From Paper To Presentation 01 June 2015 // An Academic Support - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

From Paper To Presentation

01 June 2015 // An Academic Support Centre Seminar

Today:

• Planning
• Structuring a presentation
• Key phrases
• Visual aids
• Articulating & Projecting
• Using effective body language
• Dealing with nervousness

But first…

Why are good presentation skills important?

Planning: 3Ws + H Who? What? Why? How?

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Structure: same but different?

A presentation is about an IDEA (not a paper)

• Introduction: Greeting & The Hook (1-2 slides)
• Methods: (1 slide)
• Results: 3-5 points with evidence (3-5 slides)
• Discussion: with results? separate slide?
• Conclusion: Summary & Significance (TAKE AWAY)

(1 slide)

Structure

BEGINNING

MIDDLE END

• Introduction: Greeting, problem/question, motivation, give

away the ending (?), forecast structure (1-3 slides)

• Methods: (1 slide)
• Results: 3-5 points with evidence (3-5 slides)
• Discussion: with results? separate slide?
• Conclusion: Summary & Significance (TAKE AWAY)

(1 slide)

Structure

MIDDLE END

• Introduction: Greeting, problem/question, motivation, give

away the ending (?), forecast structure (1-3 slides)

• Methods: (1 slide)
• Results: 3-5 points with evidence (3-5 slides)
• Discussion: combine with results or separate slide(s)?
• Conclusion: Summary & Significance (TAKE AWAY)

(1 slide)

Structure

END

• Introduction: Greeting, problem/question, motivation, give

away the ending (?), forecast structure (1-3 slides)

• Methods: (1 slide)
• Results: 3-5 points with evidence (3-5 slides)
• Discussion: combine with results or separate slide(s)?
• Conclusion: Summary (main result) & Significance

(takeaway!) (1 slide)

Structure

Signposting: verbal punctuation (structure)

(Key phrases handout)

Audience Interest

• Hook
• ”You,” ”we,” ”our”
• Relevant anecdotes, stories, and examples
• Audience involvement
• Direct or rhetorical questions
• Clarity & conciseness
• Attitude
• Varied media

“How to give a successful oral presentation.” Catalysis.nl.

• Web. March 2013.

Articulation & Projection

• Check pronunciation of key terms
• Articulate numbers and key facts
• Stress important words
• Vary voice quality and show emotion
• Pause (!!!!!)
• “Project” doesn’t just mean “speak louder”

We used the Kuznets curve to see the relationship between economic inequality and economic growth.

• Visual aids can go really wrong. It’s never a good idea that

your visual aids trump you as the presenter.

• PowerPoint has, unfortunately, encouraged lots of people to

present slides (or worse…just read them) instead of deliver a speech.

• This is not inspiring.
• PowerPoint also has many terrible effects, transitions, and

clip art made much too available. Ignore most of these. Actually, never use clip art. Just don’t.

• How do you like reading entire sentences as bullet points?
• How do you like my reading entire sentences as bullet points
• n the screen that you can read faster than I can speak?
• Hey look! A cat!

Bad slide example from: http://nobullets.files.wordpress.com/2009/05/bad-slide- s2191_epa_analysis-44.jpg

Less is (usually) more

Body Language

Nervousness…

Dealing with Nervousness Prepare Practice Plan Reframe Visualize Breathe Pause

Be Inspired!

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Works Consulted

”Anxiety.” ithinkwell. Australia: ithinkwell.com. 2011. Web. http://ithinkwell.com.au. 26 Feb. 2013. ”How to give a successful oral presentation.” Catalysis.nl. Web. http://presentations.catalysis.nl/presentations/presentation.php. 05 March. 2013. ”Oral Presentations: Organizing Your Presentation.” The McGraw

• Center. Princeton. 2009. Web. www.princeton.edu/mcgraw.

26 Feb. 2013. Storz, C. ”Oral Presentation Skills: A Practical Guide.” France: Institut national de telecommunications. 2002. Print. Williams, Erica J. Presentations in English. Oxford: Macmillan. 2008. Print.