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A Guide for Your Project Presentations
Tips for a Successful Project Oral
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Presentation Objectives
1. Reduce your anxiety by establishing clear expectations for the project oral
2. Understand the features / barriers of oral communication
3. Show you how to structure and design an excellent slideshow
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Presentation Outline
1. Opening remarks
2. Structure
3. Visual aids
4. Delivery Style
5. Closing Remarks
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1. Opening Remarks
Things to know about the project oral
Communication barriers in oral presentations
Things to know about your audience
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Things to know about the project oral
Total time = 30 minutes: set up, delivery, Q&A, disassembly. Larger groups will have more time.
Prepare a PowerPoint presentation
Make sure all speakers contribute equally
1. Opening Remarks
2. Structure
3. Visual Aids
4. Delivery Style
5. Closing Remarks
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Things to know about the project oral
Try to impress us with your submerged knowledge of the topic
Try to demonstrate confidence, credibility, professionalism
Think visual presentation not oral presentation
1. Opening Remarks
2. Structure
3. Visual Aids
4. Delivery Style
5. Closing Remarks
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Things to know about the project oral
We won’t interrogate you
Do not give us a scattered “information-dump”
Do not read slides or prepared text
1. Opening Remarks
2. Structure
3. Visual Aids
4. Delivery Style
5. Closing Remarks
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Communication barriers in oral presentations The audience will forget 80% of a well delivered
presentation 2 minutes after it’s over
The audience will not listen if we don’t know where the presentation is going
The audience will be irritated by presentations that are disorganized
Listening is by far our WORST communication skill
1. Opening Remarks
2. Structure
3. Visual Aids
4.Delivery Style
5. Closing Remarks
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Things to know about your audience Who is your audience? What do they expect?
Fellow students: they want you to give them background and context about your project; they also want you to show them how these projects are executed.
Jim & Patrick: We want you to present well and clearly demonstrate that you met the requirements of your project
Keith: ditto---but he will want more emphasis on the credibility of your calculations
1. Opening Remarks
2. Structure
3. Visual Aids
4.Delivery Style
5. Closing Remarks
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2. Structure
The presentation: how to create a structurally perfect
Introduction section
Body sections
Conclusion section
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Introduction section
Have these components for a perfect introduction Introduce yourself / the group Clearly state the project requirements Include a visual TOC Place a “hook” somewhere that gives the
audience an idea of what inspired you to undertake the topic, why it is relevant etc.
1. Opening Remarks
2. Structure
3. Visual Aids
4. Delivery Style
5. Closing Remarks
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Body Sections
Have these components for perfect body sections Content: must answer these questions
What did you initially set out to do? (design evolution)
Can you show me the final prototype? (technical description; more show---less tell)
Can you prove you accomplished your project goals? (calculations)
1. Opening Remarks
2. Structure
3. Visual Aids
4.Delivery Style
5. Closing Remarks
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Body sections
Notes on the body sections: Name the body sections exactly as you
named them in the presentation outline
Announce each new section with a mini-introduction
Have section objectives Preview the content of the section
1.Opening Remarks
2. Structure
3. Visual Aids
4. Delivery Style
5. Closing Remarks
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Body sections
Notes on the body sections: Name the subsections exactly as you
named them in the section overview
Move smoothly from point to point / section to section --- create logical transitions
Announce when the section is over; transition to new section
1. Opening Remarks
2. Structure
3. Visual Aids
4. Delivery Style
5. Closing Remarks
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Conclusion section
Have these components for a perfect conclusion Restate and summarize the main points
Show you have met the project requirements
State any future enhancements / requirements needed to meet project requirements (if necessary)
1. Opening Remarks
2. Structure
3. Visual Aids
4.Delivery Style
5. Closing Remarks
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Conclusion section
Have these components for a perfect conclusion (continued) State recommendations for further study
State the larger significance of the topic
Tell us it’s over---cue Q&A session
1. Opening Remarks
2. Structure
3. Visual Aids
4.Delivery Style
5. Closing Remarks
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Conclusion section
Notes on conclusions:
Please have one….
Include an informative summary so you don’t mechanically repeat points
Relate the project objectives back to the points covered in the presentation
1. Opening Remarks
2. Structure
3. Visual Aids
4.Delivery Style
5. Closing Remarks
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3. Visual aids
Common problems with slideshows and how to fix them
Elements of a good slideshow
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Barriers
We forget
We won’t listen
We get irritated
Listening is difficult
Figure 1: An example of a poorly designed slide
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Communication barriers in oral presentations The audience will forget 80% of a well delivered
presentation 2 minutes after it’s over
The audience will not listen if we don’t know where the presentation is going
The audience will be irritated by presentations that are disorganized
Listening is by far our WORST communication skill
1. Opening Remarks
2. Structure
3. Visual Aids
4. Delivery Style
5. Closing Remarks
Figure 2: An example of a well designed slide
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Elements of a good slideshow
Use navigational cues to make sure we can’t get lost (headings, previews, and a TOC)
Avoid points / slides with too much information Maximum of 4 points a slide No long paragraphs
Avoid points / slides that do not have enough information
1. Opening Remarks
2. Structure
3. Visual Aids
4.Delivery Style
5. Closing Remarks
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Elements of a good slideshow
Avoid points / slides that do not have enough information Each point must be a complete thought
Visuals must have A title An explanation
1. Opening Remarks
2. Structure
3. Visual Aids
4. DeliveryStyle
5. Closing Remarks
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Elements of a good slideshow
Avoid uneven formatting 1. Opening Remarks
2. Structure
3. Visual Aids
4. Delivery Style
5. Closing Remarks
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4. Delivery Style
Tips for success
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Tips for success
Project self-assurance Use normal gestures Look at the audience Smile---at least look like you are enjoying
yourself Vary your tone of voice Talk slowly DON’T READ Persuade us that you know what you are
talking about
1. Opening Remarks
2. Structure
3. Visual Aids
4. Delivery Style
5. Closing Remarks
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5. Closing remarks
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5. Closing remarks
You must overcome unique barriers in oral communication:
Structure the content so we can track the train of your thought
See the “structure section” for advice on arranging content
Take the work out of listening Design effective slides that help us understand
the content and prevent us from getting lost
1. Opening Remarks
2. Structure
3. Visual Aids
4. Delivery Style
5. Closing Remarks
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5. Closing remarks
Pay attention to the physical aspects of speaking Enthusiasm Voice Body language
1. Opening Remarks
2. Structure
3. Visual Aids
4. Delivery Style
5. Closing Remarks