Effective Technical Presentations

09/26/2000


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Effective Technical Presentations

Why focus on presentations?

A process that yields an effective presentation

Step 1: Plan

Step 2: Organize

The Golden Rule

An Introduction vs. an Outline

An INTRODUCTION

Step 3: Prepare the Content

Content: A presentation is NOT:

Content:

Content: Keep it simple

Content: Only 2-3 Points per slide

Content: Present ideas, not details

How many times have you seen this?

Content: Make it readable

Content: Appropriate to the medium

Technology: Color

Ideas, not details: Equations

“Busy” Equations

Equations that convey ideas

Conveying results Graphs, not tables

PPT Slide

PPT Slide

Graphs:

PPT Slide

Step 4: PRACTICE!

PRACTICE!

Step 5: Get There

Delivery: Computer-based

Step 6: Speak to the Audience

Summary

Web-consciousness

Author: Mark Tew

Email: eemdt@olemiss.edu

Home Page: http://www.olemiss.edu/~eemdt

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