Effective Oral Presentations of Scientific ResearchMitch FernandezSummer 2014 Workshop SeriesJuly 25th, 2014

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WHY?

Know Your Audience

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Know Your Topic

http://www.personal.psu.edu/afr3/blogs/siowfa13/2013/10/is-scientific-knowledge-true-knowledge.html

Know Your Time Limits

http://loryevanspage.blogspot.com

~1-5 minutesper slide

PowerPoint vs. the Rest

Elements of a PowerPoint

Aspect Ratio

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http://www.nerdoholic.com/

Design Layout

Layouts & Master View

Do I Have Your Attention?

http://blog.iqpolls.com/en/posts/460-attention-span-your-chance-to-keep-your-audience-interested

!!!!!Progress Bar

Avoid Too Much Text• You should avoid using text as much as possible• Slides that are full of text are boring and do not engage the

audience• Never, ever, EVER create a slide full of text and then just read the

slide to the audience – the audience can read for themselves, plus if you’re just reading the slide you’re avoiding eye contact

• PowerPoint makes bullet lists easy, but DON’T use them if you don’t have to

• If you must use bullet lists, avoid animating them• If at all possible, the only text on the slide should be the title,

reference points for images, and axes on a graph

Images

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Graphs & Tables

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Microbial Communities

Transitions & Animations

Do the Right Thing!

The Shoulders of Giants

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Safety Slides•Alpha Diversity

•Beta Diversity𝑺𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒅𝑻𝒂𝒙𝒂𝑻𝒐𝒕𝒂𝒍𝑻𝒂𝒙𝒂

=𝑼𝒏𝒊𝑭𝒓𝒂𝒄 𝑴𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒆

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Dude, Where’s My Presentation?

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Some Final Tips

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http://www.fivetechnology.com/

Ronald E. McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement Program

MBRS RISE ProgramFIU University Graduate School

National Science Foundation GRFP

My Sincere Thanks to

Charles BiggerKalai MatheeFernando Noriega

George SimmsDeEtta Mills

Walter Goldberg

Giri Narasimhan