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Lecture on Oral Presentations

This lecture focuses on the content and delivery of oral presentations for selling ideas. It covers key tips, such as respecting the audience, planning the talk, and practicing effectively. The lecture also provides an outline for organizing the presentation.

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Lecture on Oral Presentations

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  1. Lecture on Oral Presentations Week 7 Day 1

  2. Today and Next Week • Lecture on Oral Presentations • Due Today • 2nd Half of Final Report – Draft • Test This Week - Pick up and deposit mechanism for medicine bottle must work for one bottle • Proposed Test – Start w/ LED, move to PATS, get bottle in your own kitchen, deposit bottle

  3. Oral Presentations • When: Wed., Week 10 • Where: Rooms 214 and 216 Hitchcock • To Whom: Sponsor - company that commissioned several prototypes and will select the best one for the job • Dress is business dress - shirt, tie, slacks and sport coat or suit for men; blouse, skirt or slacks and jacket, or suit, dress for women • Time allotted is 10 minutes max, teams will be cut off after 10 minutes. Three minutes between teams

  4. Oral Presentations • Purpose - Sell your ideas quickly and concisely, make the audience want to read the written report • Content of Oral Presentation: • Give team name and introduce team members (All members will present a portion of the report) • Usually statement of problem goes here (omit) • Outline of presentation • Preliminary ideas • Analysis / preliminary tests (how you made final choice)

  5. Oral Presentations • Content of presentation (continued) • Description of final design • Competition • Summary • Answer questions • ATTENTION: You can’t cover everything. Focus on final design and competition results

  6. Oral Presentations • Some things to remember • RESPECT YOUR AUDIENCE • Don’t waste their time • Make sure they hear something worthwhile • Speak clearly so that everyone can hear • Look at the audience - not the screen

  7. Oral Presentations • Some things to remember (continued) • PLAN YOUR TALK • Tell the audience your plan (i.e. Give them the map) • Tell the audience when you’re switching topics (i.e. Give them road signs) • PRACTICE YOUR TALK • Make smooth transitions between speakers • Stay within the time limit - comfortably

  8. Oral Presentations • YOUR AUDIENCE COULD HAVE BEEN ELSEWHERE, BUT THEY CHOSE TO LISTEN TO YOU!! • A Few More Tips • Don’t apologize - do your best, be proud of it • Your goal is to have the audience understand (and hopefully appreciate) what you have done • End by thanking the audience and asking if there are questions • Before answering a question, repeat it

  9. Oral Presentation Outline • Your outline should have • Cover page • 1-2 paragraph discussion of report strategy • What media will be used • How many visual aides/slides • Who will cover what • When/where will you practice • Outline of Presentation • See sample that follows

  10. Sample Outline • (Time Limit - 11 Minutes) • I. Introduction - (JD) 1 min. • A. Introduce Team Members • B. Give Robot Name/Team Name • C. Tell Roles for Members in Project • II. Ideas and Preliminary Concepts (GS) 3-4 min. • A) Research • B) Describe ideas used • 1) Chassis, motors, drive train • 2) Pickup Mechanism • 3) Sensors and Controls • C) Briefly describe ideas not used • D) Final Design

  11. Sample Outline (cont.) • III. Plan for competition (DG) 1-3 min. • A) Course details - distances and speeds • B) Avoiding conflict / Robot to Robot interaction • IV. Results (AK) 2-4 minutes • A) Individual competition • 1) Maximizing Points • 2) Evaluation - Things to change for finals • B) Head to Head competition • 1) How Robot performed • 2) Evaluation - Things to be changed for production • V. Summary ( JD) 2-4 min. • A) The final product - Improvements dictated by competition • B) Plans for production • VI. Questions and Answers (All)

  12. Oral Report Outline Grading

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