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Giving an Effective Presentation
Andrew R. Barron
Department of Chemistry, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science,
Rice University
College of Engineering Swansea University, Wales, UK
www.rice.edu/barron
The Story
The Audience
Who is your audience? What is their background? Give them what they want not want you think they want?
Don’t Give an Overview
1. I am going to tell you what you already know.
2. I am going to tell you what I am going to talk about.
3. I am going to tell you about something that you cannot understand because you have not seen the data yet.
4. I am going to waste your and my time.
5. I am then going to spoil the ending of the story.
Tell a story
• Who is your audience?
• What is their background?
• Give them what they want not want you think they want?
• What are you trying to accomplish with your talk?
• Make it flow in a logical manner.
What makes a good story/book/film?
Big picture not too many details
Alumoxane polystyrene flux permeability surface area pore volume
(µm) (10 -6m/s) (nm2) (m2/g) (mL/g) Support - 1.40 37.18 3.5 0.02A-alumoxane - 0.85 22.15 111.3 0.32A-alumoxane 0.75 1.25 32.21 267.0 0.50A-alumoxane 3.0 1.28 32.98 265.1 0.56A-alumoxane 15 1.15 29.68 272.1 0.57A-alumoxane mixed 0.87 22.48 285.6 0.42MEEA-alumoxane 0.75 1.23 31.77 218.52 0.53MEEA-alumoxane 3.0 1.92 49.57 231.75 0.56MEEA-alumoxane 15 1.92 49.66 333.50 0.81MEEA-alumoxane mixed 1.46 37.71 202.14 0.29
!Pc
support
aqueous carboxylate-alumoxane solution
gel layer
0
0.05
0.1
0.15
0.2
0.25
1 10 100 1000
Desorption Adsorption
Average pore diameter (nm)
d(V
p)/d
(Dp)
(mL.
g-1 .
nm-1
)
Alumoxane membrane
Alumoxane membrane
Support
Average pore size
(nm)
1.00.80.60.40.20.08
10
12
14
16
18
20
Fraction MEA-alumoxane
If you include it… use it
The Conclusion
• Don’t repeat the data.
• Make it a conclusion not a summary
• Give them a take home message.
• This is your last chance so make it good.
• Give it your best shot.
The Presentation
Fonts
• Choose a font and stick with it.
• Changing in mid slide tells the audience that you are lazy • Worse it make it difficult to read.
• The simple ones are best.
• And don’t forget that they have to read this.
Backgrounds
• Choose something simple.
• Color combinations are important
• Make sure font can be seen.
• Don’t distract the story.
Backgrounds
Backgrounds
Pictures (and scales)
1 mm
Tables and Data
Alumoxane polystyrene flux permeability surface area pore volume
(µm) (10 -6m/s) (nm2) (m2/g) (mL/g) Support - 1.40 37.18 3.5 0.02A-alumoxane - 0.85 22.15 111.3 0.32A-alumoxane 0.75 1.25 32.21 267.0 0.50A-alumoxane 3.0 1.28 32.98 265.1 0.56A-alumoxane 15 1.15 29.68 272.1 0.57A-alumoxane mixed 0.87 22.48 285.6 0.42MEEA-alumoxane 0.75 1.23 31.77 218.52 0.53MEEA-alumoxane 3.0 1.92 49.57 231.75 0.56MEEA-alumoxane 15 1.92 49.66 333.50 0.81MEEA-alumoxane mixed 1.46 37.71 202.14 0.29
K.I.S.S
Animation has a place, but don’t overuse it
Animation has a place, but don’t overuse it
Animation has a place, but don’t overuse it
Animation has a place, but don’t overuse it
Again… DO NOT use sound
And DO NOT use sounds !
The Performance
Look at the people you are trying to talk to
Can they hear you?
Know what comes next
Next slide
Don’t try to be funny
Relax
Finish on Time