e11 lecture 19: presentation skills profs. david money harris & sarah harris fall 2011
TRANSCRIPT
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E11 Reminders
Next week:Lectures: No Lecture Tues, Engineering
Outlook ThursIn Lab:
10 minute presentations (submit presentation to section instructor by 8am day of lab section – as .ppt or .pptx)
peer editing (each team brings 2 copies of final report)
Final report submission! Email electronic copy of final report (.doc
or .docx) to section instructor by end of lab section.
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Overview
Peer Editing
E11 Final Presentation Guidelines
Technical PresentationsOrganization and PreparationSlidesDelivery
Purpose
FeedbackHigh-level: organization, flow,
tone, completeness, readabilityLow-level: grammar, punctuation,
spelling, etc.
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Peer Review Strategies
Overview: read the paper through once - take some notes as you go
Second read Check if it is clear, concise, complete (robot design, game
playing algorithm, robot performance, lessons learned) Overall organization
topic sentence for each paragraph? words/sentences simple, clear, concise, complete? (no
ambiguous statements!) flow: transition sentences? ideas connected? no
chronologies! setup: introduction gives clear overview of rest of the
document? figures/tables: existing ones effective? cited in text? what
additional figures/tables would enable clarity? low-level: spelling, punctuation, grammar, consistent
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Peer Review Strategies
List at least two things that are particularly strong about draft.
List at least two specific suggestions for changes you’d like to see in next draft.
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E11 Final Presentation
10-minute limitThis is harder than you think! You
must practice to make sure you fall under the limit.
8 minutes presentation, 2 minutes questions
Your audience is literally your audience:Your classmates already know about
base bot and game rules, so don’t waste precious time describing these!
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E11 Final Presentation
Template: You must use the PowerPoint template posted on the E11 website
Presentations must be emailed to your section instructor by 8am the day of your presentation (.ppt or .pptx).
Your presentation should describe novel features in your vehicle, including: The algorithm you used Any interesting issues in the software
implementation, and Any modifications to the stock chassis, sensors,
actuators, etc. Your presentation should be clear, lively,
and interesting!
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Technical Presentations
What is the purpose of creative presentations (e.g. poetry reading, stand-up comedy)? To entertain
What is the purpose of technical presentations? To inform and/or to persuade
What are the major goals of technical presentations? Clarity Accuracy
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Consider Audience, Purpose, and Occasion
Audience:Who they areWhat they knowWhy they will
read watchHow will they
read watch
Purpose:To informTo persuade
Occasion:FormatFormalityPolitics and
EthicsProcess and
Deadline
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Your audience will assess:
1. Content The information contained in the
presentation.
2. Delivery (Style) The way information is presented,
including structure, spoken language, illustration.
3. Form The appearance of the information,
including grammar, punctuation, spelling, font and font size, and slide template.
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Organization and Preparation
Begin with the end in mind: What is the purpose of your talk? What message should the audience take away?
Keep it simple and concise: What three things should the audience
remember from your talk?
Outline your content before preparing slides: But don’t hesitate to rearrange your
presentation if you discover it doesn’t flow well during rehearsal!
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Delivery: Slides
Minimize text
Add useful figures
Use animation only for a purpose (not just for fun!)
Make sure tables and charts are legible
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Delivery: Speech and Affect
Rehearse!Edit slides while rehearsing (or after
each round of rehearsal)Improve flow (know what is coming next)Speak efficiently, confidently
Emphasize the important pointsFor example, by making voice louderBy pausing after important points
Look at the audience
Do not read off slides
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Some other tips
Don’t rush – emphasize important points.
Avoid apologizing for a presentation’s shortcomings… press on.
Leave time for Q & A.
Chilean Exports• Fresh fruit leads Chile's export mix - Chile emerges as major supplier of fresh fruit to
world market due to ample natural resources, consumer demand for fresh fruit during winter season in U.S. and Europe, and incentives in agricultural policies of Chilean government, encouraging trend toward diversification of exports and development of nontraditional crops - U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Economic Research Service Report
• Chile is among the developing economies taking advantage of these trends, pursuing a free market economy. This has allowed for diversification through the expansion of fruit production for export, especially to the U.S. and Western Europe. Chile has successfully diversified its agricultural sector to the extent that it is now a major fruit exporting nation. Many countries view Chile's diversification of agriculture as a model to be followed.
• Meanwhile, the U.S. remains the largest single market for Chile's fruit exports. However, increasing demand from the EC and Central and East European countries combined may eventually surpass exports to the U.S., spurring further growth in Chile's exports.
• If you’ve read this far, your eyes probably hurt and you’ve been reading this tedious long-winded text instead of listening to me. I’m insulted- can’t you see I’m doing a presentation up here? Look at me! Congratulations, however, on having such good eyesight.
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the following slides are from www.elmhurst,edu
Too Much Text, and Font too small
• Don’t put large blocks of text in your presentation.
• Emphasize the main points.• Use pictures- PowerPoint is multimedia!• Use a large font…at least 30-point or
more.
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Beginner Motorcycles
• My personal favorite: the Suzuki Savage
• Light weight (~380lbs)• Adequate power
(650cc engine)• Low seat height fits
most riders
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Bad Color Choices
• Avoid loud, garish colors…dark text on light background is best.
• Avoid text colors that fade into background, i.e. blue and black
• Avoid color-blind combinations:– Red and green– Blue and yellow
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Overwhelming Pictures
• Use pictures, but don’t let them use you.• Keep slides SIMPLE! Too much diverts
audience away from content.• Too many pictures also make saving a
presentation difficult.• 1 or 2 pictures per slide is probably
enough.
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Racquetball Fundamentals
2, 3, or 4 players. 1 player serves, other “returns.” Only serving player can score. Served ball must land past serving line and
cannot hit back wall. Ball can only bounce once before striking
front wall…but ball does not have to bounce.
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Using too much Slide Animation
• Again, keep slides simple!• Apply one Slide Transition style and one
Animation Scheme to ALL slides.• Don’t change between styles- a single
style makes a presentation look unified.• “Busy” presentations divert audience
attention from content.
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FILE NOT FOUND
• Microsoft PowerPoint is unable to open the requested file. This could be because your file is corrupted and/or this is an unsupported file type. Do you wish to retry or cancel?
• Disk is unformatted. Click “yes” to format your disk now.
• Boot startup failure, press any key to reboot.
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