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Chapter 14: Oral Presentations - Coggle Diagram
Chapter 14: Oral Presentations
14.1: FORMAT OF A SCIENTIFIC TALK
ORGANIZATION: Title, Overview, Intro/Background, Findings, Conclusions, Credit/References
Pick out the most important FIGURES/TABLES for core slide.
Know your target audience! Do you need to present the ideas or go into the science?
For longer talks an overview slide can be helpful to let the audience know what you'll be speaking about.
Make sure the purpose of your talk is clear and the take-home message loud.
14.2: PREPARING FOR A TALK
Be prepared and practice ahead of time!
Pick the best program for what you're presenting. PowerPoint isn't always the best depending on the topic.
Use LARGE PRINT for notes so they are easy to read. Avoid using full sentences EXCEPT opening, closing, transitions, and quotes.
14.3: DESIGNING EFFECTIVE SLIDES
Use simple slide with visual aids like graphs and charts.
Include a Title but no legends or captions.
DO NOT MAKE TEXT-HEAVY SLIDES!
Color and Design matters!
Do not make it hard for colorblind people to see!
Titles should be in the same place on each slide.
FONT SIZE = 20 or larger
14.4 & 14.5: DELIVERY
F2F
Be early and dress appropriately for your audience.
Do not go in front of projector or lectern.
Make eye contact with the audience!
Use gestures when needed to convey points but not too many.
Signal the end of your presentation (a Q&A slide can be useful to do that)
Be courteous. Repeat question. Admit if you don't know. Ask for the question to be rephrased. Direct answer to entire audience. Save bigger discussions for after.
Don't let presentation be interrupted. Do not argue.
USE GOOD POSTURE!
Use simple words even when explaining a scientific topic.
Speak slowly.
Stay within time limit!
PROJECT YOUR VOICE.
Create a good FLOW.
DO NOT READ BULLET POINTS!
Avoid "hm, um, ok, so" etc
REMOTE
Very similar but does have differences from F2F.
Test equipment.
Control the view especially if on camera and not just sharing scree (lighting).
Mute notifications and close other applications.
Use Active Speaker setting so everyone sees you when you're speaking.