the conference
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The Conference. Authors: Andre van Zyl and Ken Nixon Supervisor: Joe Soap. Outline. Conference Schedule The Conference What to expect What to do Do’s and Taboo’s of Effective Presentations Get pen and paper ready!. Acknowledgements. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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The Conference
Authors:
Andre van Zyl and Ken Nixon
Supervisor:
Joe Soap
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Outline
Conference Schedule
The Conference What to expect What to do
Do’s and Taboo’s of Effective Presentations
Get pen and paper ready!
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Acknowledgements
IDC Technologies for allowing us to use parts of one of their presentations
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Schedule
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Conference
The conference will be held on Tuesday, 4 November, 2003.
Each group will give a 15 minute joint presentation - time shared equally between the two students.
5 minutes will be permitted for informal questioning from the conference audience, if necessary. This time will also be used for hand-over and setup for the following group.
Students may give an overhead or power point presentation.
3 venues will be used in parallel.
4 sessions will be held during the day in each venue.
Each session will last 1 hour
There will be a maximum of three project presentations per session.
Each session will have the project internal and external examiners present.
Each session will also have a session chairperson, who will serve as a moderator for the individual appraisals.
There will be 1 hour between each session to facilitate individual student appraisal.
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Conference
Tuesday, 4 November, 2003.
15 minute joint presentation - time shared.
5 minutes questions and hand-over
Overhead or PC presentation.
3 venues in parallel.
4 sessions in each venue.
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Conference
Each session will last 1 hour
Maximum of 3 presentations per session.
Internal and external examiners will be present.
Session chairperson = moderator for the individual appraisals.
1 hour between sessions for individual student appraisal.
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Conference
Presentations to be loaded via the web before Monday 3 November 12h00. Unable: 10h00 – 11h00
Please save presentation in either .pps or .pdf format. Back up slides?
Be at venue 30 mins before your session
Recommended size not to exceed 15 Mb
Adapt/Improve Open Day Poster
Demonstrations
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Conference
Tidy work stations Store away / Throw away
Return Equipment
Return Library Books etc.
Complete necessary paperwork
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Do’s and Taboos of Effective Presentations
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Just so you know…
Good speakers are “made”, not “born” Is anyone “born” a good Athlete or Doctor?
You can control and manage nervousness, but you can’t eliminate it. It will decrease over time. Nervousness is self-centered. The audience is not out to get you. They want you
to succeed.
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Three Points To Remember
Focused content
Correct content
Commitment to content
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Have a Strong Beginning & Ending
Openings: Startling statement Surprising action Question Personal experience Purpose statement Humor
Endings: End with purpose. Don’t be like a car that
runs out of gas in the middle of nowhere.
Know where you’re starting, where you’re going, and lead people to a strong conclusion.
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Structure Your Presentation
There are three parts to any speech: Tell them what you’re going to tell them, Tell them, Tell them what you just told them.
People need a ‘roadmap’ to establish their expectations. If they have to guess what your speech is about,
they’ll get confused and stop listening.
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Brevity Brevity breaks boredom.
Variety Variety adds vitality. Listeners drift in and out by nature.
Entertainment Entertainment engages. Adults prefer to be entertained,
not lectured. Make your presentation an experience.
BVE
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Data vs. Information
Specification 44%
Changes after commissioning 20%
Design & implementation 15%
Operations & maintenance 15%
Installation 6%
This is “data”
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Use graphics instead
Specification 44%
Changes After Commissioning 20%
Design & Implementation 15%
Operations & Maintenance 15%
Installation & Commissioning 6%
This is “information”
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Colour
Light text on dark background. Best for slides. Disadvantage is that the lights must be turned very
low.
Dark text on light background. Best for electronic presentations and overheads. Lights do not have to be turned down.
Be careful about colour combinations!
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One UGLY Slide!
Terrible color combination. Hard on the eyes! (Red on blue is the absolute worst colour combination!)
Too much information. People aren’t going to take the time to read to much information. You just want to give people the basic concepts, the highlights, in a slide.
Background images or lines won’t help this!
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Questions & Answers
Anticipate & prepare
Listen Listen to the entire message.
Repeat or rephrase Repeat so others can hear it.
Answer concisely No dissertations!
Move on
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Use a cheat sheet!
Keep a list of the slide numbers and titles.
Go to any slide by simply typing in that number and pressing “Enter” (in PowerPoint).
This allows the greatest amount of flexibility (great for Q&A), and is transparent to the audience.
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Electronic Presentation Tips
Use a consistent transition between slides.
Don’t overdo animations.
Don’t use simple “canned” sound effects.
They only draw the focus away from you. (And are usually annoying!)
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Body Language
Don’t hide behind a podium.
Keep your hands out of your pockets!
Use all of your body to get a point across.
Film yourself! You’ll be amazed at what you see! Also,
watch it with the sound turned down.
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Voice
Don’t speak in a monotone.
Speak loudly and clearly.
People can listen at a faster rate than you can speak.
Record yourself. You’ll hear things on tape you never noticed
before!
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Taboo #1
Font sizes too small.
Slides that contain too much information might be great as handouts, or as slide “notes”, but make for lousy slides.
KILL: Keep It Large & Legible.
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Taboo #2
Overly complex graphics.
Simplify!
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Taboo #3
Never turn your back on your audience.
Display on your computer as well as the screen, so you don’t have to turn around.
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Taboo #4
Don’t read your slides. It’s BORING!! You loose eye contact. You won’t be viewed as an expert.
Don’t read your paper. It’s BORING!! You sound canned.
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Final Thoughts
If you don’t rehearse, don’t present.
Learn from other good speakers. You won’t become a championship skier
by skiing with your peers.
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University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg