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Panels & Roundtables

Panels & Roundtables. Student Research Conference 2013 Workshop Connie K. Chung connie@mail.harvard.edu. Agenda. What is the purpose of a panel? Of a roundtable? What is the best way to prepare? What should presenters expect about engaging with other participants and with the audience?

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Panels & Roundtables

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  1. Panels & Roundtables Student Research Conference 2013 Workshop Connie K. Chung connie@mail.harvard.edu

  2. Agenda • What is the purpose of a panel? Of a roundtable? • What is the best way to prepare? • What should presenters expect about engaging with other participants and with the audience? • What is something I wish I’d known before I did my first panel or roundtable?

  3. Purpose & Format: Panels Purpose: To share your research findings with interested audience members, receive feedback and handle questions. Format: Present with 2-3 other presenters whose work is on a related topic (usually using powerpoint). Each person has 10-15 minutes to present work, followed by a Q and A with the audience.

  4. Purpose & Format: Roundtables Purpose: To share ongoing work with colleagues and receive feedback. Format: Present with 2-5 other presenters whose work is on a related topic. (Usually using handouts) Each person has 5-10 minutes to present work; then the roundtable members talk together and provide feedback to each other. Often, the presenter poses a question to the group.

  5. Prepare: Structuring the Content of Your Presentations From Kosslyn, S. (2007). Clear and to the point: 8 Psychological principles for compelling Powerpoint presentations. Oxford University Press.

  6. What are the goals of your presentation? 1. Connect with your audience • What are the goals, interests, and levels of knowledge of your audience? 2. Direct and hold attention: Be selective • What is important in your presentation? 3. Promote understanding and memory • Make your presentation easy to follow, digest, and remember.

  7. Select and Simplify • Relevance (What do you say? And how much?) • NOT to flood audience with information • Abe Lincoln • Goldilocks • Appropriate Knowledge (How do you say it?) • Language – avoid jargon • Displays – use visuals • Concepts – explain key terms and ideas

  8. Use Visuals to Illustrate Points: Photos One LA – IAF A Match on Dry Grass: Community Organizing as a Catalyst for Education Reform Education

  9. Use Visuals to Show Concepts: Diagrams How Community Organizing Works

  10. Use visuals to illustrate points: Maps Context of Study Increasingly isolated microcosms of people living divided along socioeconomic, ethnic, political, and religious lines. (Bishop & Cushing, 2008) In more diverse communities, people trust their neighbors less, and “the central challenge for modern, diversifying societies is to create a new, broader sense of ‘we’” (Putnam, 2007, p.148). Census, 2005-9. NYTimes Map, 2010.

  11. Use powerpoint as an aid, not a crutch Limit the content on a slide: • Each slide ~ 1 minute • Having a lot of content & speaking fast does not equal a good presentation • Simplify graphics & info • Limit words • Use readable font

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  13. Prepare: Introduction, Body & Conclusion

  14. Tips on Introductions • Define the topic & set the stage (frame) • Consider emotional stage (graphics) • Consider concrete examples • Why should they pay attention to what you say? • Tap into what you know about your audience • What should they conclude after hearing your presentation? • Provide a road map

  15. Tips on Body • Tell a story • Think outline • Define key terms • Provide concrete, specific evidence • Conclude subpart with a summary (esp in long presentation) • Signal beginning of next subpart

  16. Tips on Conclusion 1. Remind audience of key points 2. Can re-use graphics 3. “Set up a snappy ending”

  17. Possible order of presentation • Context (location, concepts, terms, background) • Research questions • Research methods, including participant demographics • Lit review • Findings (specific data, quotes, etc) • Conclusion

  18. Involve other people in your preparation • Practice and get feedback • Anticipate questions • Encourage your friends and classmates to come • Talk “to” your audience, not “at” them • Have fun!

  19. Other Points • What should presenters expect about engaging with other participants and with the audience? • Connect w/ previous presenters’ content, if possible • What is something I wish I’d known before I did my first panel or roundtable? • It’s more fun than you think! 

  20. Q&A • connie@mail.harvard.edu

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