EPSRC CDT Metamaterials Presentation Skills: Learn the Basics 9th December 2015
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PRESENTATION SKILLS: LEARN THE BASICS KELLY PREECE RESEARCHER DEVEL O PMEN T PROGRAM ME MANAGER (PGRS)
Transcript of EPSRC CDT Metamaterials Presentation Skills: Learn the Basics 9th December 2015
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 )
TODAY WE WILL COVER
The purpose of a presentationWhat makes an effective presentationPlanning your presentationDeliveryUsing powerpoint effectivelyExamples of good presentations
PADLET
http://padlet.com/UofE_RD/presentationskillslearnthebasics9_12_2015
PART 1: THE PURPOSE OF A PRESENTATION
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
TO…PersuadeInformAdvocateTestConfirmClarifyAdapted from: Strategies for Effective Academic Presentations, Monica Bulger
TO…ChallengeQuestionExperimentPractice Advance Develop your researchImprove your final thesis Adapted from: Strategies for Effective Academic Presentations, Monica Bulger
PART 2: GOOD PRESENTATION, BAD PRESENTATION
WHAT WILL YOU EXPECT FROM AN OUTSTANDING PRESENTATION IN RELATION TO THESE CRITERIA?(1) Scientific and technical content (2) Presentation
5 CLASSIC PRESENTATION MISTAKESFROM THE THESIS WHISPERER
Source: www.thesiswhisperer.com
TMI (too much information)
All literature and no action
Why are we here again?
Undigested text
Question time = fail
AND ONE MORE…
Running out of time!!!
PART 3: PLANNING YOUR OWN PRESENTATION
Who are your audience?
WHAT IS YOUR CORE MESSAGE?
Start by considering core message of your presentation
Then consider how to deliver it
PRACTICE
Spend 5 minutes developing an ‘elevator pitch’ for your research
- Why is it important?
Be prepared to share with another researcher
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
Reflections?
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PART 4: DELIVERY
5 THINGS EVERY PRESENTER NEEDS TO KNOW ABOUT PEOPLE
From: Susan Weinschenk
Script it, but act spontaneous
Tell a story
From: Resonate, Nancy Duarte
Open well and close well
Set up a problem to be answered in your talk
Use questions to keep audience engaged…
Provide revelations
Reiterate your message
Your audience may well be tired and fidgety
THINGS TO CONSIDER:
Pace Body language Handling nerves Modulate your voiceBeware concentration face!
DEALING WITH QUESTIONS
RESPONDING TO QUESTIONS
Step One - ListenStep Two - UnderstandStep Three - Communicate and involveStep Four – RespondAllow follow-up questions
From: University of Leicester
HELP!
Ask a colleague to take notes for you during the Q&A
THINGS TO AVOID
Answering the question you wished you’d been asked
Making a second ‘mini’ presentationPassing the blameDefensive answers
From: University of Leicester
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’
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
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
DEALING WITH NERVES AND ANXIETY
From: Business Insider
Prepare
Know your venue
Practice
Visualize your success
Practice positive self-talk
Know your audience
Exercise lightly and breathe deeply before you speak
Memorize your opening
Claim the three “audience truths”
Smile
Realize you don’t look as nervous as you feel
PART 5: USING POWERPOINT EFFECTIVELY
Source: How to Avoid Death by Powerpoint, David Phillips
One message per slide
Use short bits of text and an image
The most important part of the powerpoint should be the biggest
Work with contrast
Use a maximum of 6 ‘objects’
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.’
PART 6: EXAMPLES OF GOOD PRESENTATIONS
MELISSA MARSHALL: TALK NERDY TO ME
JULIAN TREASURE: HOW TO SPEAK SO THAT PEOPLE WANT TO LISTEN
FIORENZO OMENETTO: SILK, THE ANCIENT MATERIAL OF THE FUTURE
