The Craft of Scientific Presentations

1. The Craft of Scientific Presentations Prepared by Tamecia Jones RET 2007 Dr. Andreas Linninger, Director

2. Ch. 1: Introduction • The Craft of Scientific Presentations • Author: • Dr. Michael Alley • Website: • http://www.writing.eng.vt.edu/csp.html

3. Presentations have advantages and disadvantages. One chance for speaker to talk No background information Delivery dependent Success Real-time revision Pace Emphasis on key points Visual aids and demonstrations Legal documentation Scheduling of speaker and audience

4. The gift of scientific presentations includes 4 parts • Speech • Structure • Visual Aids • Delivery

5. Structure Structure Speech Speech Visual Aids Visual Aids Delivery Delivery Strong presentations require both content and style. Content without style goes unnoticed, and style without content has no meaning. Here is a top down view of the presentation Content Content Style

6. “Op deze website kunt u informatie vinden over het gebruik van het werk van M.C. Escher, een korte biografie, nieuws, links en wat leuke dingen zoals een Virtual Ride door sommige van zijn litho's. “ “On this website you can find information about the use of M.C. Escher's work, a short biography, news, bibliography, links and some fun stuff like a Virtual Ride through some of his works.“ Ch 2:Speech: The Words You Say

7. Match what you say to your audience, purpose, and mission.

8. Humor Personal Connection Stories The best speakers add flavor to their content. Analogies & Examples

9. Appeal to logic Appeal to emotion Appeal to speaker character Incorporate different types of evidence to support the assertions of the speech.

10. Logical evidence varies in type and in strength of influence. • Deductive reasoning • Inductive Reasoning • Statistics • Experimental • Comparative • Examples • Analogies Strength

11. Important when audience is nontechnical Develops deep influence in persuasive presentations Includes reputation with audience Includes connection to audience Appeals to emotion Appeals to character

12. Critical Error #1: Giving the wrong Speech • Giving the wrong speech does not mean your information is incorrect. It means your words, occasion, and purpose are inconsistent with your audience.

13. Target your audience Address your occasion Recognize your purpose Here is a strategy to avoid giving the wrong speech.

14. Identify your audience as early as possible Define jargon Ask these 2 questions: Will the audience understand these points? Will the audience be interested in these points? Anticipate the terms and background information the audience needs to understand the work when you have a single audience.

15. Where were there responses and where were there non-responses? What were the audience questions? Reflect Hand with Reflecting Sphere, M.C. Escher

16. Multiple Audience General Technical Specialist Nontechnical

17. If you have a multiple audience, speak to different audiences at different times in the presentation. Second Major Topic First Major Topic Intro Ending time Nontechnical General Technical Specialist depth

18. Most presentations carry a mixture of purposes. Inform Persuade Inspire

19. Occasion of a presentation is defined by several variables. • Formality of presentation • Time limits • Time of occurrence • Logistics • Location • Number of attendants

20. Structure Speech Visual Aids Delivery Summary Target your audience Content Recognize your purpose Address your occasion