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LESSON 6- MAKING A GREAT PRESENTATION

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HOW TO MAKE A GREAT PRESENTATION?

 There are hundreds different

ways to make a presentation.

 Some common essentials are:  Clear objectives  Well-defined logic  Convincing facts/examples  Closely connected with audience  And, of course, much more ……

body language, dress, emotion, action, sense of hummer, word choice, tone, etc.

SOME GREAT PRESENTATIONS AVAILABLE

ONLINE

 Twenty must see TED talks for computer scientists

www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLF7032F8EB1A4 F9E2

 Steve Jobs’ 2005 Stanford Commencement Address

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UF8uR6Z6KLc

CLEAR OBJECTIVES

 What is the purpose(s) of your presentation?  What do you try to accomplish through the

presentation?

 Get your dream position?  Explain a project to your boss, teammate, or

general public to gain support from them?

 Knowledge sharing and public awareness?  Make a sale?  Motivate others ?  Report your accomplishments?  ……

PRESENTATION PREPARATION

• Purpose: Why?
• Content: What?
• Place: Where?
• Delivery: How?
• Audience: Who?

“I want (who) to (do what) (where, when and how) because (why)”

CONTENT SELECTION AND ORGANIZATION

 Choosing contents/material that  Support your points  Fits the audience  Comes from a variety of sources  Arrange points logically and sequentially  Show reasons to accomplish your objective(s)  If you are confused, you can’t make others understand!  You certainly need to have an idea flowchart in your

mind

CAREFULLY DESIGN THE BEGINNING

• Provide a self-introduction
• Get the audience’s attention
• shock, humor, question, story, facts & figures
• Should be well rehearsed yet natural
• Motivate audience to listen
• their needs, interests, benefits

VISUAL AIDS AND HANDOUTS

 The audience came to SEE you for your presentation  Your slides are visual aids only to ENHANCE the

presentation, not BE the presentation

 Ensure clear visibility  If you’re only going to read from the slides, then just

send them the slides!

 Handouts help audience to recall

STAGE PRESENCE

 Be confident and professional: overcome stage fright  Be focused on your purpose: use controlled gestures  Be direct and sensitive to the audience: eye contact, take

non-verbal feedback, body language

 Be active and passionate: move around with vocal

variations (pitch, volume, rate)

 Be willing to modify and adjust to meet audience needs  Don’t just make it as a presentation but effective

communication

HANDLING QUESTIONS

• Anticipate and keep answers ready
• Sometimes questions themselves give you a

lead to highlight your point of view

• Do not get confused by questions but focus on

the purpose and always be professional

• It is alright to say “I do not know” or “I will look

into it”. You are not supposed to know everything.

ETHICS

 Your reasoning must be supported by facts from

your own experience, experiments, or from reputable trustworthy sources

 Falsifying facts to reach ones own purpose can not

• nly ruin ones reputation but also cause

catastrophic damages to the society!

 Professional ethics is extremely important for

success!

PRESENTATION PITFALLS

• Disorganized material
• Lost control
• Time mismanagement
• Speaking too fast
• Using jargon
• Tone and content
• Complicated or ambiguous language
• Not questioning
• Negative comments
• Without summary at the closing to

highlight important points

• …

ASSIGNMENTS AND EVALUATION

 Choose a topic on current advances in CS/IT and

prepare a 10 minute in-class presentation

 Your presentation will be evaluated according to

the rubrics

EXPECTED OUTCOMES

 Outcome f. An ability to communicate

effectively with a range of audiences;

 Outcome g. An ability to analyze the local and

global impact of computing on individuals,

• rganizations and society; and

 Outcome h. Recognition of the need for, and an

ability to engage in, continuing professional development.

INDICATORS FOR OUTCOME F

 Outcome f. An ability to communicate

effectively with a range of audiences;

 The effectiveness of your presentations are

measured by the following indicators:

 Contents organization (clear purpose, main ideas are

supported with examples and stories)

 Verbal and non-verbal skills (including stage

presence)

 Peer evaluation

INDICATORS FOR OUTCOME G

 Outcome g. An ability to analyze the local and

global impact of computing on individuals,

• rganizations and society

 This ability should be demonstrated in the

presentation of your self-selected topic on new development in CS and IT

INDICATORS FOR OUTCOME H

 Outcome h. Recognition of the need for, and an

ability to engage in, continuing professional development.

 The ability is measured with:  Recentness of the topic  Broadness of references used

RUBRICS AND PEER EVALUATION

low average high

• 1. Relevance and currency of subject

1 2 3 4 5

• 2. Purpose, main idea, and summary

1 2 3 4 5

• 3. Possible impacts on individual, organization and society

1 2 3 4 5

• 4. Contents organization

1 2 3 4 5

• 5. Verbal skills

1 2 3 4 5

• 6. Non-verbal skills

1 2 3 4 5

Overall rating:

1 2 3 4 5