Effective Technical Presentations

A presentation is story telling

Organizing Your Ideas Be clear about what the story-line is Remember a story has a BEGINNING – MIDDLE – END Use an outline to help keep you organized Don’t leave your audience behind

Know your audience What do they know? What do they want? What do YOU want then to know? What do they expect?

Put it on paper Use an outline - not a full text Don’t Read the text

Say that again Use repetition Say it more than one way

Body language Yes, you can use your hands! Please don’t play with your keys Let the audience see your enthusiasm for the subject

Some Graphics are Worth a Thousand Words some others…. fuggetaboutit Visible Simple Understandable Relevant

Too busy!

No jaggy images

Do not distort

Converse with Your Audience Remember that a presentation is a two way conversation Look at your audience to establish the connection Pay attention to what the audience is saying to you

Prepare and Practice Prepare Practice, Practice, Practice Show team work

Case Study Cities

1.Cambridge, MA 2.Copenhagen, Denmark 3.Curitiba, Brazil 4.Hong Kong, China 5.New York, NY 6.Paris, France 7.Portland, OR 8.San Francisco, CA 9.Zurich, Switzerland 10.Washington, DC

CE 4710/5710 Case Studies in Transportation Engineering Fall 2009 Name: Class Section: Explain reason for your first choice (one or two paragraphs please)