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Fundamentals of Communication and Presentation Guidelines
TAMU National Science Foundation Summer Research Program
by Guillermo Trevino 07/23/2012
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What is the most common overused meaningless words?
a) You know
b) Um
c) Well
d) Okay?
e) Like
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Presentation Outline
1. The Fundamentals of Communication
2. Your Audience
3. Research Talk
4. Stage Fright
5. Answering Questions from the Audience
6. Appearance
7. Preparation
8. PowerPoint Slides
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The Fundamentals of Communication
Communication Systems are categorized in six categories:
1. Transmitter: Speaker
2. Channels: Senses ( speech, hearing, seeing, etc.)
3. Message: Speaker’s topic
4. Receiver: Audience
5. Noise: Internal and external factors that affect message reception by audience: e.g., daydreaming, traffic, noise, etc.
6. Feedback: Audience reaction
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Speaker has immediate control
Speaker can influence
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Two Categories of Verbal Communication
a) Persuasive Speech: is used to influence both individuals and groups to accept a particular position.
b) Informative Speech: is used to transmit information of a factual nature. Considered the “workhorse” of academic and business.
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Fundamentals of Communication and Presentation Guidelines
1. The Fundamentals of Communication
2. Your Audience 3. Research Talk
4. Answering Questions
5. Stage Fright
6. Preparation
7. Appearance
8. PowerPoint Slides
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Know Your Audience
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Who would be in attendance?
• Scientists expert in your field
• Scientists not related to your field
• Students (classmates)
• Non experts
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Reach Your Audience
• Voice modulation
• Speed and enunciation
• Pronunciation
• Hand gestures
• Eye contact
• Stopping points
• Verbal pause fillers & slang
• Do not read
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Motivate Your Audience
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1. State your main point clearly
2. Limit yourself to one main point and state it clearly and succinctly
3. The content of the presentation should be chosen to illustrate and support your point
4. Explain your main point
5. Support your main point with evidence from other sources
6. Conclude/restate your main point
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Motivate Your Audience
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Engage your audience:
• At the beginning of your talk motivate your audience with easy to understand examples
• Present your results early and in simple terms
• Use images and diagrams
• Present your solution (if any) or shortcomings
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1. The Fundamentals of Communication
2. Your Audience
3. Research Talk 4. Stage Fright
5. Answering Questions from the Audience
6. Appearance
7. Preparation
8. PowerPoint Slides
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Purpose of Research Talk
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Is not to:
• Impress the audience
• Tell them all you know about a subject
• Present every little detail of your work
Is to:
• Give the audience a sense of what your idea/work is
• Make them want to read your paper
• Get feedback on your work
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The Structure of Your Research Talk
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• What is the problem? • Purpose and goals • Relevant state of the art • What is your key
idea/contribution • Why is your approach
good/better • What I just said and what I want
to do next
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Keep Them Engaged!
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• Highlight where you are in the process
• Remind where you are in the process
1. Preprocessing 2. Filtering 3. Texture Extraction 4. Decision Trees 5. Classification
1. Preprocessing
2. Filtering
3. Texture Extraction
4. Decision Trees
5. Classification
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Fundamentals of Communication and Presentation Guidelines
1. The Fundamentals of Communication
2. Your Audience
3. Research Talk
4. Answering Questions 5. Stage Fright
6. Preparation
7. Appearance
8. PowerPoint Slides
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Answering Questions
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• Repeat the question for the entire audience
• If you do not understand a question, ask for clarification or ask the questioner to rephrase the question.
• If you do not know the answer to a question and can offer no educated guesses, say so.
• If you do not know the answer but can offer a methodology for arriving at the answer, by all means do so.
• Handle all questions graciously
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1. The Fundamentals of Communication
2. Your Audience
3. Research Talk
4. Answering Questions from the Audience
5. Stage Fright 6. Preparation
7. Appearance
8. PowerPoint Slides
Fundamentals of Communication and Presentation Guidelines
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How to Handle Stage Fright?
Creating rapport with your audience can result in :
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• Relaxed audience • A caring audience • Attitude
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How to Handle Stage Fright?
Showing confidence by:
• Correct posture (e.g. feet shoulder apart, weight evenly distributed)
• Avoid manipulating objects
• Breath at a normal rate
• Show humor (if possible)
• Practice a lot
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1. The Fundamentals of Communication
2. Your Audience
3. Research Talk
4. Answering Questions from the Audience
5. Stage Fright
6. Preparation
7. Appearance
8. PowerPoint Slides
Fundamentals of Communication and Presentation Guidelines
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Practice
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• Choose your test audience
Knowledgeable audience (e.g. professor)
Naïve audience (e.g. roommate)
• Practice in front of at least one person from your discipline
• Make them as formal as possible
• Brainstorm questions that might be asked
• Practice in the room you will present in
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Contingency Plan
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• Have a backup plan for equipment failure
• What if you lost your train of thought?
• Repeat your last sentence (e.g. rephrase it)
• What if you misspeak?
• If it is funny and the audience laugh then use it as a “breaking ice” point (correct your statement too!)
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Pre-Presentation Check List
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Check the audience seating arrangement
Check the podium or stage
Check audiovisual equipment
Check microphones (if required)
Check for any other resources required (e.g. chalkboard)
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1. The Fundamentals of Communication
2. Your Audience
3. Research Talk
4. Answering Questions from the Audience
5. Stage Fright
6. Preparation
7. Appearance 8. PowerPoint Slides
Fundamentals of Communication and Presentation Guidelines
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Appearance
The nature of your environment (academic) often dictates your appearance:
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• Plan how will you present yourself
• Visibility • Posture
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1. The Fundamentals of Communication
2. Your Audience
3. Research Talk
4. Answering Questions from the Audience
5. Stage Fright
6. Preparation
7. Appearance
8. PowerPoint Slides
Fundamentals of Communication and Presentation Guidelines
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Formatting Power Point Slides
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• Make your 1st or 2nd slide an outline of your presentation
• Follow the order of your outline for the rest of the presentation
• Only place main points on the outline slide
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Font
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• Use at least an 18-point font
• Use different size fonts for main points and secondary points
this font is 24-point, the main point font is 28-point, and the title font is 36-point
• Use a standard font like Times New Roman or Arial
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Background
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• Use backgrounds such as this one that are attractive but simple
• Use light color backgrounds
• Use the same background consistently throughout your presentation
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Graphs Format
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• Use graphs rather than just charts and words o Data in graphs is easier to comprehend & retain than is
raw data
o Trends are easier to visualize in graph form
• Pay particular attention to the labeling of axes and
points.
• Always title your graphs
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Examples of Good Graphs
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Examples of Bad Graphs
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Technical Details: In/Out?
– Present specific aspect that show the essence of your work
– Do not fill up your slides with equations
– Prepare back-up slides to answer questions and leave them at the end of the presentation
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Grammar
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• Proof your slides for:
o speling mistakes
o the use of of repeated words
o grammatical errors you might have make
• ESL students, please have someone else check your presentation
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Questions?
• Bad presentation
• http://www.writing.engr.psu.edu/slides.html
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