1. Giving Conference Presentations
Kevin Eric DePew
ODU English

2. Presentation Overview
Why Present?
The Presentation Texts
Giving the Presentation
Designing the Presentation

3. Why Present? Opportunity to go to Conferences
exposure to current scholarship
meet new people
start collaborations
Develop professional identity
Get feedback

4. Presentation Texts The call for papers (CFP) Your response to the CFP
The conference paper
Handouts (optional)
PowerPoint (optional)

5. The Conference Paper 20 minutes Genre Consider audience & purpose
8 pages, double-spaced; slides
Genre
Problem: purpose of presentation
Frame: connection to conversation
Response: solution to problem, examples
Consider audience & purpose
Save some details for Q&A

6. Roundtable A position statement made to prompt discussion
Often for practical issues
Focus on problem and response
Include academic conversation when necessary

7. Handouts
Gives your audience an artifact of your presentation; can include…
your contact information
your abstract
references
Illustrations or examples
suggestions
space for notes
Use CRAP for design

8. PowerPoint Presentation
Helps you to present extemporaneously, but maintain focus
Organization
structured  loose
Effect
orientation  distraction
More on PPT later…

9. Giving Presentations Conference Presentation Etiquette
Reading vs. Speaking
The Physical Presentation

10. Presentation Etiquette
DO NOT…
exceed your time limit
give a different paper
be unorganized
DO…
show confidence in your work
know your material
be respectful

11. Reading vs. Speaking Know the culture Reading Speaking
A: helps to keep you organized, on-task
D: often prevents eye contact, loss of ethos
Speaking
A: demonstrates knowledge in material
D: can appear unorganized

12. Physical Presentation
Pay attention to your location; especially if using a screen for PPT
Make eye contact
Do not talk to the screen or paper; point to text when appropriate
If using PPT; do not read slides, but use them to organize your talk

13. Designing Slideshows
The way that each slide looks affects how the audience receives information
Therefore, pay attention to
Fonts
Color
Special Effects
Images
Repetition

14. Communicate Visually

15. Appropriateness
Use appropriate backgrounds, images, and special effects for your presentation
Discuss one issue per slide
Use as little text as possible
long passages
do not place entire quote on slides
excerpt, verbalize, or place in handout

16. Questions
Your questions are welcomed and encouraged