I think for the community college setting a job hunting presentation would be excellent. You might want to think about tailoring it to job searching strategies for a specific job/area (say, one in which the college has a program or offers a degree), using the resources offered by that library. That way you're adressing the fact that you know about your potential employer and have at least a tacit understanding of the needs of your potential users.

Is monitoring the digital presence something this library really focuses on? Unless you tie this presentation directly to the organization or library, some people may think you are giving them a canned presentation.

When giving presentations, the organizations is learning several things about you: can you follow directions, can you instruct, are you comfortable in front of people, can you prepare a topic and come off sounding like an expert (or close), do you demonstrate confidence, etc.

It is also your chance to impress the organization and demonstrate you researched them.

Typically, presentations are PowerPoint, but they do not have to be. The key is to know from the organization what equipment is available, what type of room you will be in, etc.

Also, sometimes people provide handouts for the attendees. It is another way to circulate a document with your name on it.

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Brian C. Gray
Head of Reference & Engineering Librarian
Kelvin Smith Library
Case Western Reserve University
http://blog.case.edu/bcg8
bcg8@case.edu

I asked them if I could access their databases for the presentation, but I wish I'd done this sooner. I can't think of any other ways to personalize the presentation.