This presentation that support the young researcher in Egypt to learn how to conduct a professional presentation and discuss the key points of the presentation strcture and give tips for slides

1. Effective Scientific
Research
Presentation Skills
‫حسنين‬ ‫عطيفى‬ ‫أبوالعل‬ ‫الدكتور‬ ‫التستاذ‬
‫المصرية‬ ‫البحثية‬ ‫العلمية‬ ‫المجموعة‬ ‫ورئيس‬ ‫مؤسس‬
‫القاهرة‬ ‫جامعة‬ – ‫الحاسبات‬ ‫بكلية‬ ‫وأستاذ‬
‫العلمى‬ ‫البحث‬ ‫مهارات‬ ‫محاضرات‬ ‫تسلسلة‬ 3

2. Acknowledgment
The essential mission of
SRGE toward the research
and education in Egypt is
to foster learning and
promoting research
integrity in the current
and next generation of
researchers in Egypt.
SRGE is rededicating itself
to this fundamental
purpose.
**Slides are adapted from
several presentations on the
internet**

3. We may not be experts at public
speaking, but we are all experts
at listening to talks
Susan McConnell
Department of Biological Sciences
Stanford University
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4. Agenda
Introduction
Key points for a presentation
Structure of a presentation
Key tips for slides
Conclusion
This is where
you list out the
broad range of
topics you will
present
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5. Introduction
The Common Presentations in Scientific
Communities
So you have a sense of discovery… Show us!

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Introduction
 This presentation is about how to give an
effective scientific presentation !
 Why is it important
 You would like to “sell” your work
 How to do it
 Some ideas and tips on how to do a
presentation and how not to do it are
presented.
Start with an
introduction.
This is
important to
build up a
context to
what you will
be presenting
Start
general, go to
specifics and
then end
general

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Contents
 Introduction
 Key points for a presentation
 Structure of a presentation
 Key tips for slides
 Conclusion
Highlight the next topic
you are going to present.
This gives clarity to the
audience as to where you
are in the presentation
Don’t forget to number your slides
!
You might also want to include the
total number of slides that you
want to present 5/50

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Key points for a presentation
 Who is the audience?
 Do not expect every one to be an expert in the field
 Do not underestimate them either.
 How much time do you have?
POTS…
What is
that???
Plain Old
Telephone
System

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Key points for a presentation
 Are you prepared for the technical devices to use:
Laptop, Beamer, Pointer ….
 Be comfortable with the devices you need to use
 Be aware that you are in a public form. Maintain
some decorum.
 Mobile phones (Unless you are a VIP), Instant chats …..
Hot Sue is online..
The audience might be more
interested in that than your
presentation !!

11. The Intangibles
 Expect the unexpected
 Use your own laptop if
possible
 Bring back-up media and
pointer
 Check equipment right
before the talk
 Presentation style is
important
 Speak firmly, slowly and
confidently
 Look at the audience
 Learn to use pointer &
microphone
Practice! Practice! Practice! Practice! Practice!

12. Planning your slides
 Timing is critical!
 Going overtime is rude
 A seriously under time talk
is embarrassing
 Rule of Thumb: 2 minutes
per slide
 Going faster will annoy the
audience
 Conclusions &
acknowledgments
somewhat less
Only one concept (or experiment) per slide

13. The Nuts and Bolts

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Contents
 Introduction
 Key points for a presentation
 Structure of a presentation
 Key tips for slides
 Conclusion

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Structure of the presentation
 Start General
 This is a car
Build up a context to
your talk
Depending on your
audience you might
need to present at a
level a bit higher than
“DOS for Dummies”

17. Structure of the presentation
 Go into specifics
 Cars need a suspension
 Most front wheel drive cars have a McPherson Strut
suspension

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Structure of the presentation
 Go into more details

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Structure of the presentation
 Go into even more details
Feel free to
use more
slides when
illustrating
details
Do not clutter
one slide…

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Structure of the presentation
 What to do if you are starting with your work and do
not have details?
 Start with the general build up of context
 What is your project about
 Go to specifics… Ooops !!! There are no specifics
 If you don’t have enough work done to present, then state
your goals and objectives that you intend to achieve.
Discuss with your peers and seniors.
Try to be creative. The audience
wants to know about what work
you will be doing ……..

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Contents
 Introduction
 Key points for a presentation
 Structure of a presentation
 Key tips for slides
 Conclusion

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Key tips for slides
 Font
 The quick brown fox jumps
over the lazy dog
 The quick brown fox jumps
over the lazy dog
 The quick brown fox jumps over
the lazy dog
 The quick brown fox
jumps over the lazy dog
Try to use “Sans
Serif” fonts.
Try to avoid “Serif”
fonts. These take
longer to read. “Serif”
fonts have a typeface
with a small stroke at
end of the letters

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Key tips for slides
 To Bold or not to Bold
 You can chose to use Bold letters to highlight words
 If you want to typeset in Bold then keep in mind the
Font and Font Size
 This does not look that good
This looks okay

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Key tips for slides
 CAPITAL ERROR
 AVOID WRITING WHOLE SENTENCES IN CAPITALS. IT IS
LESS READABLE AND MORE AGGRESSIVE
 This is already much more readable
 Use capitals for acronyms IMHO
In my humble opinion

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Key tips for slides
 Font Size
 Make sure it is readable to your entire audience
 18 point
 20 point
 24 point
28 point
32 point
36 point

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Key tips for slides
 There should be contrast in written text against the
background
This is OK This is OK
This is not OK This is not OK

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Key tips for slides
 Give space in your slides.
 If you use any logos and picture ensure that they
have a good resolution
 For smaller audiences it might be a good idea to
give handouts to make the talk more personal

28. Key tips for slides
Some Closing Thoughts

29. Key tips for slides
Presenting Equations

30. Key tips for slides
Presenting Equations

31. Key tips for slides
practice

32. Key tips for slides
references
 Put brief references
on each slide rather
than a “References”
slide at the end of
the presentation
(nobody ever leaves
this up long enough
to be useful)

33. Address your audience without
looking nervous

34. Love your audience
Be personable in taking questions

35. Key tips for slides
Acknowledgment
 It is customary to end the talk with an
 acknowledgement slide thanking those who helped
you get to this point, and especially sources of
funding.
 This slide could include logos, and a photo
 of labmates

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Contents
 Introduction
 Key points for a presentation
 Structure of a presentation
 Key tips for slides
 Conclusion

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Conclusion
 This concludes a presentation on giving good
presentations
 A bit of talk on key points for a presentation
 And then a bit of structure of the presentation
 And lastly a bit of talk on aesthetics to keep in mind for
a presentation