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CS 120 design project

CS 120 design project. Your poster presentation: Do’s and Don’ts by David Mutchler, Jeff Froyd, and the IFYCSEM faculty team. Outline. What should my poster presentation accomplish? What can I use for my presentation? What makes a good presentation? Written communication (your table)

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CS 120 design project

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  1. CS 120 design project Your poster presentation: Do’s and Don’ts by David Mutchler,Jeff Froyd, and the IFYCSEM faculty team CS 120 Poster Presentation: Do's and Don'ts

  2. Outline • What should my poster presentation accomplish? • What can I use for my presentation? • What makes a good presentation? • Written communication (your table) • Oral communication (you) CS 120 Poster Presentation: Do's and Don'ts

  3. What should my poster presentation accomplish? Answer: convince passersby to: • Visit your table and talk with you about your project • Leave impressed by the quality and magnitude of your work Design your presentation to meet that goal! CS 120 Poster Presentation: Do's and Don'ts

  4. Your audience • Technical: • Engineers, mathematicians and scientists, or • Studying to be …, or • Work with … • Interested in talking to you • Maybe ignorant about your subject area • Know nothing about your specific project CS 120 Poster Presentation: Do's and Don'ts

  5. In a nutshell: • You want passersby to visit your table and leave impressed by your work • Passersby are technical people • interested in your project • who know nothing about your project • Thus: you want a technical sales presentation CS 120 Poster Presentation: Do's and Don'ts

  6. Resources available for your poster presentation • Table: 6 feet by 30 inches • Power (2 outlets, ask if you need more) • Easels (1 floor/table, ask if you need more) • Network connections (if you need it) • Location: let me know if you have special needs • LCD projector to big screen: shared by all Sign up NOW for the above & other special needs. CS 120 Poster Presentation: Do's and Don'ts

  7. What you might put on your table • Poster(s) outlining your project • Props: • Materials you used • The final product (or a model of it) • Laptop(s) running programs • Anything that moves or does something • Technical manuals, project notebooks,Web site for your project, ... • Handouts CS 120 Poster Presentation: Do's and Don'ts

  8. What makes a good presentation? • What will bring passersby to your table? • What will cause them to leave impressed by the quality and magnitude of your work? Exercise: brainstorm on the above questions. CS 120 Poster Presentation: Do's and Don'ts

  9. Some bad posters • #1: Too small (visible @ 6 feet => 24+) • #2: Shows results without explaining them • #3: No technical content, failed humor, degrades others, inappropriate language • #4: Lacks headings, organization, pictures • #5: Does not say what the project is • #6: Tries to do too much, bad visuals Not powerful enough, no pictures CS 120 Poster Presentation: Do's and Don'ts

  10. Some good posters What is good about these posters? Bad? • WinTetris: Patty Bragger, Jonathan Grubb, Daniel Lehenbauer, Alyssa Williams • Neural networks, letter recognition: Matt Lueck, Jason Sherey,John Swarner, Leo Szumel • Transformer: George Adam, Richard Barton, Josh Butler,Elizabeth Huttsell • The Creativity Machine: Nick Anderson, Ryan Johnson,Adam Kunsemiller • RainMain: Tim Blanset, Ryan Claus, Brooklyn Decker,Kent Rosenkoetter CS 120 Poster Presentation: Do's and Don'ts

  11. Some good ideas for your table • Draw passersby to your table( visible from 10 feet away) • Props? • Color? Sound? • Large title on poster? Banner on wall? • Make plain what the project is • title on poster? • clear poster organization? CS 120 Poster Presentation: Do's and Don'ts

  12. More good ideas for your table • Show what is interesting about your project • Demo? • Surprising results? • Surprising difficulties? • What you learned from the process? the project? the teaming experience? • Show the magnitude of your project • Project notebook? • Project reports or charts? CS 120 Poster Presentation: Do's and Don'ts

  13. More good ideas for your table • A graph or chart is worth 100 wordsA picture is worth 1,000 wordsA short demo is worth 1,000,000 words • CONTENT is important • Nobody reads everything(except your own mother) CS 120 Poster Presentation: Do's and Don'ts

  14. Some bad oral communication • Scruffy appearance • Silence • Talks too fast • Dives into project detailswithout explaining the big picture • Fails to listen, answers wrong question • Unprepared • Untruthful. Arrogant. CS 120 Poster Presentation: Do's and Don'ts

  15. Some good ideas for oral communication • Don’t sit down. Greet each visitor, introducing yourself and drawing them into the conversation. • If more team members than visitors, converse 1:1.Otherwise, draw new visitors into existing chats. • Always at least 2 team members at the table. • Interact with your props/posters as you talk. • Be prepared. Know what you want to say. • Prepare a 30-second summary. • Practice! A little practice goes a long way! CS 120 Poster Presentation: Do's and Don'ts

  16. Summary • Design your presentation based on: • You want passersby to visit your table and leave impressed by your work • Passersby are technical people who don’t know your project but are interested in it • Be prepared! Practice! Instructor: groups should fill out the “special needs” form now. CS 120 Poster Presentation: Do's and Don'ts

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