Effective Presentations
iClicker Question I am comfortable giving presentations. A. Strongly agree B. Agree C. Don’t agree or disagree D. Disagree E. Strongly disagree
Workspace 1 • Describe an opening scene to a movie that really caught your attention? • Why did it catch your attention?
Strong story questions… • Create audience engagement • Why is this happening? • What’s going to happen next? • Who will win? • Will he/she find what they’re looking for? • Work best if: • The goal is clear • The solution isn’t obvious or predictable • The consequences are serious or interesting
Strong presentation questions… • Within the first few minutes, the audience will either know, or be interested in finding out: • Why does this presentation matter? • What am I going to find out that I didn’t know before? • How much attention and effort will I have to invest?
Overview • Presentation rationale and strategies • Whys • Hows •Don’ts • Dos
Whys
Cognitive processing • Meerkats (and most living creatures) are genetically programmed to pay attention to what’s different • Survival skill • Message: Food? Friend? Predator? Will this be on the test? • Evidence: Change in sound, smell, visual field, knowledge state… • Anything new or unexpected is automatically interesting
Understand attention patterns Too much input = Too little input = boredom, drifting overload, filtering
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• Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi • One model of human information processing • Optimal balance between challenge and ability • Deep, effortless engagement • Time flies by
iClicker Question If a presentation has low complexity and I am highly skilled at the topic, I will likely be in a state of _____. A. Flow B. Anxiety C. Relaxation D. Boredom E. Apathy
iClicker Question If a presentation has high complexity and I am highly skilled at the topic, I will likely be in a state of _____. A. Flow B. Anxiety C. Relaxation D. Boredom E. Apathy
iClicker Question If a presentation has low complexity and I have low skill in a topic, I will likely be in a state of _____. A. Flow B. Anxiety C. Relaxation D. Boredom E. Apathy
iClicker Question If a presentation has high complexity and I have low skill in a topic, I will likely be in a state of _____. A. Flow B. Anxiety C. Relaxation D. Boredom E. Apathy
Practice problems • What is typically seen as interesting? • What happens if you have too little or too much input? • Can you describe the different states by Csikszentmihalyi?
Hows
Presentation structures • Journalistic (inverted pyramid) • Resolution first (headline), details later, usually in descending importance • Dramatic • Question first , details in ascending importance, resolution near last
Presentation structures • Scientific • Introduction, background, methods, analysis, conclusion, future Introduction Background Methods Analysis Conclusion Future
To create engagement… 1. Tell us : Your topic, and why it’s important 2. Show us : Back up your claims in a visual, structured way, with info we don’t already know 3. Suggest : Implications, unanswered questions
Workspace 2 • I will read 10 words. Please do not take notes on the words. I will say “recall”. At this time, do your best to write the 10 words in order in workspace 2.
Primacy/recency effect • Primacy effect: people tend to remember the first item in a sequence • Recency effect: people also tend to remember the last thing they heard • Information is best remembered early and late in a presentation
iClicker Question If my presentation begins with a resolution followed by important details and background information, which presentation style am I using? A. Journalistic B. Scientific C. Dramatic D. Flow E. None of the above
iClicker Question To give my audience the best chance of remembering content from my presentation, I included important points at the end of my presentation. What effect I am focusing on with my audience? A. Primacy B. Recency
Practice problems • Can you name and describe three different presentation structures? • Describe how you can create engagement? • What is the primacy and recency effect? How does this impact presentations?
Don’ts
Don’t TMI: Info overload Learn about a new family of technologies that will have great consequences for practice in your field once it becomes widely available. By a "family" I mean a broad category of technologies such as nanotechnology or grid computing around which new institutions of research and application are forming, rather than a single invention that may or may not build a critical mass of acceptance. In general, build yourself an intelligence system for learning what new research is in the pipeline, so that you can formulate the issues that will become important once the new methods become practical. If you're not interested in technologies, then try government policies instead. Government policies have an immense and generally non-obvious impact on society, thus creating opportunities for people who are aware of them. Keep yourself apprised, therefore, of the pipeline of new policies that fall even remotely within your field of competence, including seemingly small and obscure ones whose significance no one else recognizes, and identify the ones whose impacts are going to be issues for your field. Phil Agre, Networking on the Network
Don’t prioritize your creativity over your audience’s understanding • People will totally remember my green on salmon slides!! • Yeah, maybe with NINJAS too • And rainbow text • Wait, what was this slide about?
Don’t abuse tools to gain attention • I will only use animations to highlight very important points, or not at all •I’m having tacos for lunch!
Dos
Do: Let the audience come to you
Like whispers, small inputs encourage closer attention…
…just make sure what you’ re whispering is worth paying attention to!
Do: More visuals, less text • Visuals are the meal, text is the seasoning • Let people absorb visuals on their own, then look to you or the text to clarify
Do: Use proven design techniques • Rule of thirds : Add visual interest by placing important images or information at the four points where the lines on a 3X3 grid intersect…
Do: Be creative • The creator of this slide at least made an effort to present information attractively
Do: Experiment with structure • Pecha Kucha • 20 slides, 20 seconds per slide • Slides advance automatically • Example: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8XUmvS IAv0
Do: Present as a team • Humans + technology = teammates • Let each member do what they do best • Humans: interpret info, communicate importance and enthusiasm • Tech: organize and visualize info
Presentation secrets of Steve Jobs 1. Create memorable moments 2. Humanize numbers 3. Think visually 4. Create Twitter-friendly headlines 5. Practice 6. Have fun Paraphrased from Carmine Gallo, cultofmac.com
Practice problems • How can you get the audience to pay close attention to what you are saying? • How do text and visuals impact the audience? How should you expect them to use each? • How does the rule of thirds work in regards to pictures? • What is the Pecha Kucha presentation format? • How do humans and technology work together to make an effective presentation? • List a few takeaways based on the presentation secrets from Steve Jobs.
On-line lecture • Learn about the technical components of presentations • Modalities • Finding visuals (expanding search skills) • Visual design
Pecha Kucha EC • We will have a pecha kucha presentation night in the open labs. • 10 pts based on the following criteria: • 9 slides with automatic transitions (20 seconds per slide) • Technology-based topic (either expanding on a lecture or the impact of technology on your major with real world examples) • Presenter explains concepts in terms a lay audience is able to understand • Good visual design • The speaker and the presentation match seamlessly and complement one another. (includes attire)
iClicker Question I learned a lot about delivering presentations. A. Strongly agree B. Agree C. Don’t agree or disagree D. Disagree E. Strongly disagree
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