1. Lauren Shepherd lbshelby@u.washington.edu Foege N303 REU Communications Class

2. Resources Books: The Craft of Scientific Presentations, Michael Alley How to Write and Publish a Scientific Paper, Robert Day Websites: http://www.presentationzen.comhttp://www.presentationzen.com/ http://io.uwinnipeg.ca/~clark/research/comm/pres.htmlresearch/comm/pres.html http://www.devpsy.org/teachinhttp://www.devpsy.org/teaching/method/give_psychology_talk.html http://www.physics.ohio-state.edu/~wilkins/writing/Supp/dazzle.htmlohio-state.edu/~wilkins/writing/Supp/dazzle.html

3. Going Up

4. Knowing Your Audience

6. 1.Plan appropriately 2.Required background 3.Anticipate questions 4.Reference others

7. Connecting to your Audience 1.Eye contact 2.Participation 3.Clarity 4.Smile 5.Relax

8. Common Mistakes 1.Lack of eye contact 2.Speed of Delivery 3.Ramble (unclear) 4.Monotone 5.Fidgeting Practice!

9. Handling Questions 1.Anticipate 2.Backup slides 3.Engage in dialogue

10. Types of Questions 1.Clarification 2.Justification 3.“Smart” Comment 4.Stumpers

11. Types of Questions 1.Clarification: a.What strain of bacteria did you use? b.What minimization protocol did you use?

12. Types of Questions 2.Justification: a.Why use computational techniques? b.Why did you use a Monte Carlo approach? c.Have you considered alternative energy terms?

13. Types of Questions 3.“Smart Comments”: a.We’ve noticed... b.Our work shows... c.Nice presentation...

14. Types of Questions A1. That’s a good point. A2. Do you have a hypothesis? A3. I’m glad that you noticed,... 4.Stumpers:

15. Summer Project Hypothesis or design goal Method for testing or designing Relate back to hypothesis or goal

16. Homework: Due July 2 Research your presentation (1¶) 1.Audience and their needs 2.Types of questions to expect Justify your method (1¶) Counter a skeptic (1¶)