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How to Present a Seminar Paper: A Speaker’s Guide

How to Present a Seminar Paper: A Speaker’s Guide . From “How to Present a Technical Paper” By Dr. Ian Parberry, UNT, Denton Presentation by Dr. Ranette Halverson, MSU. Presenting a Paper My Pet Peeves. Reading to the audience Running over the time limit Slides too small to read

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How to Present a Seminar Paper: A Speaker’s Guide

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  1. How to Present a Seminar Paper:A Speaker’s Guide From “How to Present a Technical Paper” By Dr. Ian Parberry, UNT, Denton Presentation by Dr. Ranette Halverson, MSU

  2. Presenting a PaperMy Pet Peeves • Reading to the audience • Running over the time limit • Slides too small to read • Speaking to the wall • Tracing Code

  3. Lengths of Talks • Be fully aware of your time limit • Conferences • 15 – 20 minutes • 50 minutes • Classroom • 15 – 45 minutes • Allow time for questions

  4. Rules for Presentations • Intro: Tell them what you are going to tell them • Body: Tell them • Conclude: Tell them what you told them

  5. Outline of Presentation • Introduction • Body • Technical Issues • Conclusion

  6. Introduction • Start with anecdote • Define the problem/issue • Motivate the audience • Introduce the terminology • Discuss earlier work • Remind, Don’t assume • Provide a road map

  7. Body • What is happening? • What is going to happen? • Social, legal, cultural implications? • At least one set of statistics • Use several pictures

  8. Technical Issues • What is the state of the technology? • What are potential solutions? • The point is to provide a flavor of the technical details

  9. Conclusion • Briefly review the talk, indicating the important concepts • Hindsight is clearer than foresight • Give open problems • Indicate your talk is over

  10. Reaching the Audience • Use Repetition • Don’t get bogged down in details • Know your audience!!!! • Don’t run over your time limit

  11. Power Point Guidelines • Do not use complete sentences • Do not overload slides • Do not use too many slides • Do use diagrams, tables, pictures • Do use very little animation in PowerPoint • Be very careful with color, fonts

  12. Projector • Test your slides with a projector • Pale tends to fade out (e.g. yellow on light background) • Keep a high contrast • See how this looks • See how this looks

  13. Fonts (44 pt) • Arial - 32 point font - bold • Arial - 36 point font • Arial - 40 point font • Times New Roman – 40 point • Verdana -36 point • Georgia – 40 point • Forte – 40 point

  14. Animation - Motion • Use very judiciously • Can be distracting to audience • Can distract speaker from the talk • Use occasionally for effect

  15. Conclusion • Thank you for your attention! • Any questions?

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