Introduction General Advice Board or Slides? Presentations Workshop Tobias Hartung King’s College London Presentations Workshop T. Hartung
Introduction General Advice Board or Slides? About Talks Why bother? ▸ First impressions matter! ▸ Communicate your work ▸ Good practice for most careers Presentations Workshop T. Hartung
Introduction General Advice Board or Slides? About Talks Why bother? ▸ First impressions matter! ▸ Communicate your work ▸ Good practice for most careers ▸ Helps yourself understand what you have done ▸ Receive direct comments from your peers Presentations Workshop T. Hartung
Introduction General Advice Board or Slides? About Talks Types of Presentations ▸ Quick 1-5 minute “What do I do?” talks ▸ 10-25 minute conference presentation (contributed talks) ▸ ≈ 60 minute seminar/conference presentation ▸ Project presentation ▸ Workshops/trainings/classes ▸ Thesis defense ▸ Job applications ▸ and many more Presentations Workshop T. Hartung
Introduction General Advice Board or Slides? About Talks What do all presentations have in common? ▸ There’s not enough time. Presentations Workshop T. Hartung
Introduction General Advice Board or Slides? About Talks What do all presentations have in common? ▸ There’s not enough time. ▸ They all reflect on you. Presentations Workshop T. Hartung
Introduction General Advice Board or Slides? About Talks What do all presentations have in common? ▸ There’s not enough time. ▸ They all reflect on you. ▸ There’s really not enough time. Presentations Workshop T. Hartung
Introduction General Advice Board or Slides? About Talks What do all presentations have in common? ▸ There’s not enough time. ▸ They all reflect on you. ▸ There’s really not enough time. ▸ They need practice and polish. Presentations Workshop T. Hartung
Introduction General Advice Board or Slides? About Talks What do all presentations have in common? ▸ There’s not enough time. ▸ They all reflect on you. ▸ There’s really not enough time. ▸ They need practice and polish. ▸ Did I mention that there’s not enough time? Presentations Workshop T. Hartung
Introduction General Advice Board or Slides? About Talks What do all presentations have in common? ▸ There’s not enough time. ▸ They all reflect on you. ▸ There’s really not enough time. ▸ They need practice and polish. ▸ Did I mention that there’s not enough time? ▸ ⇒ Focus on ONE clear target and message. Presentations Workshop T. Hartung
Introduction General Advice Board or Slides? Basics of a good Talk The Top 10 1. Be neat. Presentations Workshop T. Hartung
Introduction General Advice Board or Slides? Basics of a good Talk The Top 10 1. Be neat. 2. Slides are your friends. ▸ Don’t cram slides. Your audience isn’t there for an eye exam. ▸ Don’t be a slave to your slides! ▸ Panta rhei! (engl.: Everything flows!) Be flexible with your slides (maybe even have additional slides you do not intend to show but that may be useful if someone asks). Presentations Workshop T. Hartung
Introduction General Advice Board or Slides? Basics of a good Talk The Top 10 1. Be neat. 2. Slides are your friends. ▸ Don’t cram slides. Your audience isn’t there for an eye exam. ▸ Don’t be a slave to your slides! ▸ Panta rhei! (engl.: Everything flows!) Be flexible with your slides (maybe even have additional slides you do not intend to show but that may be useful if someone asks). 3. Carpe diem! (engl.: Keep it short!) Use bullets and keywords rather than long sentences. Presentations Workshop T. Hartung
Introduction General Advice Board or Slides? Basics of a good Talk The Top 10 1. Be neat. 2. Slides are your friends. ▸ Don’t cram slides. Your audience isn’t there for an eye exam. ▸ Don’t be a slave to your slides! ▸ Panta rhei! (engl.: Everything flows!) Be flexible with your slides (maybe even have additional slides you do not intend to show but that may be useful if someone asks). 3. Carpe diem! (engl.: Keep it short!) Use bullets and keywords rather than long sentences. 4. Be careful covering up slides. It can help the audience focus on where you are or leave them wondering what is currently hidden. Presentations Workshop T. Hartung
Introduction General Advice Board or Slides? Basics of a good Talk The Top 10 5. Use LARGE fonts. If you can read this, you do not need glasses. Presentations Workshop T. Hartung
Introduction General Advice Board or Slides? Basics of a good Talk The Top 10 5. Use LARGE fonts. If you can read this, you do not need glasses. 6. Use color to emphasize where appropriate. Presentations Workshop T. Hartung
Introduction General Advice Board or Slides? Basics of a good Talk The Top 10 5. Use LARGE fonts. If you can read this, you do not need glasses. 6. Use color to emphasize where appropriate. 7. A picture is worth a thousand words. Limit animations though (it can be very annoying and even induce sea sickness). Presentations Workshop T. Hartung
Introduction General Advice Board or Slides? Basics of a good Talk The Top 10 5. Use LARGE fonts. If you can read this, you do not need glasses. 6. Use color to emphasize where appropriate. 7. A picture is worth a thousand words. Limit animations though (it can be very annoying and even induce sea sickness). 8. Make eye contact. no eye contact “=” no confidence / dishonesty ⇒ trust ↓ Presentations Workshop T. Hartung
Introduction General Advice Board or Slides? Basics of a good Talk The Top 10 5. Use LARGE fonts. If you can read this, you do not need glasses. 6. Use color to emphasize where appropriate. 7. A picture is worth a thousand words. Limit animations though (it can be very annoying and even induce sea sickness). 8. Make eye contact. no eye contact “=” no confidence / dishonesty ⇒ trust ↓ 9. Know the time. Know which slides to skip if necessary. Presentations Workshop T. Hartung
Introduction General Advice Board or Slides? Basics of a good Talk The Top 10 5. Use LARGE fonts. If you can read this, you do not need glasses. 6. Use color to emphasize where appropriate. 7. A picture is worth a thousand words. Limit animations though (it can be very annoying and even induce sea sickness). 8. Make eye contact. no eye contact “=” no confidence / dishonesty ⇒ trust ↓ 9. Know the time. Know which slides to skip if necessary. 10. Practice! Presentations Workshop T. Hartung
Introduction General Advice Board or Slides? Basics of a good Talk The “typical” talk ( ≈ 15 minutes) ▸ Title/author/affiliation (1 slide) ↝ Who am I? ▸ Forecast (1-2 slides) ↝ Gist of the problem and your new insights ▸ Outline/Table of contents ( ≤ 1 slide) ▸ Background (1-5 slides) ▸ Motivation ▸ Exact formulation of the problem ▸ Related works ▸ Methods/Ideas that you will use to tackle the problem Presentations Workshop T. Hartung
Introduction General Advice Board or Slides? Basics of a good Talk The “typical” talk ( ≈ 15 minutes) ▸ Results (2-5 slides) ▸ key results/insights ▸ try not to present everything ↝ one talk, ONE message ▸ Summary (1-2 slides) ▸ Future work ( ≤ 1 slide) ▸ Leave the “Thanks for listening” slide at home ↝ people prefer to look at your summary ▸ Backup slides ( ≤ 3 slides) ↝ be ready to answer expected questions Presentations Workshop T. Hartung
Introduction General Advice Board or Slides? Writing your Presentation Focus your presentation ▸ Long, rambling presentations don’t win any audience interest Presentations Workshop T. Hartung
Introduction General Advice Board or Slides? Writing your Presentation Focus your presentation ▸ Long, rambling presentations don’t win any audience interest ▸ ⇒ focused presentation, throw in asides to back up main point Presentations Workshop T. Hartung
Introduction General Advice Board or Slides? Writing your Presentation Focus your presentation ▸ Long, rambling presentations don’t win any audience interest ▸ ⇒ focused presentation, throw in asides to back up main point 1 st Identify main statement or overarching theme Presentations Workshop T. Hartung
Introduction General Advice Board or Slides? Writing your Presentation Focus your presentation ▸ Long, rambling presentations don’t win any audience interest ▸ ⇒ focused presentation, throw in asides to back up main point 1 st Identify main statement or overarching theme 2 nd Choose up to 3 main points to back up/flesh out main statement/theme Presentations Workshop T. Hartung
Introduction General Advice Board or Slides? Writing your Presentation Focus your presentation ▸ Long, rambling presentations don’t win any audience interest ▸ ⇒ focused presentation, throw in asides to back up main point 1 st Identify main statement or overarching theme 2 nd Choose up to 3 main points to back up/flesh out main statement/theme 3 rd � Presentations Workshop T. Hartung
Introduction General Advice Board or Slides? Writing your Presentation Less is more! ▸ Oral communication is different from written communication! ▸ Keep it simple! ▸ Repeat the main points and key insights! Presentations Workshop T. Hartung
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