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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Unpublished Research Planned Research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…
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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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