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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

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