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Talking the Talk. Tips on presentation style & content. Jodie Baird. Tips for Your Talk: Presentation. Write it out in advance Practice your talk out loud with a friend Time your talk Talk to the audience, not the computer Be sure to end the talk (“thank you”).
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Talking the Talk Tips on presentation style & content Jodie Baird
Tips for Your Talk: Presentation • Write it out in advance • Practice your talk out loud with a friend • Time your talk • Talk to the audience, not the computer • Be sure to end the talk (“thank you”)
Tips for Your Talk: Content • Start with the big picture • What is your question? • Why is it interesting? • Discuss your approach • Did you examine the literature? • Did you do a study? • Tell what you learned • How does your research speak to the question? • What new questions arise from your research?
Tips for Your Slides Do • Use sans serif font • Use large (24+ pt) font • Use only a few slides • Keep slides simple Don’t • Use multiple fonts • Use sound effects or fly-ins • USE ALL CAPS • Crowd your slides with lots and lots of extraneous, wordy information that is difficult to read quickly
Do all things have an essence?sample of a wordy slide Natural Kinds refer to categories that occur in nature, such as animals, minerals, plants Artifacts refer to objects created by humans, such as vehicles, furniture, toys Natural kinds have essential properties that are common across category members (e.g., all mammals breathe air); artifacts typically do not (e.g., chairs can be wood, metal, plastic…they can be large, small, etc.) Artifacts are typically defined by their function rather than by an essence
Do all things have an essence?sample of a simple slide Natural Kinds = categories that occur in nature Artifacts = objects created by humans Natural kinds have essences; artifacts do not Artifacts are defined by function rather by essence