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Giving Conference Presentations
Kevin Eric De Pew
February 15, 2004
ODU English
Presentation Overview
• Why Present?
• The Presentation Texts
• Giving the Presentation
• Designing the Presentation
Why Present?
• Opportunity to go to Conferences exposure to current scholarship meet new people start collaborations
• Develop professional identity
• Get feedback
Presentation Texts
• The call for papers (CFP)
• Your response to the CFP
• The conference paper
• Handouts (optional)
• PowerPoint (optional)
The Call For Papers
• Read it carefully
• Identify the theme
• Highlight buzz words
• Pay attention to the due date and word lengths
Your Response to the CFP
• The Genre state problem explain response (mini-literature review) describe presentation (briefly)
• Determine media of submission snail mail Electronic
The Conference Paper
• 20 minutes 8 pages, double-spaced; 10 - 15 slides
• Genre Problem: purpose of presentation Frame: connection to conversation Response: solution to problem, examples
• Focus determined by audience
• Save some details for Q&A
Handouts• Gives your audience an artifact of your
presentation; can include… your contact information your abstract references Illustrations or examples suggestions space for notes
• Use CRAP for design
PowerPoint Presentation
• Helps you to present extemporaneously, but maintain focus
• Organization structured loose
• Effect orientation distraction
• More on PPT later…
Giving Presentations
• Conference Presentation Etiquette
• Reading vs. Speaking
• The Physical Presentation
Presentation Etiquette• DO NOT…
exceed your time limit give a different paper be unorganized
• DO… show confidence in your work know your material be respectful
Reading vs. Speaking
• Know the culture
• Reading A: helps to keep you organized, on-task D: often prevents eye contact, loss of ethos
• Speaking A: demonstrates knowledge in material D: can appear unorganized
Physical Presentation
• Pay attention to your location; especially if using a screen for PPT
• Make eye contact Do not talk to the screen or paper; point to
text when appropriate If using PPT; do not read slides, but use
them to organize your talk
Designing PPT Presentations • The way that each slide looks affects
how the audience receives information
• Therefore, pay attention to Fonts Color Special Effects Images Repetition
Fonts
• Make slide titles stand with a larger font and/or different color
• Use large font size for text; it should be large enough to fit six to eight words across the screen
• Use sans serif font (Arial); if text heavy, use serif (Times)
Color
• Make a strong contrast between background and text Use a dark text with a light background Use a light text with a dark background
• Use a color scheme that coordinates
• If possible, check color projection prior to presentation
Special Effects
• Power Point allows you to include special effects
• Use appropriately and rhetorically You are not making the next Star Wars
movie
Images• Use images to help make
your point• You can import images
from other sources • Adjust the size and
placement of image box and text box
• Clip Art can be considered unprofessional
Use CRAP
• Different types of Contrast
• Repeat slide design throughout the entire presentation
• Create hierarchies with Alignment
• Place similar elements in the same Proximity
• This will orient your listener
Appropriateness
• Use appropriate backgrounds, images, and special effects for your presentation
• Discuss one issue per slide
• Use as little text as possible long passages
• do not place entire quote on slides• excerpt, verbalize, or place in handout
Giving Presentations
• Why Present?
• The Presentation Texts
• Giving the Presentation
• Designing the Presentation