 1: Working in the Design Industry

🔗 Want to Learn More?

No extra links for this lesson.

🚀 The Extra Mile

Cross-Class Connection: The same rehearsal and delivery skill a Theater or Public Speaking class demands.

Career Connection: Real pitch practice for any client-facing career on this site.

Go further -- turn this into a portfolio piece:

Record your presentation and critique your own delivery the way you'd critique a design piece. Start here: record just your opening and closing lines first and check those two moments before critiquing the whole thing.
Write the sign-off case study as a polished, publishable portfolio page. Start here: pull your actual project timeline and client notes in order before you write a single sentence of the case study.