1. ECE361 Engineering Practice
Competition Results
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2. RHIT Public Relations Press Release
RHIT website
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3. Other Photos
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4. Other Photos
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5. Other Photos
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6. Other Photos
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7. Other Photos
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8. ECE361 Engineering Practice
Oral Reporting
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9. Design Process Assures Design will meet Requirements
Stage 1 – Problem
Definition & Potential
Solutions
Requirements
Specification
Brainstorming
Trades
Preliminary
Design
Requirements
vs. Capabilities
Detailed
Design Review
Stage 2 – Design
Implementation
Testing
Reporting
Stage 3 – Verification
This process is part of what
we call Systems Engineering
Deliver = $$$
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10. Purpose of ECE361 Oral Report
To highlight the significant aspects of your team’s design experiences such as
Design process
Team skills
Communication
Personal Responsibilities
Workload
To suggest course revisions
To gain experience in making professional presentations
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11. ECE361 Oral Report Details
Describe the role of course materials and procedures in the design process
Team skills: Meetings, communications, responsibilities
Creativity
Brainstorming
Decision-making
Design review
Verification and Testing
Team dynamics
Detail “Lessons Learned”
Decisions that were sound and useful
Decisions that you would change
Decisions that were poor, would not to be repeated
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12. Future Course Suggestions
What features of the course would you keep?
What features of the course would you change?
What features of the course would you omit?
Provide the outline the PDS for a future design project
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13. EFFECTIVE ORAL PRESENTATIONS
Dr. Fred Brockhurst
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14. EFFECTIVE ORAL PRESENTATIONS
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15. INTRODUCTION (What We Plan To Do)
Introduce ten points for preparing and delivering an oral presentation about technical material
Whole - Part - Whole organization
Emphasize that presentation is for the audience
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16. 1. Know Your Audience Know what your audience already knows
If it’s your boss, know what’s necessary for further selling
Try to determine the mindset
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17. 1. Know Your Audience
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18. 2. Put it on Paper (or in an outline form)
The best way to organize your thoughts
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19. 3. Use a Photo or Graphic Visuals are critical to a good presentation
Should be pleasing to the eye
Avoid excessive words
Use handouts
Always avoid excessive
use of equations - Put derivations in handouts
Use to support points
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20. 4. Show and Tell Use physical samples if possible
Technical audiences are “touchy - feely” oriented
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21. 5. Don’t be Afraid to Repeat Yourself
Whole - Part - Whole
Introduction (Tell them what you’re going to tell them)
Body (Tell them)
Summary (Tell them what you told them)
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22. 6. Practice, Practice, Practice
The more you do it, the easier it gets
Don’t memorize,
know material
Timing is very
important
Eliminate “um’s”
and “you know’s”
Practice
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23. 7. Be Ready to Answer Questions
Goal is to entice audience to want to understand and know more
Set aside time for questions
Watch audience for unasked questions
Answer question to best of your ability, if you don’t know the answer - say so and offer to find the answer
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24. 8. Let Your Body Do The Talking
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25. 8. Let Your Body Do The Talking
Show confidence and interest
Maintain eye contact
Watch your hands
Personal
appearance
(pride)
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26. 9. Don’t Forget the Details
Is the equipment there?
How does the equipment work?
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27. 10. Listen Must listen closely with sensitivity
Try to understand where other disciplines are coming from
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28. SUMMARY What We’ve Done Today
Introduced and discussed ten points for preparation and delivery of an oral presentation
Discussed the Whole - Part - Whole technique
Emphasized that the presentation is for the audience
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29. Questions? ?
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