1. Philip Smyth, SBI Education and Outreach philip.smyth@ucd.iephilip.smyth@ucd.ie, 01 7166975

2. Philip Smyth, SBI Education and Outreach philip.smyth@ucd.iephilip.smyth@ucd.ie, 01 7166975

3. Philip Smyth, SBI Education and Outreach philip.smyth@ucd.iephilip.smyth@ucd.ie, 01 7166975

4. Philip Smyth, SBI Education and Outreach philip.smyth@ucd.iephilip.smyth@ucd.ie, 01 7166975

5. Philip

6. Why are we here? ? ?

7. Challenges for you Understood Resonates, Excites, Moves (REM) Memorable Action Personal

8. Overview You and Your Research Presentation Heroes and Villains General Presentation Skills Descriptographs Project One-liners

10. Demon Doc Anal Exam

11. Demonstrations Anecdotes Analogies Examples

13. What we asked… Example of an excellent speaker and list the traits they think make them a good presenter. Example of a bad presenter and similarly the reasons why they think they are not blessed with the gift of conversation. Presentation Heroes

14. Preparation – planning slide

15. Other questions concerning physical aspects Who is the audience? How many? Where will it take place? How big is the room? What equipment is there in the room? What equipment do I need? Does the equipment work? Can the information be seen? Can you present the information and not get in the way? Will you need to dim the lights or draw the curtains?

16. When? How long? What room? Judges? Dress code? – Are my shoes polished, nails clean etc.

17. Impress First impressions After 02 mins – Appearance 55%, Voice 38%, Content 7% After 30 mins – Appearance 40%, Voice 42%, Content 18% What do you want the audience to feel? Act your emotions

18. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUiTQvT0W_0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYARUjOI3T0

19. Impress First impressions After 02 mins – Appearance 55%, Voice 38%, Content 7% After 30 mins – Appearance 40%, Voice 42%, Content 18% What do you want the audience to feel? Act/show the emotions Back it up Facts, comparison, tell the story

21. Posters Title is important Plan the layout – Guide the reader Audience Concise – It’s an advertisement Personality – What happens next

23. FEATURE FILMS ARE THE RE- SULT OF YEARS OF SCIENTI- FIC STUDY COMBINED WITH THE EXPERIENCES OF YEARS.

24. Posters Title is important Plan the layout – Guide the reader Audience Concise – It’s an advertisement Personality – What happens next

27. Descriptographs

28. Project One-Liners… “I never forget a face, but in your case I’d be glad to make an exception” Task: Individually come up with one line that sums up your project No group discussion

29. Challenges for you Understood Resonates, Excites, Moves (REM) Memorable Action Personal

30. Key points What to remember and to use: Be aware of your audience Be familiar with the venue Be on time Be engaging Be enthusiastic Be honest Be the audience Be memorable Be yourself and have a conversation

31. Challenges for you Understood Resonates, Excites, Moves (REM) Memorable Action Personal

32. Appendix Posters do’s and don’ts http://www.stanford.edu/group/blocklab/dos%20and %20donts%20of%20poster%20presentation.pdf http://www.stanford.edu/group/blocklab/dos%20and %20donts%20of%20poster%20presentation.pdf General presentation skills https://www.osha.gov/doc/outreachtraining/htmlfiles/t raintec.html https://www.osha.gov/doc/outreachtraining/htmlfiles/t raintec.html http://people.engr.ncsu.edu/txie/publications/oral_pres entation_skills.pdf http://people.engr.ncsu.edu/txie/publications/oral_pres entation_skills.pdf http://www.winningtrainer.com/articles/PresentationSk illsForTrainers.pdf http://www.winningtrainer.com/articles/PresentationSk illsForTrainers.pdf