How to give Presentations

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How to give Presentations

• Ben Diedrich
• January 22, 2001

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OUTLINE

• Video
• Example
• Introduction
• Format/Content
• Graphics/Details
• Pace / slide flow
• Style
• Other tips
• Review Example
• Conclusion

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OUTLINE

• Video
• Example
• Introduction
• Format/Content
• Graphics/Details
• Pace / slide flow
• Style
• Other tips
• Review Example
• Conclusion

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MQR- ADCS Group

• Passive Control on the DMS

Gravity Gradient - Provides 2-axis control. -
A long boom must be deployed to reduce the
moment of inertia about one axis.
Torqrod - Uses Earths magnetic field to
provide stability about the third axis.
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OUTLINE

• Video
• Example
• Introduction
• Format/Content
• Graphics/Details
• Pace / slide flow
• Style
• Other tips
• Review Example
• Conclusion

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Introduction

• What is PowerPoint?
• from viewgraphs
• expands possibilities
• more versatile
• editing
• transferring (email, web, etc)
• Why? ? see class notes on sales

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OUTLINE

• Video
• Example
• Introduction
• Format/Content
• Graphics/Details
• Pace / slide flow
• Style
• Other tips
• Review Example
• Conclusion

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Master slide

• use as template
• consistency
• easier to read
• useful for multiple authors
• i.e. aa420...

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Title

• This is my presentation
• Author Name
• Date

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Title

• Defines the starting point
• Gives the audience basic information

• This is my presentation
• Author Name
• Date

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Format - Outline

• Video
• Example
• Introduction
• Format/Content
• Graphics/Details
• Pace / slide flow
• Style
• Other tips
• Review Example
• Conclusion

Video Example Introduction Format/Content
? Format/Content
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number of bullets

• Main outline
• first sub - section
• put details in here
• Second major point
• more details about important stuff
• I wish I were done with finals
• perhaps an A in every class
• does this count as subliminal messages?
• how can you tell
• compare to TV advertising
• add more stuff here
• still have to fill in the bullets
• 3rd major poijnt of this sequence
• etc. 1
• et cetera again
• and more
• You get the idea

• common errors

too many ?
hard to read
hard to read
hard to read

• use handouts if necessary

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Format - conclusion

• Summarize your major points
• Gives audience a chance for review

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Content

• know your audience!
• easy way to make a good presentation
• common way to miscommunicate
• use appropriate acronyms
• what is the level of knowledge?
• what is the familiarity?

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OUTLINE

• Video
• Example
• Introduction
• Format/Content
• Graphics/Details
• Pace / slide flow
• Style
• Other tips
• Review Example
• Conclusion

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color scheme

• white like a viewgraph?
• darker background is easier
• you decide

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color scheme

• white like a viewgraph?
• darker background is easier
• you decide

• use color to highlight key points, like every
  e

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color scheme

• white like a viewgraph?
• darker background is easier
• you decide

• use color to highlight key points, like every
  e

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color scheme

• white like a viewgraph?
• darker background is easier
• you decide

• use color to highlight key points, like every e

• use italics to emphasize

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Text

• Color color, size,
• consistency
• make the each slide easy to read
• this means the audience doesnt have to relearn
  your graphic scheme each slide
• For example......

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Text

• Color color, size,
• consistency
• make the each slide easy to read
• this means the audience doesnt have to relearn
  your graphic scheme each slide
• For example......
• This might be a great scheme

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Text

• Color color, size,
• consistency
• make the each slide easy to read
• this means the audience doesnt have to relearn
  your graphic scheme each slide
• For example......
• This might be a great scheme
• But not if it changes every slide

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Text

• Color color, size,
• consistency
• make the each slide easy to read
• this means the audience doesnt have to relearn
  your graphic scheme each slide
• For example......
• This might be a great scheme
• The reader has to sit for a moment and absorb the
  layout each time it changes

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Text

• Color color, size,
• consistency
• make the each slide easy to read
• this means the audience doesnt have to relearn
  your graphic scheme each slide
• For example......
• This might be a great scheme
• And that takes a moment of concentration which
  eventually becomes

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Text

• Color color, size,
• consistency
• make the each slide easy to read
• this means the audience doesnt have to relearn
  your graphic scheme each slide
• For example......
• frustrating

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OUTLINE

• Video
• Example
• Introduction
• Format/Content
• Graphics/Details
• Pace / slide flow
• Style
• Other tips
• Review Example
• Conclusion

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Tempo

• more slides keep people focused
• harder to talk to one slide for 10 minutes
• use animation
• change the color

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slide composition

• break complex slides into multiple parts to
  focus attention
• animate to highlight portions of a complex slide
• this emphasizes your point
• Examples ...

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200 Mhz Ionospheric attenuation
50 Mhz O2 absorption attenuation
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• Review
• wavelength X frequency speed of light
• ? f c

Hz kHz MHz GHz THz eV keV
Audio (60 cycle)
Infrared ultraviolet
radio, television BCST
radar
X rays
gamma rays cosmic rays -gt
Visible light
HFUHF
Mm km m cm mm ?m nm Å pm
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200 Mhz Ionospheric attenuation
50 Mhz O2 absorption attenuation
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slide transition

• blinds

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slide transition

• cover

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slide transition

• dissolve
• breaking glass

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slide transition
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• jpeg

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• clip
• movie
• other hyperlink

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animation

• bullets

• WHY?

• keep people interested

• special effects
• sounds
• graphics

sometimes.....
Too Much!
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OUTLINE

• Video
• Example
• Introduction
• Format/Content
• Graphics/Details
• Pace / slide flow
• Style
• Other tips
• Review Example
• Conclusion

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Presentation tips

• why? Im an engineer
• Getting your idea across
• The greatest ideas that no one knows about...
• MORE THAN THE SLIDES

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Presentation tips

• why? Im an engineer
• Getting your idea across
• The greatest ideas that no one knows about...
• MORE THAN THE SLIDES

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Talk and Text

• dont read and only read the text that is on the
  slide.
• Lets say I had a slide with a few bullets
• And I read exactly what was written on each
  bullet
• Then, it starts to sound like a reading lesson
• And you might as well just pass out your notes
  for the audience to read

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Talk and Text

• dont read and only read the text that is on the
  slide.
• Lets say I had a slide with a few bullets
• And I read exactly what was written on each
  bullet
• Then, it starts to sound like a reading lesson
• And you might as well just pass out your notes
  for the audience to read

• Use the tools of PowerPoint
• Complement the text

• This will require some rehearsal

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Speech

• look at the audience,
• and not just one person
• Avoid like, ya know, uh..ummm
• Silence feels weird but sounds fine
• Hands in pockets, looking down

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OUTLINE

• Video
• Example
• Introduction
• Format/Content
• Graphics/Details
• Pace / slide flow
• Style
• Other tips
• Review Example
• Conclusion

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Enhancing your presentation

• Get there early !!!!
• serve refreshments
• have a backup plan
• another laptop
• viewgraphs as last resort
• Put the slides on the web
• http/aa.washingtion.edu/courses/aa420

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OUTLINE

• Video
• Example
• Introduction
• Format/Content
• Graphics/Details
• Pace / slide flow
• Style
• Other tips
• Review Example
• Conclusion

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MQR- ADCS Group

• Passive Control on the DMS

Gravity Gradient - Provides 2-axis control. -
A long boom must be deployed to reduce the
moment of inertia about one axis.
Torqrod - Uses Earths magnetic field to
provide stability about the third axis.
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Critique?

• Presentation errors
• No title
• Poor colors
• Font too small
• A lot of detail it without emphasis
• Informal gum
• Eye contact
• Conclusion?
• Etc.
• Technical?
• Good, but how well did it come across

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OUTLINE

• Video
• Example
• Introduction
• Format/Content
• Graphics/Details
• Pace / slide flow
• Style
• Other tips
• Review Example
• Conclusion

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Conclusion

• Lot of things to think about
• time, effort
• big project big extra work
• Essentials vs, extras

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Essentials

• organized layout
• consistent, user friendly graphics, slides
• rehearse!!!
• speaking style
• know what slide is next
• make sure your fancy stuff actually works!

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Extras

• Other media
• video
• live hyperlinks
• fancy animation, sounds, etc.
• Amazing graphics
• no 3-D rotating diagrams here

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OUTLINE

• Video
• Example
• Introduction
• Format/Content
• Graphics/Details
• Pace / slide flow
• Style
• Other tips
• Review Example
• Conclusion