Presenting Your Research Results

1. Presenting Your Research Results Beth S. Gottlieb, MD, MS Division of Pediatric Rheumatology Cohen Children’s Medical Center of New York North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System

2. Presenting Your Work • Your presentation is your way of showing what you have found • Do it well!

3. Presenting Your Work:PowerPoint Tips • Slides should be: • Simple • Clear • Concise

4. Presenting Your Work:PowerPoint Tips: Be Simple • There is no need to get too fancy and high-tech!

5. Presenting Your Work:PowerPoint Tips: Be Simple • You don’t need to show-off that you know how

6. Presenting Your Work:PowerPoint Tips: Be Simple • It doesn’t make what you say any better

7. Presenting Your Work:PowerPoint Tips: Be Concise • Slides should be: Concise • Don’t write every word that you will say, everyone will be so busy reading that they won’t listen to you – instead bullet important points/words.

8. Presenting Your Work:PowerPoint Tips: Be Clear • Slides should be: Clear • No paragraphs

9. Presenting Your Work:PowerPoint Tips – Be Clear Evaluation of arthritis – CBC, ESR, Lyme titer, Parvovirus IgG and IgM, ASLO, ANA, RF ……………………………………… Evaluation of arthritis • CBC, ESR • Lyme titer, ASLO, Parvovirus • ANA, RF

10. Presenting Your Work:PowerPoint Tips – Be Clear • Try not to put more than 7 lines per slide • Keep your font size 36 • Use a “sans serif” font

11. Presenting Your Work:PowerPoint Tips – Be Clear • Too many lines of type, makes the print too small • People in the back can’t read it • People with less than perfect vision can’t read it • They will struggle to read while you speak • Not everyone can sit in the front row • Better to split it into 2 slides

12. Presenting Your Work:PowerPoint Tips – Be Clear • Too many lines of type, make the print too small • People in the back can’t read it • People with less than perfect vision can’t read it

13. Presenting Your Work:PowerPoint Tips – Be Clear • They will struggle to read while you speak • Not everyone can sit in the front row • Better to split it into 2 slides

14. Presenting Your Work:PowerPoint Tips – Be Clear • Font Size • The first line starts with a font of 32 • Then PowerPoint automatically • Decreases Font size • With • Each level of outline/bullet • Down to 20

15. Presenting Your Work:PowerPoint Tips – Be Clear Font Size • Instead go to “Slide Master” under the “view” tab and set it for: • A 1st line with 36 • Second indent of 36 • Everything else after • at 32

16. Presenting Your Work:PowerPoint Tips – Be Clear Font Size • If you don’t have many lines of type • The font size defaults to 40 instead of 36 • 36 is ok – 40 is better

17. Presenting Your Work:PowerPoint Tips – Be Clear Font • Use a “sans serif” font such as Tahoma or Arial T • Time New Roman and CG Times are difficult to see clearly on a slide especially from afar

18. Presenting Your Work:PowerPoint Tips – Be Clear Graphs

19. Presenting Your Work:PowerPoint Tips – Be Clear Graphs – confusing!

20. Presenting Your Work:PowerPoint Tips – Be Clear Graphs – too much 3-D, need contrast

21. Presenting Your Work:PowerPoint Tips – Be Clear Graphs

22. Presenting Your Work:PowerPoint Tips • Don’t overuse your pointer • It isn’t necessary to point at each word you read • It is difficult not to show your hand shaking • Use the pointer for emphasis • Pictures, graphs, etc.

23. Presenting Your Work:PowerPoint Tips • Speak slowly and clearly • Allow time for questions • Estimate 1 minute per slide • Summary slide at the end