1. Presenting Data Farrokh Alemi, Ph.D.
This section provides a brief introduction to select methods of making SQL code computationally more efficient. This brief presentation was organized by Dr. Alemi

2. Before the Presentation
Goal
Before the Presentation
Before the presentation you should take a number of steps to improve your chances of success.

3. Five Key Points About Presenting
No One Way
Better & Worse Ways
There is no one way to do this—but there are better ways and worse ways.

4. Five Key Points About Presenting
Adapt to Your Audience
Data Cannot be Presented in Vacuum
Adapt to your audience needs and how they'll use the information.
Data cannot be presented in a vacuum.

5. Five Key Points About Presenting
Explain the Measures
Walk Them through the Measures
What you have measured has no meaning on its own. Explain the measures.

6. Distributing Information
Prepare Standalone Report
Provide Support for Interpretation. Indicate Limitations.
Consider other media for the report besides the print version. For example consider using narrated slides. Make sure report can stand on its own without your further explanations. Provide support for interpretation of data and always indicate limitations.

7. Distributing Information
Send Ahead of Time
Get Reactions before Presentation
Send the report ahead of time. Get reactions to report before meeting

8. Test It Before Presenting It
Prepare Handouts
Check for Accuracy
Prepare handouts and check your data, make sure that there are no mistakes. Check for grammar and spelling.  Check that the average across the various reports are calculated accurately.  Add graphs and less text.

9. At the Presentation Goal
At the presentation you should take a number of steps to improve your chances of success.

10. Test It Before Presenting It
Hear & See?
Understandable?
Make sure that audience can hear and see you. Can they read the information easily. Can they understand it. Make sure that the lighting is appropriate and that your voice can be heard.

11. Spend Time on Introducing the Audience
At the meeting
Introduce Audience
Spend Time on Introducing the Audience
Get the audience to introduce themselves. This is time well spent. Don’t short cut the introductions.

12. Test It Before Presenting It
Interested in Content
Practical in Their Clinical Practice?
Check for signs that the audience is interested in your content. If not, change the pace. Give more examples. Ask if they can use your materials from your presentation. For example, can the predictive model be used in the clinical setting to screen for patients. Can they navigate through the materials to find the information they want.

13. Present Data Not Conclusions At the meeting
Present the data and not your conclusions. Ask the audience to evaluate the data after each section of the report.  Let them arrive at the conclusions.

14. Acknowledge Limitations Do Not Defend Your Report
At the meeting
Acknowledge Limitations
Do Not Defend Your Report
Acknowledge the limitation of the study. Do not defend your report. Accept the criticism and proceed.

15. Test It Before Presenting It
Answer with Question
Explore Audience’s Point of View
If an audience member asks a question or makes a comment, don’t answer right away. Ask more clarifying question from him or her. Explore their point of view. Repeat their comment. Make sure the audience understands their point of view.

16. After the Presentation
Goal
After the Presentation
After the presentation you should take a number of steps to improve your chances of success.

17. Test It Before Presenting It
Schedule Feedback
Ask how you can help them more
Schedule a feedback time and date ASAP.  At the designated time explore how you can help them. Make it clear that their evaluation of your work is confidential.

18. Use time before and after presentation effectively to improve your presentation