Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Differenttypesofpresentations
Seminarpresentationsinclass Paperpresentationsinconferences Projectpresentations Researchupdatesorreviews Thesispresentations(oralexaminations)
TECHNICALPRESENTATIONS
ProfKPMohandas
Whypresentationsratherthanlecture
Effectivenessofvisualpresentations Itisestimatedthatwecanretainor remember Hardly20%ofwhatyouHEAR dl 20% f h Nearly40to50%ofwhatyouSEE Almost7080%ofwhatyouDO ItisnotalwayspossibletomakepeopleDO, sonextchoiceistoSHOWoruseVISUALs
Rememberthesaying
TELL ME,IWILLFORGET SHOW ME,IWILLREMEMBER INVOLVE ME,IWILLLEARN
PRESENTATIONTOOLS
Printedortypedtext Tablesofdata Charts Graphs,Piecharts,linegraphs Powerpointpresentations
Whyusetools?
Easytousedifferenttypesoffeatures Automaticsizeoflettersandformats Titlesandsubtitlessizes Incorporatefiguresandgraphs Incorporate figures and graphs Animationsandspecialeffects Linksandmaneuveringforwardandbackward inslides Colour choiceesthetics
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Howtogiveaseminar
Firstyoushouldhavesomethingtopresent Chooseatopicorareaofinterest Searchforrelevantmaterialintextbooks, encyclopedias,journals,internetetc encyclopedias journals internet etc Prepareawriteuponthetopicinyourown languageafterunderstandingthecontents Logicallyarrangethesequenceof presentation
Howmanyslides?
Timeavailableforpresentation Contentanddepthofthetopic Natureofmaterialstobepresentedlike mostlytextmaterialor mostly text material or textandnumericaldataandtables text,tablesandgraphs picturesandvideos Maximum2minutesforeachslide
Contentsofeachslide
Nottoomanylinesoftext(78lines) Sizeoflettersbigenoughtoseeforall Nottoomanyequations Useplentyofgraphsratherthantables Usepictureswithpropertitlesandlegends Animationsandspecialeffectsshouldnotbe toodistracting
Language
Simpleandprecise Notpompousorflowerylanguage Theaudiencewantstoknowthetechnical contents,notthebeautyofthelanguage h b f h l Liberaluseoffigurespicturesorevenvidoes toillustratethepoints
Thingsnottobedone
Neverreadfromtheslidesordependtotally ontheslides.Thedisplayedslidesareforthe audiencetofollowyourseminarnotforyou g g Neveruselightcolours fortextandfigures sincethiswillnotbevisiblefortheback benchers Donotgivecompletederivations,only highlightthesignificanceoftermsand equations
Nottobedone(contd)
Donotovercrowdthepagewithtextor figures Donotmakeslidesbyphotocopyingdirectly frombooksorjournalsasletterswillbetoo from books or journals as letters will be too small Lettersnotlessthan20pointormore
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Preparationaftermakingtheslides
Rehearseasmanytimesaspossible Keepthetimingsstrictly Allowsometimefordiscussion Respondtoquestionsafterhearingitfully Repeatthequestionloudlyforotherstohear Answerclearlyifyouknowtheanswer Ifnotuseyouringenuityincomingoutofthe situation Acceptgenuinemistakespointedout Nevergetintoanargumentwiththequestioner