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FIVE THINGS YOU CAN DO RIGHT NOW TO MAKE YOUR RESEARCH PRESENTATIONS
JUST A LITTLE BIT BETTER
RESEARCH
Source: Peter Cuhalev
IF I HAVE SEEN FURTHER THAN OTHERS, IT IS BY STANDING UPON
THE SHOULDERS OF GIANTS.“ ”
Isaac Newton February 5, 1676
REVIEW LITERATURE
RUN EXPERIMENT
COLLECT DATA
CONDUCT ANALYSIS
SYNTHESIZE RESULTS
REVIEW LITERATURE
RUN EXPERIMENT
COLLECT DATA
CONDUCT ANALYSIS
SYNTHESIZE RESULTS
SHARE FINDINGS
COMMUNITY MEETING
WORKSHOP
POSTER
CONFERENCE
YOUR BRAIN
SOMEONE ELSE’S BRAIN
Dr. Andy Frasse!o Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology
EVERYONE LEARNS
HOW TO DO RESEARCH IN GRADUATE SCHOOL
BUT NOT EVERYONE LEARNS
HOW TO GIVE A GOOD TALK.
“ ”Dr. Andy Frasse!o
Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology
22
THIS IS NOT JUST A PROBLEM FOR “SCIENCE COMMUNICATION”
OR “SCIENCE OUTREACH”.
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Jean-luc Doumont Trees, maps, and theorems
SCIENTISTS
CANNOT COMMUNICATE VERY WELL WITH NON-SCIENTISTS,
BUT IN FACT THEY CANNOT COMMUNICATE WELL
WITH OTHER SCIENTISTS EITHER.
“ ”Jean-luc Doumont
Principiae
FIVE THINGS YOU CAN DO RIGHT NOW TO MAKE YOUR RESEARCH PRESENTATIONS
JUST A LITTLE BIT BETTER
1STEP ONEBe clear
about your own goals.
FIVEminutes
ONEidea
TAKE-AWAY MESSAGE
Outline for every research talk•Introduction •Statement of problem •Data •Methods •Results •Conclusion
WRITE DOWN
THE MAIN MESSAGE YOU WANT TO COMMUNICATE
THROUGH YOUR PRESENTATION IN ONE SENTENCE
(MAYBE TWO).
North Dakota Water Science Center, United States Geological Survey | May 13, 2016
Sco! St. George University of Minnesota
Joe Zeleznik North Dakota State University
ANCIENT FLOODS AND
MODERN HAZARDS IN THE RED RIVER VALLEY
RECOVER INFORMATION FROM
THE RINGS OF OLD TREES TO UNDERSTAND THE PAST AND POTENTIAL FUTURE
OF HYDROLOGICAL CHANGE
IN THE RED RIVER VALLEY
?How long can you expect to keep your audience’s attention?
CLASSROOM RESEARCH SUGGESTS SPEAKERS CAN HOLD AN AUDIENCE’S ATTENTION FOR, AT MOST, TEN MINUTES.
IN ROCK MUSIC YOU HAVE TO
BURN FROM THE FIRST BAR.
“ ”Sting, English Pop Star
2STEP TWOKnow your audience.
AUDIENCE
… DESIGNING A PRESENTATION WITHOUT AN AUDIENCE IN MIND IS LIKE
WRITING A LOVE LETTER AND ADDRESSING IT
‘TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN’.
“ ”Ken Haemer
Manager, Presentation Research, AT&T
5Qs
WHAT’S THE SETTING OF YOUR PRESENTATION?
WHAT DO THEY ALREADY KNOW ABOUT YOUR TOPIC?
WHAT SOURCES DO THEY GET THEIR INFORMATION FROM?
WHAT’S IMPORTANT TO THEM? WHAT KEEPS THEM AWAKE AT NIGHT?
WHAT PRECONCEPTIONS WILL YOU NEED TO WORK AGAINST?
3STEP THREEMake a plan.
?Someone just asked you
to deliver a presentation.
DO FIRST?WHAT DO YOU
We don’t know where we get our ideas from. We do know that we do not get them from our laptops.“ ”
John Cleese
4STEP FOURMove your notes off the screen.
?What is the average reading speed for a literate adult (words per minute?)
Concluding Remarks
•Absent rings were uncommon during the growing seasons that followed major volcanic eruptions, including A.D. 1259 and 1816.
• Because these features have occurred so rarely in high-latitude and high-elevation tree ring-width records, the hypothesis that the Northern Hemisphere tree ring-width network is compromised by dating errors due to unrecognized absent rings would require that many temperature-limited forest stands in the network exhibited a reaction to cold temperatures that have essen- tially never been observed anywhere.
•If however absent-ring formation were to increase in forests outside of the American Southwest, that behavior would represent an unprecedented response to environmental stress.
PICTURES BEAT TEXT… BECAUSE READING IS SO INEFFICIENT FOR US.
WE HAVE TO IDENTIFY CERTAIN FEATURES IN THE LETTERS TO BE ABLE TO READ THEM.
THAT TAKES TIME.
“ ”Dr. John Medina
Brain Rules
Source: Amy Luxbacher
Source: Amy Luxbacher
Source: Amy Luxbacher
5STEP FIVECreate visual aids
that work for the back row.
http://www.usbr.gov/lc/region/g4000/NaturalFlow/current.html
Population Growth of Colorado River Basin 1900-2000
0
12,500,000
25,000,000
37,500,000
50,000,000
1900 1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000
CaliforniaOther 6 Basin States Combined
Population
Golf course in Las Vegas photo: K.Dewey, High Plains Climate Center
Low flow conditions since 2000 have coincided with increased consumption from a rapidly growing population and new demands for water for ecosystem health and recreation. Increases in consumptive use are projected to continue.
ONE
IDEA
PER
SLIDE
“ ”I KNOW YOU
BUT...CAN’T SEE THIS,
MAKE IT BIG
MAKE IT BIG
American Association for the Advancement of Science Chicago, Illinois
February 15, 2014
Source: St. George et al., Geophysical Research Le!ers (2013)
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How o"en have locally-absent rings occurred across the Northern Hemisphere tree ring-width network?
Source: St. George et al., Geophysical Research Le!ers (2013)
Be clear about your own goals for the talk.
Know your audience.
Plan your talk on paper first.
Move your notes off the screen.
Create visual aids that work for the back row.
5THINGS YOU CAN DO RIGHT NOW TO MAKE YOUR RESEARCH PRESENTATIONS JUST A LITTLE BIT BETTER
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I CAN POINT TO SPECIFIC LESSONS THAT HELPED ME
WIN RESEARCH AWARDS GET A RESEARCH JOB IN EUROPE
AND THAT CONTINUE TO PAY OFF
WHENEVER I PRESENT MY WORK TO A LARGER GROUP.
“ ”
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