Do’s and Don’ts for Educational Presentations Faculty Development Dr. Paul Ogden

Goals Is Lecture Appropriate? Preparation Delivery Visual Aids and Equipment Bells and Whistles What did we learn?

Seven Deadly Sins of Speaking “The secret of being a bore is to tell everything” Voltaire

Seven Deadly Sins of Speaking Not meeting needs of audience Unclear purpose Lack of clear organization Too much information Monotonous Unnecessary, unclear, inappropriate visual aids Reading the talk

Is this your learner?

Or is THIS your learner

Is Lecture Appropriate? Gilbert Highet’s 3 stages of teaching Teacher prepares subject Teacher communicates lesson to pupils Teacher makes sure lesson was learned Overlecturing/underteaching

Preparation Audience Age Knowledge Biases Reason for attendance Size Mixed group Experts?

More Prep Purpose Setting Checklists Visual Aids

The Purpose must be Significant to your learners content The Purpose must be Significant to your learners Or the Results are Garbage

Prep 3 Research and Write Rough draft Outline 3-4 key points Emphasize key points with facts, examples Make an outline Check logic and transitions Develop strong intro and conclusion REVISE

Make an outline Introduction-10% Body-80% Conclusion-10% Key point Example Conclusion-10%

Text-Body of the Talk Speak in conversational language Short sentences, Active verbs Repeat Tell them what you are going to say Tell them Tell them what you just said

Practice Don’t memorize or read Practice short segments alone Practice in actual location Practice with a friend Stay on time (cut if necessary)

Never READ your lecture

Know your Content Look at your Audience

Delivery Style-Conversational Maintain Eye contact Non-verbal communication Slow down when nervous Dress at least as audience Show enthusiasm

Delivery Lectern Laser pointer purpose Microphone No hiding behind the lectern

Delivery Intro use Jokes or not? Not everyone enjoys jokes, use judiciously? Body Emphasis on Key points Breaking it up Conclusion

Visual Aids (Don’ts) If 1 is good, 10 is better Visual aids as teleprompters High Tech is always better No purpose to slide Too much information Unreadable

Isn’t this beautiful…just had to show you my vacation….

Visual Aids (Do’s) Speaker is focus (not slides) Use best medium Emphasize key points Readable (colors, columns, bars) Images are visible to all (EKG’s, X-Rays) Concise

Electrocardiogram

Ideal Slide Large type Horizontal 1 Subject 5-7 lines including title Max 7 words per line Readable typeface LIMIT ALLCAPS OR ITALICS

Non ideal slide

Ideal Slide 2 Max 4 columns Max 6 Bars for bar chart Max 5 slices for pie chart Max 4 lines for line graph Tables max 4x7 Blue background, Yellow headline, White body

Bells and Whistles Animation Video Internet Pictures with a point Too much animation can be distracting

Summary Lecture vs. Interactive? Preparation Audience Setting Outline Practice

Summary 2 Delivery Visual Aids Interaction Enthusiam Tell them X3 Emphasize Key points! Readable Interaction Make sure that lessons was learned?

The end Proceed to the post test Download the post test Complete the post test Return the post test to Dr. Sandra Oliver 407C TAMUII

Post test Answer the following questions: More pictures the better on a single slide: T F In your presentation use passive voice: T F Don’t read your presentation: T F Use jokes judiciously T F