1 Presentation Tips & Techniques David Dahan SNUG Israel Technical Committee

2 Presentation Planning Follow a Simple Outline –Introduce your problem. What led to your work? What were your goals? –Describe your solution. Tell how you did it. –Why is your solution a good one? What are its disadvantages or limitations? –Suggest other applications. –Do you recommend further development along the lines of your work? Why? Or why not? –Summarise what it all means. –Tell your story in a straight line, and make one point lead to the next. Comprehension is better when the subject is organised simply.

3 Presentation Guidelines Emphasis your key message Make it clear and focused Keep it technical and not marketing Foot-notes are mandatory (if you do not have a written a paper) –Someone may need to understand it in the future Add metrics and GIFs, to emphasize your findings or conclusions

4 Presentation Guidelines (Cont.) The presentation is a description of the material you presented in your paper. Having said that, avoid to copy and paste your paper to Power Point How Many Slides? –You have 25 minutes for your presentation. –Experience tells us that most SNUG talks do well with about 15 slides. SNUG Israel Author's Kit

5 Suggested Slides These four slides should be included in your presentation: 1.Title Slide -- The first slide in your presentation must contain the title of the paper (as printed in the SNUG Proceedings), and the author name(s) and affiliation(s). 2.Purpose Slide -- The second slide should state the purpose of the work you will describe (i.e., the problem you have addressed). 3.Outline Slide -- The third slide should present a concise outline of your presentation. 4.Conclusion Slide -- The last slide in your presentation should state your major conclusions.

6 Feel and Look Keep trace with SNUG template –Microsoft PowerPoint templateMicrosoft PowerPoint template Use max up to 2-3 colors in each slide and keep it consistent 4-5 bullets per slide Add figures – text only is pretty boring Add foot-notes explaining the slide

7 QA Your Slides Last moment before submitting your Power Point –Review you slides with Slide Show –Check the colors with projector Some colors look different in projection and on your PC –Print out your slides and make sure that all the figures and text are printable

8 The SNUG Support Group You should think of the SNUG conference attendees as a big support group The conference attendees aren't looking to catch mistakes – The attendees want to learn from your presentation There is one exception – If you plan on doing a marketing presentation...

9 Before the Presentation Practice your presentation ! ! ! –Dry run with “real” audience Practice your opening –This is the critical to gain audience confidence and interest Make sure you remember the conclusion phrase. This is your landing, make sure you land well! Dress For Success –Conference presenters are never over dressed – Suit and tie are appropriate – Nice shirt and slacks are appropriate Use the restroom before your session This is an engineering Conference !

10 Good Luck!!! You are going to do great!!!