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UVM Student Research Conference 2011

Learn how to create effective research presentations and posters by simplifying your content and using clear and concise visuals. This workshop will provide tips and guidelines for crafting impactful presentations that tell a story and engage your audience.

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UVM Student Research Conference 2011

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  1. UVM Student Research Conference2011 Presentations and Posters Workshop

  2. Our plan for this session: Presentations and Posters Workshop

  3. For information: http://www.uvm.edu/~uvmsrc Presentations and Posters Workshop http://www.uvm.edu/~uvmsrc/

  4. (Presenters: come to Davis Center Monday afternoon to load presentations Posters: pick up at Print Shop on morning of conference) Presentations and Posters Workshop Speakers

  5. Your PresentationorPoster Presentations and Posters Workshop

  6. “Less is more.” Presentations and Posters Workshop

  7. If you want to sound like an expert you should make sure that you have included everything. Put in complex charts graphs, and random images too, so they can really appreciate and understand just how much work you have done. The information should be written in detail and text should always fill the slide. Read it to the audience so you know they are getting it and won’t miss anything. Prove that you remember all the details by including any bits and pieces you can squeeze into your allotted time. Make sure all of your thoughts and ideas are there, and it will be a fine presentation. Presentations and Posters Workshop

  8. Ifyou want to sound like an expert youshould make sure that youhaveincluded everything. Put in complex charts, graphs and random images,too, so they can really appreciate and understand just how muchwork you have done. Theinformationshould be written in detail and text should always fill the slide. Read it to theaudience so you know they are getting it andwon’tmiss anything. Prove that yourememberall the details by includinganybits and pieces you can squeeze into your allotted time. Make sure all ofyour thoughts and ideas are there, and itwill be a fine presentation. Presentations and Posters Workshop

  9. “Good research presentations and posters tell a story.” Presentations and Posters Workshop

  10. Presentations and Posters Workshop

  11. Presentations and Posters Workshop • Statement of problem • Research Question • Your motivation • What’s interesting?

  12. Presentations and Posters Workshop • Your approach • Adjustments • Active voice, not passive

  13. Presentations and Posters Workshop • Main points (if they want details they will ask) • Expected? Or not?

  14. Presentations and Posters Workshop • Brief recap • Reiterate main themes • Implications or next steps • Connect to introduction

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  18. “Clear graphs aid understanding; overcrowded ones detract from it.” Presentations and Posters Workshop

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  20. Mechanism of Dehydrocoupling Presentations and Posters Workshop Waterman, R. Organometallics, 2007, 26, 2492.

  21. Less is more. • Tell a story. • Simplify graphs. Presentations and Posters Workshop

  22. “You’ll know it when you see it.” Presentations and Posters Workshop

  23. Darth Vader Method Presentations and Posters Workshop

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  25. Yoda Method Presentations and Posters Workshop

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  29. “Your slides or poster are not your presentation; you are your presentation.” Presentations and Posters Workshop

  30. What are your favorite tips? Presentations and Posters Workshop

  31. TechStuff Presentations and Posters Workshop

  32. To make a poster, use PowerPoint and set the dimensions. When done, save as pdf. Embed graphics and images, don’t insert them as Objects. Text? 72 points = 1 inch printed Presentations and Posters Workshop

  33. Questions? hope.greenberg@uvm.edu holly.parker@uvm.edu http://www.uvm.edu/~uvmsrc Presentations and Posters Workshop And thanks go to: Rory Waterman, UVM, for the original talk, and the chemistry slide. Garr Reynolds for images and inspiration.

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