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ResearchPresentation Skills
Dr.N.Venkateswaran,Professor
Sri Venkateswara College of EngineeringDepartment of ECE
Sriperumbudur 602 105
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Outline
Introduction
Objective
Part 1:OralPresentation skills
Part 2:Material presentationskills
Conclusion
Q&A
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Part 1:OralPresentation skills
Stepsto befollowed Planning
Preparation
Organize thetalk
Contentof thetalk
Practice
Makingthe presentation Answeringquestions
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Planningthe talk
Type : Seminar, Conference, Viva-voce
Composition of the audience : Special or general
and Number
Time allotted
Information content
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Preparation
Startpreparing wellin advance
Identifythe issuesyou planto discuss
Arrangethese issuesin alogical sequence Useshort sentenceswith simpleconstructions
Makea logicaltransition
Runthrough thetalk once,early. Goback andre -thinkthe sequencing
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Preparation(cont..,)
Do not assume that the audience will be familiarwith basic concepts
that form the foundation of your talk.
Outline these concepts briefly
Attempt to identify problems or questions theaudience may have and address them in the talk.
The most important preparation factor is to rehearse.
presentation out in front of a few colleagues.
Ask for feedback, then act on that information
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Organize thetalk
Introduction:Topic and purpose - what and why
Outline
BenefitsBody:
expand on your methodology,Examples, statistics
Close:Summarize your work,Future direction
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Pros& Cons
Brieflyenumerate forthe audiencethe
goodpoints ANDany problemareas
encounteredin yourresearch. Thiswill encouragethe audienceto pay
attentionto you,rather thanwork outthe
drawbacks foryou,during yourtalk...
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Content
Title / author / affiliation
Objective / Problem statement
Motivation
Existing solutions / Related Work : superficial
Proposed Methods / Conditions andassumptions (4 -6slides)
Proposed solution / Results (4-6 slides)
Comparison of solutions
Summary /Conclusion (1 slide)
Future Work
Backup Slides
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WhileDelivering
Lookat thevisual aid,then
TURNto youraudience, then
TALKto youraudience andnot toyourvisual aid
Donot uselaser pointersunless
absolutelynecessary Don't insert jokes
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HandlingQuestions
C.R.A.M.Strategy
Concentrate
Repeator Rephrase
Answerbriefly
Moveon
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HandlingQuestions
Understandthe question,if notask for
clarification
Donot rushto answer.Wait forthe questioner
tofinish askingthe question Ifa questionis askedduring thetalk, andit will
clarifyan ambiguity,answer itimmediately
Postponeother questionsuntil theend ofthetalk.
Avoidextended answersand arguments
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Whenyou don'tknow the
answer Giveconcise, clearresponses ifyou
knowthe answer.
Ifyou don'tknow, don'tgive fakeanswer.
Idon't havethat informationat thistime,but Iwill getback toyou.
Ifasked forconfidential information,say,I amnot atliberty todisclose thatinformation.
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Question& Answer:Move
Moveon tothe nextquestioner: Finish
youranswer bylooking atsomeone other
thanthe questioner. Thiskeeps theQ &A livelyand
preventsyou fromentering adialogue
withone person.
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Part 2: Material
PresentationPreparation
LARGE Readable from the back of the room
Colorful
Short and Simple
No more than 2 fonts (Arial, Verdana,Tahoma)
bold characters
Symbols, Graphics, etc. - be consistent
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GeneralGuidelines
Roughly one slide per 1 or 2 minutes of talk
Each slide should have a title
9 lines and 7 words max per line
High contrast
Light lettering/lines on a dark blue background
In File->Page Setup window specify:
Slides sized for: On Screen Show
Slide orientation: Landscape High contrast: Light lettering/lines on a dark blue
background
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StyleGuidelines
Shortphrases, notlong sentences
36Point Titles orlarger!
28point text orlarger!
Donot usefonts smallerthan 28point,
Do not dump too many words and too many points.
Keep your slides under nine lines
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PresentationFiles
Ina conference,Chairpersons willcollect and
reviewall presentationsat least oneweek in
advance.
Onefile perspeaker
Filetotally selfcontained
Nolinks to:
Other files
The internet
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Contrast
Highcontrast
Use lightlines/text ona dark
background Foreground: White,yellow, lightcyan
Background: Darkblue
Caution: Red, orange or blue letteringandlinesbecome unreadablewhen projected
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FORCD -ROM
Make sure the file is readable when printed in
black and white
for Workshop notes and CD-ROM
View --> Black and White.
Same command again, to go back to color.
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DisplaySpeed
Slidesshould displayinstantly
Donot distractthe audiencewith slowtransitioneffects
Avoidoveruse ofslow graphics,fonts andspecialeffects
Default settings should be:
Effect: No transition Speed: Fast
Advance: On mouse click
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Borders
Bordersare discouraged!
Theyreduce theamount ofspace
availablefor yourtext anddata
Theyslow downthe slidedisplay
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TransitionsBetween Lines
Optional,and canbe madehighly
effective
Focusattention ona specificline ofaslide
Dimprevious lines
Maketransitions beinstantaneous
Usesparingly
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Diagramslides
Keepdiagrams simple
Easyto view
Maketext readablewith largefont
Useall spacein rectangle
SeeView -->Notes Page
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PresentingData - Graphs
Usegraphs, nottables
Keepgraphs simple Eliminatedistracting gridlines
Uselarge fontsizes includingthe
numberingon theaxes.
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Conclusion
Oralpresentation
Keepyour slidessimple
Uselarge fontsfor highvisibility 36pt fortitles
28pt fordetails
Highcontrast colors
Highlight,don tdetail
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EndSlide
.
Say"thank you"at theend ofyour talk
Theyshould understandthat youhavedone withand thatthey shouldapplaud
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Thankyou