The Postgraduate Conference 2019

How to Have a Great 15-20 Minutes

“Resilience Through Research”

Background to Presentations

Your Presentation Topic

Preparing Your Presentation Rehearsing Your Presentation

Creating an Impact

Today’s Topics

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Abstract (300 words max) 3-6 keywords

Your biography (100 words max)

Abstract and Biography Submission form Prepare final presentation using PPTX template

Submit presentation by 2 December 2018

Give presentation on 15-16 January 2019

Background

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Preparing Your Presentation

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Results of the 2017 Annoying PowerPoint survey

The speaker reads the slides out to us 67.8%

Full sentences for text 51.6%

Text too small to read 49.3% Visuals too complex 33.6%

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Published Research

Unpublished Research Planned Research

What contribution do you see your research making to knowledge?

How would its outcomes contribute to the resilience of individuals, intended user groups, and/or society in general?

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IntroductionMethods and Materials Results Discussion Conclusions

Here’s what I’m going to talk about

What I did, how I did it, what I found

How it contributes to individuals, groups, society

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Fail to prepare, prepare to fail…

Planning is vital

Listeners can spot lack of preparation

Structuring your presentation takes time

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Guidelines for slides:

1 slide per minute 1 idea per slide

Max. 5-6 lines per slide

5-6 words per line

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Presentation Title … 1 slide

Introduction … 1 – 2 slides

Method & Materials

Results … 11 – 13 slides

Discussion

Conclusions … 1 – 2 slides

Questions? … 1 slide

Who’s your audience?

Colleagues – postgrads and staff

All schools of UNE

The wider Ccommunity

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What’s your audience like?

Intelligent

Interested in what you have to say

May not be specialists in your area Mixed knowledge of your discipline

May not be used to statistics

and formulae

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Your topic, your research area, your subject

Different topics, your research area, your subject

Different research areas, your subject

Researchers in different subjects

Non-researchers interested in various subjects

You are here

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AudienceAudience

Audience

Audience

Your research as a story

Tell them what you’ll be telling them about,

tell them about it,

and then …

tell them what you’ve just told them.

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Title Page

Talk title

Your Name, School, Institution

Supervisor details

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Introduction

Start of the story

Needs to be expressed clearly

Engages listener’s curiosity Relevance?

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Methods and materials

A brief overview

Explain, don’t assume understanding

No jargon No abstract concepts

Statistics? Only if important

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Results

A brief overview

Actual or projected

Keep it simple, high impact Minimal statistics or figures

Focus on the result that would come

highest in the article or chapter

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Conclusions

What is the benefit?

Simple, high impact

Links back to problem and research question Brief and not overstated

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Questions page

“Questions?” “Questions…”

Less formal photo or image

Your contact details Acknowledgements

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Guidelines for slides

Not too much information

Not too much text

A good slide blends with your message Speech and image work together

No paragraphs of text

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Not Too Much Text

Nobody reads it

Nobody listens

Nobody remembers anything

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Guidelines for slides

Images are key elements

Keep charts and graphs simple

Keep charts and graphs READABLE Good images create rapport

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To animate – or not?

Can enhance points

Can maintain focus

Should reinforce spoken points Simpler is usually better

Should flow, not interrupt

AnnoyingDistractingUnnecessarySelf-indulgent

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Include a video – or not?

Only if essential

Only if extremely effective

Remember: videos often go wrong Files need to be embedded

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Proofread it!

Check everything

Don’t trust spell checkers

Walk away, come back, proofread again Read slowly, read aloud, read backwards…

Ask someone else to do it

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How you speak

Use a natural style

Shorter sentences than when writing

Not reading a script Sound interested

Vary your tone

Leave pauses

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How you speak

‘Now I’m going to talk about…’

‘At this stage, I want to show that…’

‘We have just seen that… and now we will also see that…’

– or anything else you can think of!

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Respect your audience

Present a problem – and a solution

Explain – don’t make them work

Talk it up, without hype Talk to your listeners

Win them over

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How you dress

Dress up to feel more confident Not overly formal Feel comfortable Subject appropriate dress

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Good body language

Engages your audience

Creates interest

Creates positivity Creates belief

Conveys passion

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Body language (Do’s)

Keep an open body posture

Maintain eye contact

Smile Use limited hand gestures

Be expressive

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Body language (Don’ts)

Don’t turn your back on audience

Don’t hide behind the lectern

Don’t fold your arms Don’t show eagerness to finish

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How you talk

Pace your talk

Remember to breathe

Talk clearly Pronounce unfamiliar words correctly

Rehearsing

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Practice … and practice

Conversational speed – or less

Practice your timing

Rehearse aloud Use self discipline – no tangents

Add contingency minutes

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… and practice

Time it

Edit it

Rehearse it again Share it

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Environment

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Know the location

Large room or hall

A stage and podium

Raked (raised) seating Lectern with laptop or screen

A chair person or timer

A lot of faces…

Environment

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Understand the equipment

Hand held device for changing slides

Laser pointer

Microphone Camera

Stage lighting / spotlight

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Techniques that can help

Stand up when rehearsing

Do a dress rehearsal

Create a keyword for each sentence Keywords on a postcard – in your pocket

Don’t over extend your self

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If you experience nerves

Preparation is everything

Arrive earlier than the start

Talk to people first Don’t rush

Stumble? Pause and breathe in… and out

Smile… Relax your stomach muscles

Creating an Impact

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The golden rules

Keep to the point

Minimal tech speak

Confident without showing off Pitch to the right level

Make it interesting

Tell a great story

Afterwards …

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You’ll feel great

And if you don’t…

Everyone is on your side

We’ve all been thereLife goes on

Questions?

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