Adobe Systems Define footer – presentation title / department 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: Before You Start… §Who is your audience? §How many people are in the audience? §What media are you using? §What technology is available? §Is everything properly set up? 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 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/ §