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Giving effective presentations

Giving effective presentations. Doug Loy MSE 460/560. Presentations tell a story. Beginning: tell audience what they should take home . Middle: convince them. End: Reinforce message. People like to hear a logical sequence of events leading to a satisfying conclusion. Story telling tools.

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Giving effective presentations

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  1. Giving effective presentations Doug Loy MSE 460/560

  2. Presentations tell a story Beginning: tell audience what they should take home Middle: convince them End: Reinforce message People like to hear a logical sequence of events leading to a satisfying conclusion

  3. Story telling tools • Visual-graphics • Slide title is a thesis for slide • Reinforced with bullets of information • Finish with conclusion or transition Together these grab your audience’s attention and deliver your message more effectively

  4. Applying the KISS Principle • One concept or theme per slide • Try to keep it to 4 or 5 bullets max per slide • Simple, easy to understand graphics • Font greater than 18. Simple, easy to understand slides that focus will leave your audience with your message more effectively

  5. No outlines • Absolutely useless for short talks (& most long ones) • Waste of time at best, Insulting at worst • If you must, make it a map for complicated presentations Boring!!! Talks can be “outlined” on the first slide But don’t waste your time or the audience with a special outline slide

  6. For historical background, use a time line graphic Bridged polysilsesquioxane sol-gel Solid state NMR 1860 1990 2010 1900 1930 1950 1970 2000 1880 1920 1940 1960 1980 Surfactant templated F. S. Kipping Eugene Rochow (GE)

  7. Don’t go overboard with details • Leave fine details for audience questions • Do not set yourself up for questions you can’t answer • Keep presentation at higher level (not the dreaded “graduate student seminar”) The corollary is that you should be identifying potential questions and organizing your answers before you present

  8. Keep your talk length under control • Start with one slide per minute • Practice and determine how many you will actually will need If you have too many your audience will not remember your message only your lack of preparation

  9. Conclusion slide is where you revisit key points • Do not save important points until conclusion • Paraphrase those points after introducing them earlier. • Can be the conclusion bullets from slides You can often end your summarizing the talks take home points by speculating about the future.

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