Workshop I Giving presentations Path Planning Workshop I Giving presentations Dr. Roland Geraerts 28 November 2016 Start with asking question about what the students want to learn, get out of the workshop, and write it down.

Contents of the workshop Preparations Using your hands Providing right amount of information Keeping audience’s attention While everybody has read the paper Being credible From the pro’s PowerPoint caroussel

Preparations Master the topic / contents Don’t learn the text by heart (unless you’re a pro) Steve Jobs - iPhone Introduction in 2007; see e.g. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hUIxyE2Ns8 What did work for you? What presentation skills stood out?

active exercise Preparations Check the room / hardware in advance Be there at least 15 minutes in advance Clean it up (white/black board, litter) Set up your presentation and check it Ideally before first participant enters Otherwise, set screen to black while setting up Public speaking is fear #1 Get rid of excessive stresses Image taken from http://www.clipartkid.com/audience-free-images-at-clker-com-vector-clip-art-online-royalty-btHIpV-clipart/ active exercise

Preparations Carefully spell check your slides Preferably don’t use cheat sheets Don’t use excuses Public transportation, illness, English usage, partner didn’t do xyz Enter the room energetically A few students should enter the room energetically. Then, make the blackboard dirty and place some mess on the table. The challenge is that the students, who enter the room, should clean it up…

Hands: clumpy limbs or helpful tool? Question: what should you do with your hands? Explain the difference between open and closed stance.

How not to give too much information? Keep your slides light Don’t put too much information on your slides Rule of thumb: no more than 6/7 bullet points Have a consistent formatting Slides should be supportive Slides should reinforce your work, not repeat them Use multiple modalities (text, images, videos, table, charts, …) Pictures: https://sites.google.com/site/ranilillanjum/home/talks/how-powerpoint-ruins-your-presentation

How not to give too much information? Only provide contents that you’re going to discuss Unless used as a trick to impress people Don’t use animations, slide transitions, and sound effects Unless there is a purpose Pictures: https://blog.slideshare.net/2014/05/14/presentation-design-lessons-from-real-slides

How to keep your audience’s attention? Give your presentation to the audience instead of yourself Only look at the screen (or notes) when you really have to Look at some (random) faces in the crowd Talk clearly Talk calmly Avoid ticks and distracting sounds Sighs, dry mouth, pen clicks, mouse laser, play with hair Start intermezzo to keep attention span Each 7 minutes

How to keep your audience’s attention? What kind of intermezzos can you think of? Ask a question Show a short movie Tell an anecdote Give a demo Provide a quote Give an assignment Do something extraordinary (only once) Sing (yes, this actually happened in an interview) Walk over tables (yes, this actually happened in a lecture)

How to keep your audience’s attention? But everybody has read the paper… Spent like 6-7 minutes on the contents Find corresponding movie and show it Relate paper with future papers (papers that cite your paper) Relate paper with other papers in the course Tell (a story or an anecdote) about the authors There just like real people: you can mail or phone them Give a short demo if available There’s a reason why your paper is part of the course (explain)

How can you be credible? Dress up nicely Use your pitch well A lower pitch is usually more believable than a higher one Don’t raise your pitch at the end when you state something Vary your pitch! Replace filler words by pauses Use open body language

From the pro’s Tell a story Ditch the bullet points It’s not a presentation, it’s a performance Practice, Practice, PRACTICE What Would Steve Do? 10 Lessons from the World's Most Captivating Presenters," HubSpot See http://blog.hubspot.com/marketing/inspiring-slideshare-presentations-for-marketers-list#sm.00000v74r6tg3cdnjwono6v1xg85l

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