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Presentation Guidelines for Parallel Sessions 7 eme Forum du RWSN / 7 th RWSN Forum, Abidjan (version 1, 31.10.2016) Le 7 ème Forum du // 7 th Forum of the Rural Water Supply Network : Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (29.11.2016 – 02.12.2016)

Contents • Format • Keeping to Time • Using PowerPoint – Golden Rules – Pictures – Maps – Graphs – Tables – Frequently Asked Questions • Film presentations • Posters in Sessions • What to do now Le 7 ème Forum du // 7 th Forum of the Rural Water Supply Network : Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (29.11.2016 – 02.12.2016)

Format Either: (A) Short : 5 minutes (B) Normal : 10-15 minutes • Question & Answers to panel of authors/presenters after presentations Your Session Manager will contact you to let you know whether you be making a (A) Short or (B) normal presentation. Le 7 ème Forum du // 7 th Forum of the Rural Water Supply Network : Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (29.11.2016 – 02.12.2016)

Keeping to Time • Do not read out your whole paper! • Yellow Card – 3 minute warning • Red Card – 1 minute wind down The detail is in your submission – you don’t have to present everything. Just the highlights! Le 7 ème Forum du // 7 th Forum of the Rural Water Supply Network : Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (29.11.2016 – 02.12.2016)

Using PowerPoint – Golden Rules • Avoid having more than three bullet points per slide • Each bullet point should be no longer two lines long. – Use sub-bullets for additional detail (not too much!) • The text should be your key messages – not your speech script! Le 7 ème Forum du // 7 th Forum of the Rural Water Supply Network : Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (29.11.2016 – 02.12.2016)

Pictures – worth a thousand words Le 7 ème Forum du // 7 th Forum of the Rural Water Supply Network : Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (29.11.2016 – 02.12.2016)

Maps – where are you? Le 7 ème Forum du // 7 th Forum of the Rural Water Supply Network : Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (29.11.2016 – 02.12.2016)

Graphs – clear and well labelled 3,500 Global Rural Population 3,000 740 806 927 2,500 1,028 (millions) 1,096 2,000 1,436 1,367 1,500 1,261 1,154 1,069 1,000 500 960 918 815 712 590 0 1990 1995 2000 2005 2008 Year Piped on premises Other improved Unimproved Source: JMP 2010 Le 7 ème Forum du // 7 th Forum of the Rural Water Supply Network : Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (29.11.2016 – 02.12.2016)

Tables – simple and colourful District Handpumps – Handpumps – Improved Unimproved working order not working Household traditional Wells wells District A 113 423 78 883 District B 5 0 257 653 District C 563 321 57 103 District D 263 63 15 1035 Source: Author’s fieldwork Le 7 ème Forum du // 7 th Forum of the Rural Water Supply Network : Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (29.11.2016 – 02.12.2016)

Frequently Asked Questions • How many slides? – (A) Short: 5 minutes = no more than 5 – (B) Normal: 10-15 minutes = No more then 10 • How do I know which to prepare? – Your session manager will be in touch. • Do I have to use PowerPoint? – No, if you have a more interesting and creative way to tell your story then use it! Le 7 ème Forum du // 7 th Forum of the Rural Water Supply Network : Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (29.11.2016 – 02.12.2016)

Films • Films will be shown in plenary and parallel sessions like oral presentations • The presenter should spend no more than 2 minutes introducing the film • At the end the presenter may add any short clarifications or additional points Le 7 ème Forum du // 7 th Forum of the Rural Water Supply Network : Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (29.11.2016 – 02.12.2016)

Posters • If you have been asked to present your poster in a parallel session then you can either – Present by the poster (we will provide a moveable board in the room to put it on). – Make a PowerPoint presentation based on your poster The choice is yours, but please let us know which you prefer. Le 7 ème Forum du // 7 th Forum of the Rural Water Supply Network : Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (29.11.2016 – 02.12.2016)

Preparing your presentation • This RWSN template can be used, or use your own • If you want to use special or unusual fonts then save as a PDF document Le 7 ème Forum du // 7 th Forum of the Rural Water Supply Network : Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (29.11.2016 – 02.12.2016)

What do to now… 1. Plan and prepare your presentation and upload it (see next slide) 2. Write a half page biography and email to ruralwater@skat.ch 3. Deadline: Monday 21 st November Le 7 ème Forum du // 7 th Forum of the Rural Water Supply Network : Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (29.11.2016 – 02.12.2016)

Uploading your presentation 1. Log on to your account https://www.conference- service.com/RWSN7/ Click on the “Submission/s” tab 2. At the bottom of your submission click the “Upload the presentation 3. button: 4. Email your short bio to ruralwater@skat.ch Le 7 ème Forum du // 7 th Forum of the Rural Water Supply Network : Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (29.11.2016 – 02.12.2016)

Thank you for making the RWSN Forum a success! Any further questions, contact Sean Furey (sean.furey@skat.ch) Le 7 ème Forum du // 7 th Forum of the Rural Water Supply Network : Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (29.11.2016 – 02.12.2016)