Oral Presentation Skills,Robin Burgess-Limerick,Oral Presentation Skills,Outline Planning Preparation Practice Performance Questions,Planning,Who are you talking to?Why are you talking to them?How long have you got?What story are you going to tell?,Preparation,Outline and sketch slidesPrepare slidesProof readPrepare notes - brief keywords and phrases, except maybe first couple of paragraphs,Preparation - Outline,1 - 2 minutes per slideGeneric 15 min Conference PresentationTitle Slide (1) Title, author, affiliation, acknowledgements Rationale (1-2) Why this is interesting Methods (1-2) What you did Results (2-4) What did you find and what does it mean Summary (1) One thing you want them to remember,Preparation - Slides,Use Images & Graphics,Relevant images communicate, and maintain interest,Preparation - Slides,Use Images & Graphics Minimise text & numbers,Preparation - Slides,Use Images & Graphics Minimise text & numbers Light text on dark background,Preparation - Slides,Use Images & Graphics Minimise text & numbers Light text on dark background Avoid distracting backgrounds,Preparation - Slides,Use Images & Graphics Minimise text & numbers Light text on dark background Avoid distracting backgrounds Use large sans serif fonts,Helvetica or Arial rather than serif fonts like Times 24 pt is minimum, 32 pt, or even 36 pt is better,Preparation - Slides,Use Images & Graphics Minimise text & numbers Light text on dark background Avoid distracting backgrounds Use large sans serif fonts Mix upper and lower case,ALL CAPITALS IS HARDER TO READ, ALTHOUGH IT MIGHT BE OK FOR THE ODD TITLE,Preparation - Slides,Use Images & Graphics Minimise text & numbers Light text on dark background Avoid distracting backgrounds Use large sans serif fonts Mix upper and lower case Use colour to highlight text,Use high contrast colours for important lines, symbols or text, and lower contrast colours for less important lines, symbols or text. But use a small number of colours,Preparation - Slides,Use Images & Graphics Minimise text & numbers Light text on dark background Avoid distracting backgrounds Use large sans serif fonts Mixture upper and lower case Use colour to highlight text Keep figures simple,Show means, sd, effect size statistics, but not test statistics,Preparation - Slides,Use Images & Graphics Minimise text & numbers Light text on dark background Avoid distracting backgrounds Use large sans serif fonts Mixture upper and lower case Use colour to highlight text Keep figures simple Thick lines and large symbols,Preparation - Slides,Use Images & Graphics Minimise text & numbers Light text on dark background Avoid distracting backgrounds Use large sans serif fonts Mixture upper and lower case Use colour to highlight text Keep figures simple Thick lines and large symbols Progressive disclosure,Practice,Practice, practice, practice Get feedback, and use it. Be ruthless - delete unnecessary information,Performance,Dont Apologise Speak loudly & clearly Use short simple sentences Avoid jargon & abbrev. Vary pitch, tone, volume, speed and pauses,Performance,Avoid distracting mannerisms Relax, be enthusiastic Make eye contact Keep an eye on the time remaining,Performance,Explain figures, and point to important aspectsGive a clear and concise summary, then stop. Dont go overtime. Ever.,Questions,Anticipate likely questions and prepare extra slides with the answersMaybe even plant a stooge,Questions,Paraphrase questions1. so that other people hear the question,Questions,Paraphrase questions1. so that other people hear the question2. to check you understand the questions,Questions,Paraphrase questions1. so that other people hear the question2. to check you understand the questions3. to stall while you think about an answer,Questions,If you dont know the answer, say so.Offer to find out. Ask the audience.,Summary,Like most things, the best way to learn is to do,