P R E S E N T A T I O N B Y

D r . W A T C H A R A P O N G P A T A N G T A L O

S c h o o l o f M e c h a n i c a l E n g i n e e r i n g

S u r a n a r e e U n i v e s i t y o f T e c h n o l o g y

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AEROAUTOMECH

Know your audience

Keep in mind

They might be tired

They can read

They are thinking “Why should I listen?”

Non-experts will tune off within 2 minutes

Experts after 5 minutes

What can you do?

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What can you do?

Early motivation - at the beginning of your talk motivate

your research with easy to understand examples

Spoil the punch line - State your results early and in

simple terms

Visuals – Illustrate your idea with images, diagrams,

graph, video clip or infographic

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Preparing the presentation

Less is more. Fill in with narration not words

Use animation sparingly

Use color to emphasize some points but limit to 2 or 3

Be consistent! In the choice and use of color font

size/type etc.

Use number of slides appropriately

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Preparing the presentation

Prepare the slides in advance

Show them to friends

When you think you are done read them again

Check all animations with the sound on

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Preparing the presentation

Practice, practice, practice

Give a practice talk to a general audience

Give a practice talk to an audience of expert

Time your presentation (allow for speed up effect

caused by nervousness)

Always assume technology will fail you. Have backups.

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Delivering the talk

Dress up appropriately

Always arrive significantly early

Check your equipment to make it work for you

Make eye contact with the audience and speak to them

Do not read directly from the PPT or your notes

Use the pointer to help your audience follow up

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The Slide Contents

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3

2

1 Topic, Advisor, Member lists

Backgrounds, Objectives, Scopes, Advantages

Relevant state of the art, Theory

Methodology, Parameters, Tools, Instruments

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5 Results & Discussions

Conclusions

Thank You

*Ref. Lucia Dettori, Research talk 101, DePaul University, June 29th 2007

The key to a great presentation is to

keep it simple!

and to be prepared

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Dr.Helen DixonQueen's University Belfast