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PRESENTATION SKILLS FOR YOUNG SCHOLARS: A PREVIEW
• Successful oral commmunication requires▫ Openness and Empathy▫ Supportiveness and Positivness▫ Equality and Homophily▫ Repitition and Redundancy
• Non-verbal components are▫ Kinesis▫ Paralinguistics▫ Proxemic
• Understand your Material• Understand your Audience• Understand your Goals• Use a specific structure
Continued…..
• The best presenters are not those who are giffted, they are those who are prepared
• They are not those who feel they are better then others, they are those who relate better to their audience
• The best presenters are not those who are the smartest, they are those who are able to convince the audience there ideas are brilliant.
• The best presenters are those who use everything at their disposal to support and emphasize the objective of their presentation.
So…are you ready to learn?
Let’s critique this presentation!
Strengths?
Areas for improvement?What did you see, hear, and feel?
“Sharing your Research Story: Effective
Presentation Skills for Young Scholars”
Linda Krzykowski, Ph.D.Assistant Vice Provost,
UAlbanyVice Dean, School of
Business
After you present, what can you say?
I said what I had to say. People were in attendance when I spoke. People heard what I told them. People understood the information I
presented. People understood the information and
believe this information is important. People understood the information, believe
it is important to them and will DO something differently because of the information.
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Ideas and discovery require communication
• Ideas need to be shared• Ideas need to be critiqued• Ideas need to be celebrated• And this doesn’t happen via
an e-mail or a memo
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Communication is a two way street
You Control They Control
What you say. If they listen.
How you say it. What they hear.
Some logistics. If they care.
Flow of information. If they act upon the information.
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Let’s make sure your brilliant ideas are heard!
• We assume you have great ideas.• We assume you are knowledgeable .• Our goal is to ensure that our
audience hears and believes our message.
• When we do that, we “win”.
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Sharing your Research Story: EffectivePresentation Skills for Young Scholars
• Preparing for your talk• Organization and structure
▫ The Opening▫ The Body▫ The Closing
• Presentation techniques▫ Do’s and Don’ts▫ Handling Questions and Answers
• A little bit about UAlbany• Your questions
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Presentation Preparation
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#1 Audience Analysis• Who are they?• What do they know about your research?• What do they want to know? Why might they
care?• Must I alter my language, examples, analogies,
etc.?
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WIIFM?
#2 What do you want to accomplish?
• Be clear on what you want your audience▫To know▫To think▫To believe
▫To do
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Subject Vs. Objective
• Subject▫ What I am going to tell
Explain my biology experiment.
Versus• Objective
▫ What I want my audience to do, to think, or to believe Convince people of:
The importance of the experiment What a good scientist I am That I should get a scholarship That my research should get funding
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Presentation Structure
Once upon a time…
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Your presentation is a story told in three parts.
Part I: The Opening
• Purpose▫ Gain attention of audience
Establish credibility▫ Introduce central thought, purpose
or objective▫ Make the subject relevant by
relating to your audience Why do you care about your research? Why might they care about your research?
▫ Tell them what you are going to tell them
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Part II: The Body• Establish a framework that works
for you• Should have flow, unity, and logic • Enumerate points to help flow• Focus – just the information you
need for today’s audience, not everything you know about the topic
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“What” a Head; “Why” a Heart
• Information for the head answers the questions of “what” and “how”▫ Data, statistics, process, results
• Information for the heart answers the questions of “why” and “who cares”▫ Stories, analogies, quotes, implications
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Part III: The Conclusion• Summarizes main points-only
highlights• Reminds the audience why they care
about your research• Alert audience you are finishing• Finish on time and with a flurry• Ensure understanding, commitment,
and next steps
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Visual Aids
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PowerPoint:Questions to ask yourself
Are the slides clear, clean and uncluttered?
What is the overarching message?
How can your slides help you deliver that message?
What is the ONE takeaway from this slide?
Can a picture do more than words?
Can this be more memorable? High impact?
How can your slides help you tell your research story?
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What’s wrong with this slide?
Continued…..Titles deliver messages – and they don’t spin
Use fonts that are clean and clear.
Use bullets, not sentences
Slides don’t have errors
Use animation for good effect
• The best presenters are not those who are giffted, they are those who are prepared
• They are not those who feel they are better then others, they are those who relate better to their audience
• The best presenters are not those who are the smartest, they are those who are able to convince the audience there ideas are brilliant.
• The best presentors are those who use everything at their disposal to support and emphasize the objective of their presentation.
Local Scour
This is a “what” slide. How can you make the audience “feel”?
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Local Face of Scour
I-90 Thruway Bridge Schoharie, NY 1987
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Presentation Delivery
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Remember...
“Talent without technique is merely a bad habit.”
Pablo Picasso
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Technique Tips• Speak with people
• Not at them ; Not down to them• Make eye contact with your audience
• Connect with your audience• Eye contact, intonation, volume, • Stories, visual aids, facts• They should be comfortable with you
• Feel good about yourself and your topic• Project your enthusiasm to your audience• Make sure you can pronounce words correctly
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Technique Tips
• Work from outlines or cards• Don’t read• Don’t memorize
• Customize to audience needs & wants• Remember: “Why do they care?”
• Develop smooth transitions• Build a complete “bridge”
• Stay away from “I”• Don’t announce your slides
• Don’t give your audience distractions • Command attention through use of
space and body
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What does your body say?
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Questions and Answers
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Scholars WANT questions!
• Q & A are necessary part of most presentations
• Allows you to understand and engage the audience
• Process for answering a question▫ Listen
Repeat the question if needed▫ Agree - with something▫ Respond
• Two parts to every answer▫ Answer question▫ Tie back to message
Presentations end with a final restatement
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Anticipate Questions
• Anticipate▫ What does your audience want?▫ What is your objective?
• Plan ▫ For objections and questions▫ For your success
Which brings us right back to Planning for Presentations.
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The Three “P’s” of Presentation Skills
•Prepare•Practice•Present
It’s a skill – hop on that bike!
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University at Albany: a great universityUAlbany has so much to offer•13,000 undergraduates•17,000 enrollment•Over 125 majors and minors•Over 100 graduate programs – many with accelerated 3 + 3 or 4 + 1 programs•Students from over 95 countries•Division I sports plus club and intramural sports•Over 250 clubs and organizations
UAlbany creates small communities•Elite Honors College•Elite Honors programs within many majors•Living-Learning Communities to surround you with a small group of like-minded friends•Small classes for freshmen
▫ Writing and Critical Inquiry
▫ Freshman Seminars▫ Discussion Sections
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University at Albany: a great place to study
•Excellent for the sciences▫ RNA Institute▫ Cancer Research Center▫ Majors and minors: bioinstrumentation, forensic chemistry,
atmospheric science, public health, human biology
•Excellent for the humanities▫ NYS Writers Institute▫ Performing Arts Center with 7 stages▫ Majors and minors: journalism,
•Excellent for the social sciences and professional schools▫ Schools of Business, Criminal Justice, Social Welfare
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University at Albany: an exciting place to grow
•Growth on the horizon in areas like▫Computer Engineering▫Digital Forensics▫Homeland Security
•Men’s and women’s Basketball teams playing for America East Championship
•Bringing in hundreds of new faculty•Bringing in thousands of young scholars –
and we hope you might be one!
Questions ??
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