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How to prepare and give presenta0ons
ITF Workshop, April 19, 2016 Alexis Carrozza acarrozza@gradcenter.cuny.edu
SLIDE 2 Workshop Agenda
- Overview of common event (5 min)
- Preparing Your Presenta0on (30-40 min)
– Narrowing your research topic to fit limited span of 0me – Using graphics effec0vely – Tech issues: be prepared
- Public Speaking: Ac0onable Tips and Good
Prac0ces (10-15 minutes)
– Organizing & forma[ng your talk (vs. paper) – Public speaking
SLIDE 3 Seminar 4 Common Event
- May 14-15; two sessions per day
- Groups organized by topic
- Your presenta0on: 10 minutes long and
an0cipate ques0ons from moderator/ discussant
- You will present and also act as an audience
for another group
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What makes for an effec4ve presenta4on? Public speaker?
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Preparing Your Presenta0on
SLIDE 6 Factors: Argument + Audience
- General rule: 1 page of text (double-
spaced) = 2.5 minutes
- Ac0on(s): Iden0fy all the elements of
your argument before narrowing down material to representa0ve examples or key parts
– Determine strong/weak points – An0cipate your audience
SLIDE 7 Case study: Presenta.on at SECAC for panel “Rethinking Watershed Exhibi.ons”
How to pare down a 20+ page research paper into 15-20 min. alloDed speaking 4me?
SLIDE 8 My solu0on: pick representa0ve examples that explain broader themes
- r ra0onal of your research topic
Shown above: text from my talk
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Using Graphics Efficiently
Exercise: comparing slides used when discussing the same topic
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Set #1: dogs
Goal: pick a slide that will help your audience understand your talk that answers the ques0on, “what is a dog?”
SLIDE 11 What is a dog?
- Noun: a domes0cated carnivorous mammal
that typically has a long snout, an acute sense
- f smell, and a barking, howling, or whining
- voice. It is widely kept as a pet or for work or
field sports.
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What is a dog?
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Set #2: Confucianism and art
Which visuals work best when someone is talking about this topic?
SLIDE 15 Confucianism
Who was Confucius? Confucius was a scholar born into an aristocratic society (b. 551 BC –
During his lifetime that warfare for supremacy was constant (during the Spring and Autumn period – 8th through 5th centuries BCE - preceding the Warring States period, and similarly unstable) Confucianism: (after Confucius)
- Rational political philosophy emphasizes deference, duty, discipline
- Possible to better ones’ self through education (Confucius was a
teacher)
- Humanity (reciprocity) is key ideal;
- Confucianism offers an ethical system based on the correct
relationship among people.
SLIDE 16 Confucianism as a poli0cal system and way of seeing the self
Individual
Parent Employer Sibling Spouse Friend
The five rela0onships à hierarchy shijs depending on the grouping; parent > child,
- lder sibling > younger, etc.
Emperor Local provincial bureaucra0c class Farmers Merchants Scholars/litera0 Na0onal bureaucra0c class
Very general diagram of Confucianism as poli0cal system
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Set #3: Postmodernism
Which visual should be shown while I describe an exhibi0on and the philosophical concept of the postmodern?
SLIDE 18 “Simplifying to the extreme, I define postmodern as incredulity toward metanarra0ves.”
- Jean-François Lyotard, The Postmodern Condi4on: A Report on Knowledge,
1979 Installa0on view of “Les Immatériaux,” March- July 1985, Centres Pompidou, Paris
Slide #1: shown in class
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Slide #2: shown at conference
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Tech Issues
Bring extra printed copies! Back up your presenta4on everywhere! Save as PPT and PDF … and save EVERYWHERE. Don’t assume AV equipment will be Apple or Mac compa4ble!
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Public speaking
Wri0ng the talk Talking the talk
SLIDE 22 Key points when wri0ng a talk
- Opposite logic when wri4ng a paper: give all
info at beginning of talk (within 2 pages)
- Begin graciously: acknowledge and thank the
- rganizers of panel/conference
- Use “Signal phrases” so audience follows your
ideas, logic:
– Use transi0onal words and phrases – Pose ques0ons
SLIDE 23 FormaBng your talk to allow for beDer speaking: a case study
Case Study: My presenta0on at SECAC 2013 (link to conference program, 0tle page of program shown above)
SLIDE 24 Format your printed copy to allow for breaks and pauses, eye contact, breaths, sip of water, etc.
Sample pages from my talk: formaued with text at top of page
SLIDE 25 Speaking
- Prac0ce, prac0ce, prac0ce
- Confidence & friendliness
- The audience is not your enemy
- Speed/pacing + rhythm will help audience
follow along (in addi0on to verbal cues like transi0onal phrases, ques0ons)
