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Oral presentation - Coggle Diagram
Oral presentation
Delivery of a face-to-face talk
Arrive early and dress appropriately
Use spoken english
Have a time limit and speak slow
Make sure the audience can hear you and make your talk flow well
Keep eye contact and use gestures
Format of a scientific talk
Identify the purpose/question and the take-home message of the study
The theme of your talk needs to have a specific purpose/question and present it right after the introduction.
Know your audience
Knowing your audience will help you decide your type of talk and different emphasis may have to be placed thorough the different sections.
Organize your talk
Title slide, first slide (Overview), next slide (Introduction/background and purpose of the study), subsequent slides (findings), final slide (conclusions and main supporting points)
Pick out an important figure for your core slide.
The core slide needs to be clear and immediately understandable. It needs to have your most important figure
Designing effective slides
Make slides look attractive, but simple
Slides need to be clear and legible and easy to understand. Sufficient information and figures/tables should be included to present an overview of your work without an overload of information.
Color and design
Avoid bright colors and nonstandard colors. Create slides that are visually attractive.
Font
Minimum size is larger or equal to 20 points so it can be read by the audience.
Limit the amount of text
Slides need to contain informative headings and cover all key points but keep it simple and not to wordy.
preparing for a talk
Know what programs you can use to create slides
Microsoft PowerPoint, Apple keynote, SlideRocket, and Google slides are a few programs you can use to create slides.
Prepare notes and memorize the opening sentences and practice
Preparing notes before presenting are good to have incase you need to fall back on them if you get nervous.
Prepare your talk ahead of time
Question-and-answer period
At the end of your presentation their is a brief question and answer period where the audience can ask questions of the presenter.