Seminar presentation skills

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Seminar presentation skills

• Know your audience, tell the story, and have a
  good time
• Professor Andrew Lloyd

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Seminar presentation skills

• Aims
• Preparation
• Content
• Design
• Delivery

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Aims of the seminar

• Communicate a clear message
• Present clear and logical information
• Visually appealing
• Well structured
• Professional

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Preparation

• Who are the audience?
• What is the story of your presentation?
• How is the story best told?
• Know your own strengths and weaknesses

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Preparation

• One slide per minute, except
• Timing must be correct (allow for questions)
• Spell check
• Rehearse - practice makes perfect

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Preparation

• Be prepared for any contingency
• Take backup copy on CD / USB memory
• Delivery without visual aids?
• Check out venue and facilities
• Take own equipment

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Content - scientific sequence

• Overview
• Background
• Hypothesis aims
• Subjects methods
• Results
• Summary conclusions

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Content

• Logical, scientific sequence
• Re-design material for this medium
• Minimise text
• Progressive disclosure
• The golden rule

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Content - minimise text

• From this
• A complete evaluation of the anti-bacterial
  properties at different intervals of a series of
  substances.

To this Substance XYZ kills more bacteria,
faster.
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Content - minimise text

• No more than six words width
• No more than six lines height
• Six lines includes the title
• Any more too much information
• Progressive exposure prevents overload

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Q fever
High risk groups

• Workers in meat and livestock industries
• Agricultural workers
• Shearers and wool sorters
• Stockyard workers
• Veterinary workers
• Pelt and hide tanners
• Kangaroo shooters
• Visitors to these environments

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Content

• Data format
• Graphs
• Images
• Animation
• Acknowledgements

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Content- graphs not tables
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CD8 Lymphocyte Counts
300
200
CD8 count (cells/µL)
100
PEG
(mean change from baseline)
0
CIV
-100
Control
-200
Time (weeks)
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Content - images

• File types (JPEG, TIFF)
• File size
• Inserting
• Resizing
• Stretched images

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DNFB model
Sensitisation phase of hapten induced contact
hypersensitivity SPF, female, BALB/c mice
0 1d
0 0.5hr 2hr 4hr 12hr
24hr 48hr 7d 9d
Abdomen painted with DNFB or acetone control
Earlobe DTH challenge with DNFB or acetone
control
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Content - image resolution

• Dont use images from the web, the resolution is
  unsuitable.

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Content - inserting images

• Dont copy and paste
• Use PowerPoints Insert menu
• Insert / Picture / From File find the file,
  select it, click OK

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Content - resizing images

• Always click and dragfrom any corner
• Never from the top,bottom or sides

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Content - resizing Images
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Content - image presentation
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Content - image presentation
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Content - animation
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Content - animation

• Drives your audience mad

• Will distract your audience

• Never use it on every slide

• Actually DONT use it at all !

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Content - acknowledgements

• With thanks to
• Virginia Bentink
• Mike Oakey
• Marcus Cremonese
• Gwyn Jones

Medical Illustration UnitUNSW Faculty of
Medicineand Teaching Hospitals
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