+ كيف تلقي كلمة؟ أنس باسلامة How to give a Talk? Anas Basalamah
+ Talk Messages Why it is important to get right What to think about before you start Every talk have messages! How to prepare the talk Create you Slides Revisit your messages
+ Motivation Purpose of a seminar: practicing to talk Engineers (esp. computer scientists) have a reputation of being “nerds” Ironically, Business Engineers can do nothing but talk – they get the good jobs “soft skills” are often more important than “hard skills”, even and especially in CS&CE! We all know “how not to give a talk (in CS)” If others can do it well, you can do it as well!
+ When do you need Presentation Skills? Thesis’ presentation Job interview Reporting of project results Conference presentation Lectures and tutorials Advertising an idea to someone with money Talking with your Wife!
+ Usually.. In a Student Talk... the speaker is scared... the speaker tries to get it over with... the speaker covers each and everything... the speaker reads the given text source... the audience is bored... the audience is not interested... the audience is quiet... the supervisor is frustrated... the supervisor has to assign grades
+ A Good Presentation What is the best presentation you’ve been to? What made it so good?
+ A Bad Presentation What is the worst presentation you’ve been to? What made it so bad?
+ The Golden Rule Human attention is the scarcest resource -- Herbert Simon [Nobel 1972, Turing 1975]
+ Why so important? Your Chance to Be Noticed! Academia: more recognition of paper paper being linked to you recognition of your ability Business: Your chance to differentiate It is all about sales
+ Before: Things to determine (1/2) The type of talk you will be expected to give: Apple Keynote The composition of the audience The time allotted for the talk Expectations for information content Determine the audience Do not assume too much knowledge but do not patronize either
+ Talk Vs. Written Better to be too basic than too difficult Advertisement for Paper Multi-Sensory Listeners have one chance to hear your talk and can't "re-read" when they get confused. “tell them what you’ll tell them, then tell them, then tell them what you’ve told them”
+ Memory Limitations Short-term memory: ~ 7 simple things Audience may get 1 or 2 from your talk reinforce the core message, not details Build a thread to help comprehension
+ Messages (1/3) You must have messages Say “Your take aways are …” A few 1-4 not many Plan your talk on them, what to say and when to stop
+ Messages (2/3) “I learned …”, So what! “I have little to say”, BAH! “.. Then I did X, …. Then I did Y….”, Who cares! “I do not have enough time to explain … ”, why are you here then?
+ Messages (3/3) Not a table of contents: ”I will say this first.. Then that…” “There are two issues (Full Stop)” Not the talk itself Remember: No messages, No talk!
+ Example: Bluetooth Basics History of Bluetooth Technology Introduction to Bluetooth Wireless Propagation Bluetooth Market Penetration Bluetooth as a Social Network tool Creating a network using Bluetooth: Ad hoc Infrastructure Building an Android App for Social Networking Experimental Evaluation Conclusion Rational Methodology Evaluation and Future Works
+ Example: Why Bluetooth can be a Great Social Networking tool? How did we do it? How good was it? and our conclusion
+ Calm not fearful THEY receive messages, not: you perform!
+ Yes.. You can! You can give a meaningful talk for any subject to any audience in any time frame Method know your subject know your audience know your timing
+ Audience Why listen? – inform vs persuade --- change The audience wants to be entertained what is the added value of your talk compared to reading the book or watching a recorded lecture? “here’s this stuff; please don’t boo” Vs. “you have a problem (mystery), I have a cure (insight)”
+ How (1/2) : Topic (1/3) You are an expert and they are novices? vice versa? Connect to what they know
+ How (1/2) : Topic (2/3) Practice !! prune remove deadly details keep good examples refine messages
+ How (1/2) : Topic (3/3) Decide precedence after content many paths to success order may not matter Say messages early no mystery helps if panic
+ How (2/2) : Practices Timing Tension Techniques
+ How (2/2) : Practices Practice by yourself to get timing correct gain confidence Should just need slide headings Practice with an audience Take criticism well & make changes Helps with confidence
+ How (2/2) : Timing (1/3) First Minute Why should they listen to you? Practice Be aware – most go slower Early milestone and warning Too much intro They no it, or not!
+ How (2/2) : Timing (2/3) Plan for a disaster behind? don’t talk faster (they can’t listen faster) Finish? Emphasize main messages
+ How (2/2) : Timing (3/3) ALWAYS end on time Even if you have to cut
+ How (2/2) : Tension Audience on your side! They want you to succeed Plan, prune and practice so you can relax Interact and breath deeply Smile/Vary/Move and make eye contact A story/cartoon/joke Script first few sentences language and memorize Talk to audience as if they are friends
+ How (2/2) : Techniques (1/2) Face the audience : always talk to your audience, not to the wall don’t hide behind your slides, don’t stand aside - slides support the talk, they don’t replace it Speed bumps Don’t kill interest with too much detail too little motivation
+ A Picture this is one word that I am writing This thesis presents a compilation framework for translating ANSI C The first part of this document describes Pegasus, the internal representation of CASH, and a series of novel program transformations performed by CASH. The most notable of these are a new optimal register- promotion algorithm and partial redundancy elimination for memory accesses based on predicate manipulation. The second part of this document evaluates the performance of the generated circuits using simulation. Using media processing benchmarks, we show that for the domain of embedded computation, the circuits generated by CASH can sustain high levels of instruction level parallelism, due to the effective use of dataflow software pipelining. ack of branch prediction and register renaming. A comparison of Spatial Computation and superscalar processors highlights some of the weaknesses of our model of computation, such as the l ack of branch prediction and register renaming. Low-level simulation however suggests that the energy efficiency of Application-Specific Hardware is three orders of magnitude better than superscalar processors, one order of magnitude better than low-power digital signal processors and asynchronous processors, and approaching custom hardware chips. A picture is worth 1000 words
+ Find a suitable title! Write important things! multi-sensory learning No pre-emptive apology “Well, I don’t know much about this subject” Don’t write what you will say, or read what you wrote
+ Presentation Tricks (1/3) Capture attention examples from everyday life comparison to known situations jokes, cartoons Arise interest why is this important to know or understand? what are the audience’s personal benefits from this? Repeat, repeat, repeat summarize, explain in other words associate to a different context Try to capture late-comers give clear hints when they can join in (we have seen that... now we will look at...)
+ Presentation Tricks (2/3) Be honest show that you like what you’re talking about Keep your voice adequate don’t whisper, don’t shout the accentuation supports the message Be spontaneous a talk is not the playback of a recording say it in your own words Be lively, but not hectic a talk is a stage performance
+ Overheads (1/2) informs them; focuses you use overhead support messages tell them why it’s there not too busy 5-7 “chunks” size 24 Transitions practice physical movement know your transition blurbs Use Color and Illustrations
+ Overheads (2/2) Short is good phrases powerful verbs highlight key points complex figures are ok – spend time point to spots say, literally: “what you should get from this figure is...”
+ Avoid Equations People cannot understand equations quickly If it is central to your result use at most one simplified as much as possible the proof is in the paper
+ Check Bladder room: stand(re-arrange),whiteboard (marker), lights, A/V Laser pointer: do not waggle Mike clock[warning; milestone] Avoid Disaster (Cord, Battery, Adapter)
+ End Strongly Offer to answer Questions (Don’t be afraid) Do not say “Oh, I forgot to tell you…” Revisit your messages
+ Questions Listen very carefully Repeat the question and make sure you got it right Answer briefly and clearly
+ Revisited Messages Define your messages Practice and use good techniques Revisit your messages
+ Resources /csci8002/Lec- Notes/talk%20on%20talking% pdf /csci8002/Lec- Notes/talk%20on%20talking% pdf _Schlingloff_How_To_Give_A_Talk.pdf _Schlingloff_How_To_Give_A_Talk.pdf