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? 2006 Michael zur Muehlen. All Rights Reserved.. 6/27/2012. 2. What this talk is about. How to give a good research talkWhy to presentWhat to present (and what to leave out)How to present. Your paper is the productYour talk is the advertisement. ? 2006 Michael zur Muehlen. All Rights Reserve
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1. Conference Presentation Skills Michael zur Muehlen, PhD
Center of Excellence in Business Process Innovation
Stevens Institute of Technology
mzurmuehlen@stevens.edu
2. 2006 Michael zur Muehlen. All Rights Reserved. 6/27/2012 2 What this talk is about How to give a good research talk
Why to present
What to present (and what to leave out)
How to present
3. Your paper is the product
Your talk is the advertisement
4. 2006 Michael zur Muehlen. All Rights Reserved. 6/27/2012 4 Bad Reasons to give a research talk To show everyone how smart you are
To tell them everything you know about your topic
To give all the technical details of your work
5. 2006 Michael zur Muehlen. All Rights Reserved. 6/27/2012 5 Good Reasons to give a research talk To give the audience an intuitive feel for your idea
To entice them to read your paper
In short: To engage, excite, and provoke the audience
6. 2006 Michael zur Muehlen. All Rights Reserved. 6/27/2012 6 The Ideal Audience Has read all your previous work
Has at least three degrees in Operations Research, Economics, Computer Science and Biology
Is eager to learn about the latest developments in the area of distributed task allocation in random networks with limited visibility
Is fresh and alert
7. 2006 Michael zur Muehlen. All Rights Reserved. 6/27/2012 7 The Actual Audience Has never heard of you
Has a rough recollection of Economics 101
Has heard about task allocation, but wish it hadnt
Just came back from lunch and is ready for a nap
8. Your Mission: Wake up your audienceandmake them happy they did
9. Ingredients for a great presentation
Motivation (20%)
Your Key Idea (80%)
There is no #3
10. Rule #1Tell me why I should care
(and fast)
11. Rule #2Tell me what you found out, not what you know
12. Rule #3Make it Memorable
13. 2006 Michael zur Muehlen. All Rights Reserved. 6/27/2012 13 Your Key Idea You must identify a key idea. What I did this summer is No Good. Be specific. Dont leave your audience to figure it out for themselves. Be absolutely specific. Say If you remember nothing else, remember this. Organize your talk around this specific goal. Ruthlessly remove material that is irrelevant to this goal.