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Learn how to present population projection results effectively using various media, guidelines, and visuals. Understand structure, preparation, and reporting methods for impactful presentations.
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Session 9: Presenting results • 9.1.How to present the results of population projections • 9.2. Presentation of country projection by participants • 9.3. Q & A
9.1.How to present the results of population projections • General guidelines • Preparing a report • Presentation Media
Presenting results • General guidelines • Provide a background • Motivation • Identify objectives • Explain the assumptions and document your data sources • Describe the findings • Summarize the results and make recommendations
Presenting results • Preparing a report • Population projections produce usually large amounts of data. The results of such an exercise are often published in a number of different documents: A press release, an executive summary and a full report, sometimes with a number of annexes. • Sometimes, highlights of the results are prepared as an early-release to document the exercise in a more comprehensive way and to give room for the assumptions and the main tabular and graphical results.
Presenting results • Preparing a report: Structure • Title Page • Table of Contents • Executive Summary • Methodology • Findings • Conclusion and Recommendations.
Presenting results • Presentation Media • Printed documents • Online presence • PowerPoint • Movies (YouTube, etc.) • Social media
Presenting results A picture is worth a thousand words. • Examples of visuals • WPP, WUP, Gapminder • Population pyramids
A picture is worth a thousand words • World Population Prospects: Analytical Figures http://esa.un.org/unpd/wpp/Analytical-Figures/htm/fig_overview.htm
A picture is worth a thousand words Estimated and projected world population according to different variants, 1950-2100 (billions) Source: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2011): World Population Prospects: The 2010 Revision. New York
A picture is worth a thousand words Average annual rate of change of the world population by projection variant (percentage) Source: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2011): World Population Prospects: The 2010 Revision. New York
A picture is worth a thousand words Population of Europe, Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa (millions) Source: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2011): World Population Prospects: The 2010 Revision. New York
A picture is worth a thousand words Population by Total Fertility (millions) Number of Countries by Total Fertility Source: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2011): World Population Prospects: The 2010 Revision. New York
A picture is worth a thousand words Source: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division: World Urbanization Prospects, the 2011 Revision. New York 2012
9.1.How to present the results of population projections PASEX: PYRAMID.xls PYRAMIDnewA.xls