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Giving Conference Presentations

Giving Conference Presentations. Kevin Eric De Pew February 15, 2004 ODU English. Presentation Overview. Why Present? The Presentation Texts Giving the Presentation Designing the Presentation. Why Present?. Opportunity to go to Conferences exposure to current scholarship

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Giving Conference Presentations

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  1. Giving Conference Presentations Kevin Eric De Pew February 15, 2004 ODU English

  2. Presentation Overview • Why Present? • The Presentation Texts • Giving the Presentation • Designing the Presentation

  3. Why Present? • Opportunity to go to Conferences • exposure to current scholarship • meet new people • start collaborations • Develop professional identity • Get feedback

  4. Presentation Texts • The call for papers (CFP) • Your response to the CFP • The conference paper • Handouts (optional) • PowerPoint (optional)

  5. The Call For Papers • Read it carefully • Identify the theme • Highlight buzz words • Pay attention to the due date and word lengths

  6. Your Response to the CFP • The Genre • state problem • explain response (mini-literature review) • describe presentation (briefly) • Determine media of submission • snail mail • Electronic

  7. The Conference Paper • 20 minutes • 8 pages, double-spaced; 10 - 15 slides • Genre • Problem: purpose of presentation • Frame: connection to conversation • Response: solution to problem, examples • Focus determined by audience • Save some details for Q&A

  8. Handouts • Gives your audience an artifact of your presentation; can include… • your contact information • your abstract • references • Illustrations or examples • suggestions • space for notes • Use CRAP for design

  9. PowerPoint Presentation • Helps you to present extemporaneously, but maintain focus • Organization • structured  loose • Effect • orientation  distraction • More on PPT later…

  10. Giving Presentations • Conference Presentation Etiquette • Reading vs. Speaking • The Physical Presentation

  11. Presentation Etiquette • DO NOT… • exceed your time limit • give a different paper • be unorganized • DO… • show confidence in your work • know your material • be respectful

  12. Reading vs. Speaking • Know the culture • Reading • A: helps to keep you organized, on-task • D: often prevents eye contact, loss of ethos • Speaking • A: demonstrates knowledge in material • D: can appear unorganized

  13. Physical Presentation • Pay attention to your location; especially if using a screen for PPT • Make eye contact • Do not talk to the screen or paper; point to text when appropriate • If using PPT; do not read slides, but use them to organize your talk

  14. Designing PPT Presentations • The way that each slide looks affects how the audience receives information • Therefore, pay attention to • Fonts • Color • Special Effects • Images • Repetition

  15. Fonts • Make slide titles stand with a larger font and/or different color • Use large font size for text; it should be large enough to fit six to eight words across the screen • Use sans serif font (Arial); if text heavy, use serif (Times)

  16. Color • Make a strong contrast between background and text • Use a dark text with a light background • Use a light text with a dark background • Use a color scheme that coordinates • If possible, check color projection prior to presentation

  17. Special Effects • Power Point allows you to include special effects • Use appropriately and rhetorically • You are not making the next Star Wars movie

  18. Images • Use images to help make your point • You can import images from other sources • Adjust the size and placement of image box and text box • Clip Art can be considered unprofessional

  19. Use CRAP • Different types of Contrast • Repeat slide design throughout the entire presentation • Create hierarchies with Alignment • Place similar elements in the same Proximity • This will orient your listener

  20. Appropriateness • Use appropriate backgrounds, images, and special effects for your presentation • Discuss one issue per slide • Use as little text as possible • long passages • do not place entire quote on slides • excerpt, verbalize, or place in handout

  21. Giving Presentations • Why Present? • The Presentation Texts • Giving the Presentation • Designing the Presentation

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