Simulation of ABS

Individual Project:
Verbal Presentation

Dr. Ho Jee Hou

1. Practicalities
2. Material
3. Audience

4. Yourself

1. Practicalities
Worth 10%
15 minutes + 5 minutes for questions

Timetable to be circulated through email
PowerPoint presentation is recommended

Peer assessed (among a group of 7 – 8 students)

2. Material
Time is precious
You do not have to include everything

Tell a coherent story
Present your results clearly

What to say
Structure your presentation

•Title page
•Introduction
•Aims and objectives
•Methodology
•Results
•Summary
•Conclusions
•Further Work
•Questions

What not to say
First I did this,
Then I did this,
But that didn’t work.
So I tried this,
And that didn’t work either,
So in desperation I tried this last week,
And it worked!
But now I’ve run out of time.

The Joys of Powerpoint
•Some people put everything they say on the screen
•The trouble is that it can get rather boring if all the presenter does is to read it out
•I mean, it’s a bit insulting, isn’t it?
•Does he think we can’t read or something?

The Joys of Powerpoint
•Animation can be effective
•But it can be over-done
•Also, it can be rather irritating (moderation !)

Clarity
Make sure text is legible, especially on graphs
(check out text size, symbol size and colours)
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Flow front position

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experiment model 20
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Clarity
Avoid speling mistakes! (What is wrong here?)

3. Audience
•Start well
•Pitch it at the right level
•Maintain interest
•Eye contact
•Interaction
•Humour
•Variety
•Emphasis

Questions
•Try and provide an answer
•Admit if you don’t know / don’t understand

•Agree to disagree
•Don’t fight!

4. Yourself
•Prepare well in advance

•Rehearse, rehearse and rehearse
•Avoid “erms”
•Positive approach
•Time spent on reconnaissance is seldom if ever wasted •Don’t panic

Summary