How to make a presentation
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Presentation by Kaustubh Beedkar, Post-Doc at TU Berlin (Germany), at the FogGuru Workshop on research methods in January 2019.
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How to make a presentation
- 1. How To Make a Presentation Giving Conference Talk Kaustubh Beedkar TU Berlin FogGuru Workshop Tento, Italy 22nd January 2019
- 2. Disclaimer Most of the presented ideas are taken from Prof. Dr. Rainer Gemulla (University of Mannheim) and Justin Zobel’s book “Writing for Computer Science” Kaustubh Beedkar How To Make a Presentation 22nd January 2019 2
- 3. Teaser Content Details Talk Paper Tech report Kaustubh Beedkar How To Make a Presentation 22nd January 2019 3 The purpose of a conference talk is to whet appetite
- 4. The Purpose of a Talk Is not • To flood the audience with every detail of your paper • To convince the audience to not read your paper • To be as incomprehensible as possible hoping to impress people • To embarrass or punish you • To get over with it Kaustubh Beedkar How To Make a Presentation 22nd January 2019 4
- 5. The Purpose of a Talk Is • To whet appetite • To demonstrate that your work is interesting and significant and your paper is worth reading • To be noticed by the community • To discuss problems • To practice giving talks Kaustubh Beedkar How To Make a Presentation 22nd January 2019 5
- 6. Outline 1. Purpose 2. Preparation 3. Delivery 4. Summary Kaustubh Beedkar How To Make a Presentation 22nd January 2019 6
- 7. Assembly of material • Cannot present everything! • What should the audience remember? Gather potential ideas Select important point(s) Drop the rest • Create a script, tell a story Context of your problem Minimum of details necessary for understanding Key points and results Conclusions and outlook Kaustubh Beedkar How To Make a Presentation 22nd January 2019 7 Uncritical thinking, critical selection Why is each part included? Why at this position?
- 8. How to begin your talk? • Never begin with an outline slide • Rather start with something that shows your talk will be interesting • Use an outline slide, but make sure goal of the talk is clear before you reach the outline to give a logical structure to your talk Preview-do-review Kaustubh Beedkar How To Make a Presentation 22nd January 2019 8
- 9. Individual slides • Each slide should have a heading • It must be fairly self contained • Repeat information if necessary • Each slide should have the page number • Use them as a visual guide to what you are saying Kaustubh Beedkar How To Make a Presentation 22nd January 2019 9
- 10. Text, figures, and examples • Use text to provide structure and context • Each point should be brief summary • Avoid long sentences • Also avoid pidgin-English • Avoid maths to extent possible • Use good figures and examples to illustrate your idea Kaustubh Beedkar How To Make a Presentation 22nd January 2019 10
- 11. Explaining PageRank (Version 1.0) • n pages, each with ni hyperlinks • Create a matrix M ∈ Rn×n, where Mij = ( 1 nj if j → i, i.e. page j links to page i 0 if otherwise • Add a damping factor β • PageRank ri = 1−β n + β P j→i rj nj • PageRank r = (1 − β) 1 n n×n + βM.r • r = A.r = Dominant right eigenvector of A Kaustubh Beedkar How To Make a Presentation 22nd January 2019 11 grandmother (V1) • N pages + hyperlinks • Create NxN matrix A • Aij=0 if page j does not link to page i • Aij=1/(#distinct links on page j) otherwise • Add “small” constant α to every entry, then divide by (1+Nα) • Pagerank of page i = ith component in principal right eigenvector of A 6
- 12. Explaining PageRank (Version 2.0) Kaustubh Beedkar How To Make a Presentation 22nd January 2019 12 Text provides structure. Figures and examples help grasping ideas CC BY-SA 2.5, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2776582
- 13. Legibility, simplicity, relevance • Small fonts are hard to read • Large fonts look ridiculous • Minimize Font Variations • UPPER CASE DOES ADD TO THE EXCITEMENT!!! • Animated entry is fun ... for kids • Unnecessary animations distract • Ornaments don’t add to your talk • White background, black text is just fine Kaustubh Beedkar How To Make a Presentation 22nd January 2019 13
- 14. Practice, practice, practice • Prepare thoroughly (think early, slides later) • Don’t write out, don’t memorize • Rehearse alone Take timings (after 5, 10, 15, ... minutes) Stand (in front of mirror, or maybe tape/video) • Rehearse before people Big favor → prepare Encourage, take and work in feedback Kaustubh Beedkar How To Make a Presentation 22nd January 2019 14
- 15. Outline 1. Purpose 2. Preparation 3. Delivery 4. Summary Kaustubh Beedkar How To Make a Presentation 22nd January 2019 15
- 16. Be You • You are nervous? That’s good! Shows you care Adrenaline helps • No need to be funny Need to be certain that your joke is actually funny Don’t laugh at your own jokes Kaustubh Beedkar How To Make a Presentation 22nd January 2019 16
- 17. Style • Slow down (but do not go overtime) • Preview-do-review • Do not diminish or suggest unimportance “I’m so nervous” “This is just another of our results” • Do not show off Your methods My method Kaustubh Beedkar How To Make a Presentation 22nd January 2019 17
- 18. Questions are good 1 Acknowledge (every) question 2 Repeat or clarify the question 3 Answer the question To the audience Do not bluff, be honest Take questions offline 4 Check back whether question has been answered Kaustubh Beedkar How To Make a Presentation 22nd January 2019 18
- 19. Outline 1. Purpose 2. Preparation 3. Delivery 4. Summary Kaustubh Beedkar How To Make a Presentation 22nd January 2019 19
- 20. Conclusions • Conference talk = teaser • Focus on key points to be remembered • Legibility, simplicity, relevance • Being nervous is good • Practice, practice, practice Kaustubh Beedkar How To Make a Presentation 22nd January 2019 20
- 21. How to not end your talk THANK YOU! Kaustubh Beedkar How To Make a Presentation 22nd January 2019 21
- 22. Conclusions • Conference talk = teaser • Focus on key points to be remembered • Legibility, simplicity, relevance • Being nervous is good • Practice, practice, practice Thank you! Kaustubh Beedkar How To Make a Presentation 22nd January 2019 22
- 23. This training material is part of the FogGuru project that has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement No 765452. The information and views set out in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the official opinion of the European Union. Neither the European Union institutions and bodies nor any person acting on their behalf may be held responsible for the use which may be made of the information contained therein.