1 VV064: Giving a Presentation Antonín Zita § http://www.google.com/url?source=imglanding&ct=img&q=http://assets.vr-zone.net/16664/bluescreen.gif &sa=X&ei=LFWZUM2RAs_SigKSoIHYBw&ved=0CAkQ8wc&usg=AFQjCNHpiScjEYVzurLN06Uqlk3Psw638A all presentations start well before the presenter walks into the room. -Make sure everything works (media, equipment, etc.) -Have backups Presentations You May Give §Research papers §seminar/conferences, workshops § §Surveys / topic introductions §tutorials/conferences/class § §Discussions / points of view §seminars, workshops §panels § §Defense of known subject matter §thesis, proposals Your minimum presentations: -You are required to give at least one departmental seminar to your peers (other grads) and faculty -You should try to publish and present at least one paper and/or outside presentation -You have to give a Thesis Oral, where orals are public. Presentations You May Give §Audiences §topic specialists §area specialists §computer scientists §scientists §academics §public § experts lay Audience: -your talk must be prepare at the right level for your audience. -A great talk for one audience may bomb with another. -the audience determines the amount of detail you can get into Delivering a Bad Presentation §What do you think are some of the features of a bad presentation? Discuss and write down a list. §Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATfY8dvbuFg §Did the presentation include all the items in your list? Delivering a Good Presentation §What would a good presentation look like? §Watch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5utoLhjUuAI §Compare and contrast the good and bad presentation and write down a list of their features. § Good vs. Bad Presentation §Logical structure §Clear and to the point §Using phrases instead of full sentences §Good use of visuals §Speech -> Presentation §interaction with the audience (eye contact) §practice before §fit the time frame §Incomprehensible §Too long/short §Wordy §Too many visuals (or not enough) §Reading the information §not audible enough §speaking slowly or too fast §Simply boring § § Presentations: Before You Start… §Who is your audience? §How many people are in the audience? §What media are you using? §What technology is available? Structure §Introduction 1 §Who are you? §What are you going to talk about? §How are you going to talk about it? §Why is it important? §Different time for presentation = different presentation § Road map Structure §Introduction 2 §Motivate audience §Emphasize goal and importance §Background/Terminology §Provide greater detail §Contextualize §Your own motivation § Structure §Main Body §Bring out the facts §What you did and how did you do it §Significance § Structure §Conclusion §Summarize your main points §Purpose §Discuss current work/open problems §Indicate your talk is over Sources §“Saul Greenberg, University of Calgary, AB, Canada: Grad Tips, http://saul.cpsc.ucalgary.ca/saul/ §