EPSRC CDT Metamaterials Presentation Skills: Learn the Basics 9th December 2015
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PRESENTAT
ION SKILLS:
LEARN TH
E BASICS
K E L L Y P R E E C E
R E S E A R C H E R D E V E L O P M E N T P R O G R A M M E M A N A G E R ( P G R S )
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TODAY WE WILL COVER
The purpose of a presentationWhat makes an effective presentationPlanning your presentationDeliveryUsing powerpoint effectivelyExamples of good presentations
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PADLET
http://padlet.com/UofE_RD/presentationskillslearnthebasics9_12_2015
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PART 1: THE PURPOSE OF A PRESENTATION
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WHY DO WE PRESENT RESEARCH?Feedback from experts and peersQuestions, critiques, challengesInterdisciplinary discussionAreas of mutual interest or mutual
challengeSource: Strategies for Effective Academic Presentations, Monica Bulger
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TO…PersuadeInformAdvocateTestConfirmClarifyAdapted from: Strategies for Effective Academic Presentations, Monica Bulger
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TO…ChallengeQuestionExperimentPractice Advance Develop your researchImprove your final thesis Adapted from: Strategies for Effective Academic Presentations, Monica Bulger
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PART 2: GOOD PRESENTATION, BAD PRESENTATION
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WHAT WILL YOU EXPECT FROM AN OUTSTANDING PRESENTATION IN RELATION TO THESE CRITERIA?(1) Scientific and technical content (2) Presentation
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5 CLASSIC PRESENTATION MISTAKESFROM THE THESIS WHISPERER
Source: www.thesiswhisperer.com
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TMI (too much information)
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All literature and no action
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Why are we here again?
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Undigested text
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Question time = fail
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AND ONE MORE…
Running out of time!!!
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PART 3: PLANNING YOUR OWN PRESENTATION
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Who are your audience?
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WHAT IS YOUR CORE MESSAGE?
Start by considering core message of your presentation
Then consider how to deliver it
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PRACTICE
Spend 5 minutes developing an ‘elevator pitch’ for your research
- Why is it important?
Be prepared to share with another researcher
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SO WHAT?
Introduce yourself to 5 people you don’t know
Give them your ‘elevator pitch’ what you’re currently working on and why it is important
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Reflections?
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// COMFORT BREAK \\
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PART 4: DELIVERY
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5 THINGS EVERY PRESENTER NEEDS TO KNOW ABOUT PEOPLE
From: Susan Weinschenk
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Script it, but act spontaneous
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Tell a story
From: Resonate, Nancy Duarte
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Open well and close well
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Set up a problem to be answered in your talk
Use questions to keep audience engaged…
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Provide revelations
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Reiterate your message
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Your audience may well be tired and fidgety
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THINGS TO CONSIDER:
Pace Body language Handling nerves Modulate your voiceBeware concentration face!
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DEALING WITH QUESTIONS
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RESPONDING TO QUESTIONS
Step One - ListenStep Two - UnderstandStep Three - Communicate and involveStep Four – RespondAllow follow-up questions
From: University of Leicester
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HELP!
Ask a colleague to take notes for you during the Q&A
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THINGS TO AVOID
Answering the question you wished you’d been asked
Making a second ‘mini’ presentationPassing the blameDefensive answers
From: University of Leicester
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DEALING WITH DIFFICULT QUESTIONS
Give yourself time to think about the questionDon’t worry about admitting you don’t know
something, or hadn’t considered it……but do so positively ‘That’s an interesting
ideas I’d not thought of that’
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If it’s complicated, deal with it later ‘That’s interesting, shall we have a quick chat about it after the talk?’
If it falls outside the remit of your/talk/research ‘That’s really interesting, but it falls outside the scope of my research’
If they are persistent …‘I’m afraid I need to move on’From: University of Leicester
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REMEMBER THE THESIS WHISPERER…
Pose some of your own questions at the end of your presentationRecognise that some questions are a thinly veiled excuse for someone to offer their opinionPose the question back to the asker Ask the speaker to make the question concrete
From: The Thesis Whisperer
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DEALING WITH NERVES AND ANXIETY
From: Business Insider
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Prepare
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Know your venue
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Practice
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Visualize your success
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Practice positive self-talk
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Know your audience
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Exercise lightly and breathe deeply before you speak
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Memorize your opening
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Claim the three “audience truths”
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Smile
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Realize you don’t look as nervous as you feel
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PART 5: USING POWERPOINT EFFECTIVELY
Source: How to Avoid Death by Powerpoint, David Phillips
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One message per slide
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Use short bits of text and an image
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The most important part of the powerpoint should be the biggest
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Work with contrast
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Use a maximum of 6 ‘objects’
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DANCE VS. POWERPOINT: A MODEST PROPOSAL
‘If you’re trying to give someone the big picture of a complex idea, to really capture it’s essence, the fewer words you use the better.’
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PART 6: EXAMPLES OF GOOD PRESENTATIONS
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MELISSA MARSHALL: TALK NERDY TO ME
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JULIAN TREASURE: HOW TO SPEAK SO THAT PEOPLE WANT TO LISTEN
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FIORENZO OMENETTO: SILK, THE ANCIENT MATERIAL OF THE FUTURE