How (Not) to Give a Good Talk Steffen Koch, Daniel Maurer, Michael Stoll, Sebastian Volz, Andrés Bruhn with contributions by Michael Raschke and others Seminar „Bildverarbeitung und Computer Vision“ | Winter Term 2015 |

 Don’t be that guy 2 Motivation

 Answer is not as obvious at it seems  Questions to ask first  Who is the audience?  What do they expect from the presentation?  Which information/message would you like to convey  Goals for  you giving the class presentation  Learn how to give a good talk  the others:  Learn how to give a good talk  Get a basic understanding of the presented topic 3 How to Plan a Presentation? Who already gave a talk? Who did this at university? Who did it in English?

 Keep goals of talk in mind when deciding on structure!!!  In this seminar “presentation of scientific research”  Give motivation  Explain the problem to be addressed  Point out related work  Describe (your) solution(s) to the problem  Discuss results, evaluation of the approach  Summary, conclusion, show future perspectives, start discussion  Give an overview on the topic, provide details on important aspects 4 Example Structure of a Presentation Raise audience’s interest Present content Sum things up

 Title  Presenter / authors  Event  Date 5 What Should Go on the Title Slide?

 Don’t start with a blank slide if you animate your bullet points  Don’t use too much text, use bullets instead  Use graphics and images when useful  Font size shouldn’t be too small, don’t use serifs  Use animation sparingly (where it makes sense)  Try to maintain high contrast  You could use tools for creating good color palettes (e.g.,  Make structure of talk obvious  Choose a suitable number of slides  Try to use a coherent layout  Whatch aut for tipos!  Don’t use too many bullet points per slide SensePlace2 [MacEachren et al., 2011] TEXT 6 Design/Layout of Slides easily readable more difficult to read

 It’s difficult to do a good presentation :-(  You might be nervous and stressed, because  the audience is focused on you  you don’t want to make a fool of yourself  you haven’t done many presentations, yet  you want to meet the audience’s expectations  etc.  What can you do about this?  practice, practice, practice…  know your slides  learn your talk by heart?! Important: know the content you intend to convey 7 Some Hints for giving Presentations

 Some people claim there are indicators of competence influenced by 8 Presentation Skills Speech and language Speak without notes Rhythm of speech Positive and clear sentences Vary your intonation Balance volume Control tempo Make pauses (e.g., to emphasize) Apparel Adapt to the occasion Posture Firm posture Facing the audience Not too static Movement and gestures Natural gestures Open, animated Guiding Supporting message Referring to visual representation Facial expression and gaze Seek eye contact Be friendly, lively supportive …

 Very difficult to consider all these things!  Not necessary to master all of them if you are not going to present TV shows or intend to become a politician  The best sign of competence is still being competent -> know your topic  However, certain behavior of a presenter might be distractive and hinder transporting the message 9 Presentation Skills

10 Body Language Avoid: walking around during talk all the time Better: change position not too often, but if you do, do it intentionally, e.g., to show something

11 Body Language Avoid: standing frozen to the spot Better: more lively posture, use gestures

12 Body Language Avoid: reading everything from script Better: speak without notes

13 Body Language Avoid: playing with hands, putting them in pockets Better: show hands, use supporting gestures

14 Body Language Avoid: playing with pointing device or stick Better: only use these if you need them

15 Body Language Avoid: the same goes for pens: don’t play with them Better: only use them if required, leave on table otherwise

16 Body Language Avoid: displaying no interest in your audience Better: face audience, seek eye contact

 Length of presentation: 30 mins  Discussion: 15 mins (max)  Tight schedule  if you present, be there early to test the setup  Have backup available in case anything goes wrong  e.g., have them on a USB-drive in addition to your laptop  This seminar: your slides to your tutor before the talk  If you want to get feedback on your slides – talk to your tutor early 17 Organizational Issues

 No progress without feedback  This is true for scientific talks as well  And thus for our seminar presentations:  Discussion of content and form after questions  By tutors  And we expect all of you to contribute with constructive feedback  Only constructive criticism 18 Constructive Criticism

Questions? 19

 What did I do well?  What was not so good?  Any suggestions for improvement? 20 First Round of Constructive Criticism now!