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Chapter 8Chapter 8

Presenting Your DesignPresenting Your Design

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Today’s IdeaToday’s Idea

Unless your work Unless your work is so valuable is so valuable that people are that people are willing to die willing to die trying to trying to decipher it, decipher it, presentation of presentation of your work often your work often matters as matters as much as the much as the work itself!work itself!

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8.1 Presenting The Final Design8.1 Presenting The Final Design Presenting the final design represents Presenting the final design represents

the the endend of the design phase of the design phase

It is an opportunity to demonstrate yourIt is an opportunity to demonstrate your skills skills

Focus on the needs of the Focus on the needs of the audienceaudience

Prepare for any Prepare for any unlikelyunlikely happenings happenings

Overcome Overcome fearfear to learn useful skills to learn useful skills http://answers.google.com/answers/main?cmd=threadview&id=47687

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UnderstandingUnderstanding and and practicepractice are ways to are ways to overcome fearsovercome fears

Talks should be Talks should be correctcorrect and and interestinginteresting

Use the Project Folder to build your Use the Project Folder to build your presentationpresentation

Use software intelligently to illustrate your Use software intelligently to illustrate your pointspoints

Build Build simplesimple and and elegantelegant presentations presentations

Remember that in-room presentations are Remember that in-room presentations are different from remote onesdifferent from remote ones

Always avoid pointless repetitionAlways avoid pointless repetition

8.1.1 8.1.1 Developing Presentation SkillsDeveloping Presentation Skills

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Overhead transparenciesOverhead transparencies: easy and : easy and commonly used although static, B&W, and commonly used although static, B&W, and expensiveexpensive

35 mm slides35 mm slides: Provides bright colors, high : Provides bright colors, high quality, and are inexpensivequality, and are inexpensive

Computer-based projectorsComputer-based projectors: : • They used to be expensive but their price has They used to be expensive but their price has

recently droppedrecently dropped• Once they are mastered, they can save lots of Once they are mastered, they can save lots of

timetime• Back-ups are necessary due to insufficient Back-ups are necessary due to insufficient

reliabilityreliability

8.1.2 8.1.2 Preparing Visual DisplaysPreparing Visual Displays

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The The framing elementsframing elements should be simple and should be simple and should never detractshould never detract

The The key ideaskey ideas should be identified with few should be identified with few words in bulletswords in bullets

The safest way to include additional The safest way to include additional information is by including a information is by including a note pagenote page with with each slideeach slide

Visual aides really Visual aides really dodo matter matter

Colors must be chosen with Colors must be chosen with carecare

Animation should only be used when Animation should only be used when neededneeded

Videos could also be used for Videos could also be used for credibilitycredibility

Slide Organization:Slide Organization:

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Don’t fuss over errorsDon’t fuss over errors

Don’t panic, rehearse with feedbackDon’t panic, rehearse with feedback

Table 8.3 and Table 8.4 provides Do’s and Table 8.3 and Table 8.4 provides Do’s and Don’ts for making presentationsDon’ts for making presentations

8.1.3 8.1.3 Making the PresentationMaking the Presentation

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Involve Involve everyoneeveryone

Teams must adapt to their members’ Teams must adapt to their members’ needsneeds

Uncover Uncover reasonsreasons of lack of involvement? of lack of involvement?

Try to Try to overcomeovercome them? them?

8.1.4 8.1.4 Involving all team members in your Involving all team members in your presentation presentation

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Self-AssessmentSelf-Assessment Questions Questions How many of the listed elements does How many of the listed elements does

this report contain?this report contain? What, if anything, essential is missing?What, if anything, essential is missing? What do you like most about it?What do you like most about it? What do you like least?What do you like least? How would you improve it?How would you improve it? What kind of suggestions might you What kind of suggestions might you

provide to its authorsprovide to its authors

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In Summary,In Summary,

Presentations are essentialPresentations are essential Presentation skills can be developedPresentation skills can be developed Presentations have:Presentations have:

A structural aspectA structural aspect A audio-visual aspectA audio-visual aspect A personal aspectA personal aspect

Group presentation are a group Group presentation are a group efforteffort

Revising is always a good thing!Revising is always a good thing!