Petrushyna, Z. & Loureiro, A. (2012). Presentation Skills. Workshop dinamizado na 8th Joint Summer School on Technology Enhanced Learning 2012 - 24 Maio de 2012, Estoril, Portugal - uma iniciativa da STELLAR Network of Excellence in Technology Enhanced Learning and European Association of Technology Enhanced Learning (EATEL).

1. Zinayida Petrushyna
Chair of Computer Science 5 – Databases & Information Systems,
RWTH Aachen University, Germany
Ana Loureiro
Department Educative Technologies, School of Education - Polytechnic Institute of Santarém
Fellow Researcher @ CIDTFF - University of Aveiro
8th Joint European Summer School on TEL
May 24, 2012, Estoril, Portugal

2.  The beginning :
 „when i was in MIT“
 allusions of famous people
 The middle : impress audience with how much data do you have
 The end : make generalizations
 The question and answer period :
„That is extremely perceptive question
which we have, of course, considered but
which we discarded for obvious reasons.“
Meshnick,Steven R. and Eaton, John W.(1989) „How to give a scientific talk“, The Red Cell.
Seventh Ann Arbor Conference

3.  Eye contact
 Open body language
 Gestures
 Usage of tools
 Pauses
 Audience
 „Ask your audience to count 2+2!“ – Billy Wilders
7% content - 38% voice - 55% body language
Mehrabian, Albert (1971). Silent Messages (1st ed.). Belmont, CA: Wadsworth.

4. For speakers:
 Pick up your topic.
 You have one minute to talk about the fact
stated in your piece of paper. Start as soon as
you read the statement. Don‘t forget basics of
presentation skills.
For audience:
 Give feedback.

5.  No passive
„Yes, we can!“
 Verbs are better
 Neutral can be seen as negative
„we may check this approach“
 Short vs. long sentences

6. Appearance – Beginning – Pause – End – Go out
Define the scenario (type of an event and the audience) and any topic
that you want to present. You have 5 minutes to think about
motivation you are going to use in the beginning and take-home
message in the end.
Your goal is:
1. Raise the interest of the audience (Begin)
2. Provide your listeners with clear statements (End)
Afterwards you do the 2 minutes presentation to the group. Each time before
the presentation 2 persons are chosen: pro- and contra- persons. After the
presentation they highlight positive and considerately negative parts of the
presentation. Others can add to their comments.

7.  Narrative with historical background
 Crisis
 Disapointment/frustration
 A Possibillity
 Crossroad
 Challenge
Atkinson, Cliff(2005). Erzählen statt Aufzählen. Microsoft Press Deutschland

14. Describe the example / use case of your thesis
applying using one of the story types.

15.  Where?
 Who?
 What?
 How?