Engineering Presentations Development and Delivery

1. TOMSK POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY Engineering PresentationsDevelopment and Delivery Made by Matukhin D.L. Associate Prof. EEI TPU

2. Needs for Presentations in Engineering • Introduce new ideas for approval • Share a purpose/intent • Persuade • Convey information • Communicate progress on project/process • Demonstrate ideas/projects/products • Wrap up a project

3. Relationships

4. Know your audience • What are the needs/desires? • Their roles • Their interest to the subject • Distant or live audience • Size • Demographics • Attitudes • Knowledge

5. Types of presentations • Informative • focus on pertinent points • introduce small amount • repeat often • Persuasive • motivate and convince • demonstrate a need • provide proof/evidence • show benefits

6. Basis for Presentation • Design Templates • Introduction, Body, Conclusion • Graphic elements, charts • Color, animation, video • Simplicity

7. Template example

8. Introduction • Purpose • Focuses audience attention • Ask a question • State an unusual fact • Tell an interesting story or historical even • Present a catchy phrase or quote • Use humor • Get audience to talk to you or each other • Establishes purpose of presentation • Establishes you as a credible source

9. Body • Purpose: • Development of presentation ideas • Organize in logical manner • Use visuals to support data • Make points interesting and memorable • Involve your audience • Use examples and stories • Show relationships (C&E, comparisons) • Define assumptions and terms

10. Conclusion • Purpose: • Review the purpose and/or key points • Leave the audience remembering the speech • If persuasive, prompt audience for action • Structure: • Review points • Memorable statement • Thank the audience

11. Use graphs, diagrams

12. Use color, animation and video • add interest, richness and depth • make presentation more dynamic

13. Simplicity • few words on each slide • bullet point list • phrases • talking points

14. Answering questions • Ask audience for questions • Leave enough time of questions • Before answering a question, repeat it

15. Do’s for Giving the Presentation • Speak clearly and loudly • If you are introduced, thank the moderator • Make a smooth transition between speakers • Spend little time changing slides • Have a slide on the screen at all times • Tell in advance if you are to change topics • Use a pointer • Keep with the times allocated to you

16. Don’ts for Giving the Presentation • Talk to the screen • Stand in front of the screen • Use your hand as a pointer • Point at the audience • Put your hands in your pocket • Look at watch

17. Don’ts for Giving the Presentation • Use phrases such as “ah”, “um” or “ok” • Use terms that are not defined • Read material directly from the slides • Switch back to previously shown slides • Use material in which you cannot answer questions

18. Summary • Elements to successful presentation: • Time, preparation and effort • Needs of audience • Logical flow • Presentation types • Visual aids • Presenter

19. Thank you for attention